Original text:
Second, the Soviet Union, unlike previous aspirants to hegemony, is animated by a new fanatic faith, antithetical to our own, and seeks to impose its absolute authority over the rest of the world.
Rewrite:
Unlike other countries that have wanted power, the Soviet Union is driven by a philosophy that is not at all like that of the United States—the Soviet Union wants to dominate and control the entire world.
Original text:
Conflict has, therefore, become endemic and is waged, on the part of the Soviet Union, by violent or non-violent methods in accordance with the dictates of expediency.
Rewrite:
So, conflict has become an accepted way of life for the Soviet Union, and the conflict is either violent or nonviolent, depending on the desired goals to be achieved.
Original text:
With the development of increasingly terrifying weapons of mass destruction, every individual faces the ever-present possibility of annihilation should the conflict enter the phase of total war.
Rewrite:
Now that atomic bombs have been developed, we must face the possibility of the complete destruction of world if we go to war with the Soviet Union.