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The author discusses the announcement of Kremlin to reduce its Soviet military forces. The author said that as soon as the announcement was made, the New York stock markets performance have improved. He also mentioned that it might be a signal that the Cold War between U.S.S.R. and the U.S. is over. He also said that the U.S. Armed Forces should not only be prepared but improved.

Comments on the status of the Cold War between the U.S. and Russia. Suggestion that the U.S. is compelled to go on with the war; Reason why it is impossible for the Soviets to take over Greece; Possibility that Great Britain and France have been sufficiently reassured by promises of U.S. aid to take the risk of ignoring the communists.

Examines the views of liberal leaders Joseph Alsop and Hans J. Morgenthau about the decline of the U.S. in the power struggle against the Soviet Union. Discussion on the statements made by Alsop and Morgenthau on the rise of Soviet Union power; Suggestions by Alsop and Morgenthau on how should the U.S. counter its decline; Factors that made the U.S. superior against the Soviet Union during the initial part of the Cold War.

Deals with the application of the so-called Rapacki Plan in addressing the Cold War problem during the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation conference in 1957. Reference to a speech given by "New York Times" chief foreign correspondent C. L. Sulzberger during the conference; Proposals of the Rapacki Plan; Criticism on the intentions of Soviet Defense Minister Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin to postpone discussing military problems during the conference.

Examines the way that the decision of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower to liquidate the Cold War at Geneva has impacted the hope for German reunification. Commitment of the U.S. to peaceful coexistence with Soviet Communism; Main strategic interest of the Bolsheviks; Situation that would make the World Communism irresistible.