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...Peace” leads the reader to ask the same question. At best, Andelman proposes an analogy between America’s contemporary attempts to remake the world in its own image and the country’s 1919 efforts to do the same. Then, as now, the moralistic mindset of the United States prevented it from comprehending what Japan, China, Iran, Yugoslavia, and other nations truly needed for peace. So, the uninspiring implication is, proceed with caution.Ultimately, Andelman’s only meaningful insight is that international politics cannot be conducted without extensive knowledge of other nations?...
...underlying the majority of formal political discourse on the subject, an unhealthy consensus prevails. Generally speaking, all concerned agree on the basic premise of the “War on Terror”: the “terrorist.” And since few in power today dispute the mindset that begets this “Other,” the waging of the “War on Terror” will continue to hamper efforts to build lasting peace...
...Vietnam, suggested that American administrators were destined to decimate the local, civilian population because they began in precisely this way, by rejecting the primacy of politics. Perhaps the best example of this genocidal impulse came not too much later in 1970, when the gap endemic to such a mindset enabled Nobel Peace laureate Henry Kissinger ‘50, relaying a command given by Richard Nixon, to order “a massive bombing campaign in Cambodia. Anything that flies on anything that moves...
...Winning a tournament “doesn’t change what you’re about—you just go out and play the next day,” he says. His golfers, however, believe that they learned something valuable this summer. “The competitive mindset is what really matters when preparing for collegiate events,” Harvey says, and the individual nature of a match play tournament certainly helped her hone that skill.Sheldon acknowledges that her victory did inevitably raise her personal expectations, but she tries to think...
...gotten a little bit more confident.” As a whole, Harvard’s confidence has been bolstered by the two wins, especially its recent triumph over Vermont. But the team is trying to stay focused amid the lofty expectations surrounding the team. “Our mindset is to take one game at a time,” senior co-captain Matt Hoff said. “Every time we step on the field, we’re expecting to have a better game than the last and win.” Next up on the schedule...