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Lech Walesa

The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.

Lech Walesa

War

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Lech Walesa is saying that politicians believed the conflict between the superpowers could only end through a nuclear war, seeing no other way for the situation to change. He points out that they did not think a peaceful or systemic transformation was achievable.

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