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Competent on setting genocides, destroying democracies and lying to the whole world about it? Nice source you have there....
by pitiburi 13y ago
Competent on setting genocides, destroying democracies and lying to the whole world about it? Nice source you have there....
- JoachimSchipper 13y agoKissinger is not a good guy. He is, however, competent, and Diplomacy is very much worth reading. Although it probably doesn't leave you a nicer person.
- jmduke 13y agoUgh. You don't have to agree with Kissinger's personal or political views to acknowledge that he's an incredibly high-quality source, both from a scholastic and experiential perspective.
- angersock 13y agoDon't hate the players, hate the game. Kissinger was alarmingly effective at what he did.
- pitiburi 13y agoWow I am being downvoted all over the place, even in old posts... Btw, my point was that someone that achieved horrible things through (among other things) lying, should never be a source. Is not only about him: Lying was and is a fundamental aspect of his profession. And Yes, he was very effective. And Yes, also both a War criminal and a Peace criminal. An effective one though.
- rayiner 13y agoI have come across no book that better explains the how and why off the world than Diplomacy. Its one of the few books I've ever found really worthwhile to read.
- pitiburi 13y agoI really, strongly recommend you to read "The Prize", by Daniel Yergin. Won the Pulitzer. If you want to understand the world and how it works, and the REAL reasons for the History to be what it is, this is it. Best book in existence for Diplomacy, global economy and geopolitics. You will be amazed. You will never look at the world the same way again.