Richard Nixon’s “madman theory” of international relations is so vivid and famous as to obscure its ultimate failure. As early as 1968, the soon-to-be US president hoped to extract concessions from North Vietnam by hinting that he “might do anything” with America’s nuclear arsenal. So shaken was the enemy by this threat that it fought on for five more years and took another 20,000 or so US lives along the way. Madman? Quite.
理查德•尼克松(Richard Nixon)关于国际关系的“疯子理论”是如此生动和出名，以至于其最终的失败被掩盖。1968年，这位即将上任的美国总统为了迫使北越做出让步，暗示他有权任意动用美国的核武库。敌人被这一威胁“吓坏”，以至于它又打了五年仗，其间又夺走约2万美国人的生命。疯子？真的是。
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