美国必须及时接受这样一个概念：任何政治和军事战争的失利都不是分水岭，只要其在欧洲、远东和拉美的核心利益不受损失。
In time, the US had to accept that each political contest or military battle lost was not a watershed as long as its core interests in Europe, the Far East, and Latin America were not threatened. Through trial and error – backed by a durable political and economic system – the US prevailed and the Soviet Union disintegrated.