text: The genesis of that position , Albright has insisted , lies in her own life Her view of the world , she repeats as though it were a mantra , was formed not by Vietnam , but by Munich , by the failure of the great powers to check totalitarian aggression in Central Europe .
  
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  Albright insists that Munich , despite its importance , does not come close to Vietnam in shaping her view of the world .