ABSTRACT
Lippmann was no less critical of American policy toward Europe. He had been against the expansion of NATO to include nations on Russia's frontier — on grounds that it would provoke the Kremlin and seal the division of the Continent. Confronted in Western Europe by the thing they feared most — a re-created German army in alliance with the United States — the Russians battened down the hatches in Eastern Europe and looked abroad for ways of making the Western powers uncomfortable. Though Lippmann was not sure that Adlai Stevenson was the right man for the presidency, he respected his integrity, warmed to his urbane wit, and thought he exemplified some of the best aspects of American political life. Turning Lippmann's argument against him, friendly countered by pointing out that the only way to improve television was for people like Lippmann to help develop its potential.
