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Page 10 The Pendulum Crowe continued from page 4 government's propaganda ef forts to gain popular support for its policies. These ideals are particular ly important in the current arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet government, through its media, blends ap peals to traditional Russian suspicion of the outside world with constant memories of World War II to remind the population of the role it played in defending the country against Hitler’s Germany. These efforts keep the wounds of the past deep and fresh. Most importantly, they rally the nation, and help the government maintain its con trol over the Russian people. A Nation Beseiged Furthermore, the image of nation beseiged, protected by a caring, fatherly government in Moscow helps Kremlin leaders spiritually and politicdly to unite the country. For better or for worse, the average Soviet citizen strong ly and patriotically supports his government and its policies because it has fed him, given him stability, successfully defended him against outside aggressors, and provided him Elon’s lady Netters start Season slow Elon's women’s tennis team lost their season opener Sunday afternoon. They played well but not well enough, losing to Haver- ford of Pennsylvania. 5-4. Elon won three singles mat ches. but Haverford won two of the three doubles matches to cap ture the victory. Michelle Palumbo, the number for seed for Elon defeated Beth Glass 6-2. 6-4. Elon’s number five seed. Missy Jones defeated Kara Segret’s 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, while Dana Campagna defeated Seema Byahatiy 6-2, 6-1 in the number six match. Jill Goodman and Jones defeated Segrets-Byahath 10-6 for Elon's only doubles victory. with a level of prosperity unknown in Russian history. One question, however, re mains. Is the USSR a threat to world peace? Are its leaders primed and anxious for war? No. The image of the Soviet Union as a highly sophisti cated military power is a false one. Though they have made tremendous strides militarily since World War II, and have achieved some important technological breakthroughs in this area, the Soviets remain very backward. Isolated gains and numerical superiority in certain areas are not enough to achieve a sophisticated, advanced, even ly developed, modem military system on par with the United States. If takes time to develop a technologically advanced society with a sophisticated in dustrial base and highly train ed support personnel, and the Russians have only been at it since World War II. This does not mean, of course, that they are still not a threat. As long as any nation has one destructive nuclear device in its defensive or of fensive arsenal, it is a danger to world peace and security. Fear of War Consequently, while we need to be cautious in our dealings with the Soviets, we must temper our reservations and remember that, because of the horrible losses they have suffered in wars throughout this century, they are much more realistically afraid of war than we are. But we must deal with this fear with respect, not threats. We should never look at their fear of war and the United States as a sign of weakness. Charles XII, Napoleon, and Hitler made this mistake, and suffered the consequences. It remains, then, for us par tially to determine the future role that the Soviet Union will play in world politics. As a na tion beseiged, it will remain a threat to world peace. If this threat is lessened, an we renam to an era of detente, it is possible that we can restore some sanity to interna tional politics and diminish the threat of nuclear holocaust. Dr. Crowe is associate pro fessor of history at Elon College. Go Christians! oin-OP BH(X)KW(>Oi> KAllNDKy I7fis WKST hAVi;; pt BUKI.ISGTON, N C NKK OF OAVIS ST AND SOMKRS ST ,I1WK,ST PRICKS IN TOWN (’l.KAN AND '•’HIKN1>1.V ft WA.'^MKK ONt.Y ^.Oc IK>L1,AR 1511,1, CHANCEH S I.AHr,i: DHYRH IOC .incl 2SC OPHN 7 DAYS A Wl-'FK 2 Tr?ini,K WASJIRR l.^S ONLY HOURS AM TO ll:00r“ Don't Miss Campus Comedy Entertainer of the Year: Comedy Juggler Edward Jackman *Watch him juggle with a 10-speed bicycle balanced on his face!! When:Tuesday, March 19 Time: 8:00 p.m. Where: Whitley Auditorium FREE ADMISSION E.BVy.A.RQ_il-A_Q-KM.AN -Aoo.ther.SUB-spDji^ored.event. . J
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