'Are the Russians Ten Feet Tall?'

"After the painful experience of the post-war period, the West has at last recognised whither appeasement of the Russians must lead; and its governments appear willing now to draw the correct conclusions and to adopt an attitude towards [Russia] and its objectives justified by past experience of Russian behaviour. ‘There is only one way of dealing with a power like Russia, and that is the way of courage’, Karl Marx advised in the New York Tribune of 30th December 1853."

~ Werner Keller concluding his 1966 book Are the Russians Ten Feet Tall? (published in the US as East Minus West = Zero: Russia's Debt to the Western World, review here, online edition here)