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Hace 3 días · See in particular a 2005 article by Melvyn Leffler, “9/11 and American Foreign Policy”; John Lewis Gaddis, Surprise, Security, and the American Experience; and Walter Russell Mead, Power, Terror, Peace and War. 32 Hal Brands compares George W. Bush’s grand strategy to those of other presidents in What Good Is Grand Strategy? 33 Several ...
Hace 5 días · In John Lewis Gaddis’ definition, contingencies are “phenomena that do not form patterns.” They are the branching points of history at which things could have easily been different because of unpredictable, unusual, and often small occurrences whose importance is sometimes clear only in hindsight.
Hace 2 días · John Lewis Gaddis, the go-to guy for Cold War history, breaks down the whole US vs. USSR showdown in a way that’s super engaging. From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the fall of the Berlin Wall, he covers all the big moments with fresh insights and newly declassified info. Worth a quick read, it’s fast/accessible and not the usual dense ...
Hace 1 día · Conversely, John Lewis Gaddis characterizes negotiations of the 1950s as "an embarrassing series of American reversals," suggesting a lack of real US commitment to arms control efforts. The historian Robert Divine also attributed the failure to achieve a deal to Eisenhower's "lack of leadership," evidenced by his inability to overcome ...
Hace 4 días · Cold War: A New History, John Lewis Gaddis; The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy, Kenneth Pomeranz; Making Globalization Work, Joseph E. Stiglitz; Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence, Judith Butler; Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks, Ben Goldacre
Hace 2 días · He was accused of rudeness and incompetence, and John Lewis Gaddis argues that he was also blamed with ruining Soviet agriculture, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war, and becoming an "international embarrassment" when he authorized construction of the Berlin Wall.
Hace 2 días · Historicus John Lewis Gaddis zei eens, en ik parafraseer uit tweede hand: Kijken naar het verleden, is als het kijken in de achteruitspiegel. Als je alleen maar achterom kijkt, beland je in een greppel, maar weten wat er achter je ligt, helpt je begrijpen waar je vandaan komt en wie er nog meer op de weg rijdt.
