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...been promoted to the rank of Secretary of the International Relations Department of the Communist Party and would not be returning as an ambassador, he asked, amazed: "Is he really a communist?" The effective blurring of Dobrynin's official position on matters and his own character keeps the reader perpetually guessing at whose side he was really on all that time. In the person of Dobrynin, yet another thread is added to the already complex fabric of Soviet-American relations during the Cold...
Despite his many noteworthy accomplishments, Dobrynin offers little self-praise in the book but he says nothing in the form of self-criticism either. At times this attitude of reporting his own actions without judging them calls into question his credibility--the reader is left wondering why he refuses to engage. While Dobrynin contributes necessary information to the story of the Cold War, In Confidence is not the book which sets the story straight...
Beyond the obvious advice, however, we find theories on individuals' motivations that can hurt just as much as they might help. What happens with the reader who doesn't recognize the limited nature of this literature? These pat explanations can then create biases and place limitations on how an individual views and listens to the opposite sex. After hearing a few words of explanation, we can already picture the corresponding text and pigeonhole the problem regardless of the real situation. People jump to conclusions and assume they understand what is going on simply because they read about...
...repetitive pages with folksy statements ("Is there hope for American kids? You bet there is") and self-important quotations from his own previous work. His favorite word? Psephology (look it up). The book was also clearly rushed into print, riddled with typographical and factual errors that make the reader wonder what else the author may have got wrong. He says, for example, that Richard Allen Davis was convicted for the murder of Polly Klaas, when in fact a venue for his trial has not yet been chosen...
...SHAME THAT YOUR ITEM ON NEVADA rancher Dick Carver, "That Pocket Constitution," contained a reader's erroneous reference to Thomas Jefferson as a drafter of the Constitution [LETTERS, Nov. 13]. Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence but not the Constitution. He was Minister to France when the Constitution was written in 1787 and objected strongly to the omission of a bill of rights. Partly as a result of Jefferson's urging, the first 10 Amendments were soon added to the Constitution. GARY L. TAYLOR U.S. District Judge Santa Ana, California...