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Fire in the Lake, which boils down to Ho Chi Minh was the "best" world leader of the 20th century? Best as in most capable and effective and intelligent not ne
by VLM 12y ago
Fire in the Lake, which boils down to Ho Chi Minh was the "best" world leader of the 20th century? Best as in most capable and effective and intelligent not necessarily best as in matches my ideal of leadership?
- oldbuzzard 12y agoIf I was going to pick one Frances Fitzgerald book it would be "Cities on a Hill"[1] not "Fire in the Lake". One explains why our foreign policy fails and the other explains who we believe ourselves to be and how that shapes who we are. McPhee's "Encounter with the Archdruid"[2] and Reisner's "Cadillac Desert"[3] have similar elements... [1] http://www.amazon.com/Cities-Hill-Brilliant-Exploration-Communities/dp/0671645617/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-1&keywords=cities+on+the+hill+fitzgerald http://www.amazon.com/Cities-Hill-Brilliant-Exploration-Comm... [2] http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=encounter%20with%20the%20archdruid&index=blended&link_code=qs&sourceid=Mozilla-search&tag=mozilla-20 http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=encounter%20w... [3] http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=encounter%20with%20the%20archdruid&index=blended&link_code=qs&sourceid=Mozilla-search&tag=mozilla-20 http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=encounter%20w...
- VLM 12y agoThat looks interesting although I'd have to go back to legacy paper, no legal ebook format. Will put it on my library list.