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I WOULD AGREE the speech was remarkable--not for its insightful vision into the problems of Western democracies like the United States, but for its condescension, alarmism and hack psychologizing conspicuously cloaked in a Kissingerian veil of scholarly objectivism. These may seem like unnecessarily--and for those who know me...
There are a lot more unanswered questions--about Carter's tactics during his 1970 gubernatorial campaign; about Carter's 1972 speech at a "George Wallace Appreciation Day," the proceeds of which went to Wallace's presidential campaign; and about Carter's failure to reveal the names of contributors to his...
AT THE SAME TIME, Mack highlights the various ways in which a political life, first in the Arab rebellion and later in a Royal Air Force career, allowed Lawrence to exercise his talent for "enabling." Lawrence, through his sharp understanding of the needs of men, managed with grace to prod...
The book is not, as the blurb boasts, "one of the most revealing, informative, and insightful books yet written about contemporary Soviet society..." It focuses squarely on the experiences of an American family, and only examines Soviet society insofar as it is perceived through their eyes.
One of the best things about the record is the playing of planist Gilbert Kalish. Equally at home with Schoenberg and Schubert, Kalish's playing is always restrained and insightful.