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The tropes of "training" and "political maturation," basic components of the European mission civilisatrice, had been deployed by Britain, the United States, and
Gardner Bovingdon • The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land
Proprietary Technology
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Kelleher was a hero-worshiper and a reader of history and literature who could reel off couplets from Wordsworth, aphorisms from Clausewitz, and exchanges from Nixon’s 1950 debates with Helen Gahagan Douglas.
Thomas Petzinger Jr. • Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos
intended beneficiaries of America’s precious promises.
John Graham • Plantation Theory: The Black Professional's Struggle Between Freedom and Security
our daily constitutional:
Mick Jackson • The Underground Man
At Chattanooga in 1863, George Thomas refused Grant’s order to attack until he was resupplied with draft horses to pull his artillery. Grant was furious, but Thomas was right and, by refusing to attack prematurely, he probably saved Grant’s career. Ridgway and Taylor were also correct, and may well have saved Ike from certain disaster.f
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
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