The Best and the Brightest: Kennedy-Johnson Administrations (Modern Library)
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The Best and the Brightest: Kennedy-Johnson Administrations (Modern Library)
The March of Folly, Barbara Tuchman traces the history of devastating large-scale policies “pursued contrary to ultimate self-interest,”
Peter M. Senge • The Fifth Discipline
Readers crave lessons; aspiring diplomats can learn from them; old hands can quibble with them. Cooper calls them “maxims.” One is particularly powerful – and painful. It comes from Robert McNamara and his reflections on Vietnam written in 1995. It is a searing indictment as we ponder the calamity in Afghanistan. It sums up a lot of Cooper’s... See more