TOKYO – Throughout the Cold War, the Soviet Union used every imaginable threat and inducement – including the ultimate prize of reunification – to bring about a neutral Germany. But German leaders of both the left and the right, from Konrad Adenauer to Willy Brandt, spurned every Soviet offer.
东京—在整个冷战期间，苏联用一切可以想象的手段——包括重新统一这一终极诱惑——威逼利诱中立的德国。但不论是东德还是西德领导人，从阿登纳到勃兰特，都不为所动。在共产主义已经失败的地方，今天的极权重商主义能成功吗？