The bellicosity could start on the first day of his presidency , when he has vowed to list china as a currency manipulator-a pointless provocation to its new leadership that could easily degenerate into a trade war .
But their bellicosity was matched by the scepticism of the americans , and of eisenhower in particular , who from the beginning was against the use of force by his two main allies .
Even within the liberal arts world , where america has long been a byword for injustice , bellicosity and corruption , nazi germany has remained the ultimate example of evil .
