Many Americans are still familiar, even today, with the devastating worldwide conflicts of the last century, titanic events whose resonance even today affect the worldwide balance of power. Consider, for instance, the situation on the Korean peninsula. Recently we commemorated the 60th anniversary of the genesis of that war as, on June 25, 1950, a well-trained and utterly ruthless force of indoctrinated communists from the north invaded South Korea with the intent to instill a regime of mindless slavery and obesience to a cult of fanatical militarists similar to the Soviet model they emulated. The support they received from Stalin