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Nicholas Rankin • A Genius for Deception
The Genius of Otto von Bismarck's Foreign Policy Part I: 1871-1878
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The five members of MI(R)c were hard at work on the afternoon of 10 November when Jefferis’s telephone rang unexpectedly. The caller did not identify himself and nor did he give any indication as to why he was phoning. He simply ordered Jefferis to attend an important meeting in Whitehall. When Jefferis pressed for further information, he was told
... See moreGiles Milton • Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Thus it didn’t matter that for much of the twentieth century, the cathedral of state didn’t work so well. Nobody, even in the mighty business world, could come up with an alternative: other models simply didn’t exist for them. The entire world of large organizations was dominated by malfunctioning and suboptimal cathedrals[390]. The state had no
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Nothing went in print for a politician unless it was iron-clad.