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...infamous Borgia Pope, was "as close to the prince of darkness as human beings are likely to come." What then of Caligula? Or Stalin? Or Hitler? But she correctly upbraids the Pontiffs for squandering the papacy's moral standing in Christendom. Whether they "provoked" the Protestant revolt, as Tuchman says, or only abetted it, they lost the respect of bishops and princes who otherwise might not have accommodated the forces of nationalism and economic advantage that fueled the Reformation...
...Secretary, Presidential Advisers Baker and Michael Deaver lobbied Reagan for promotions: Baker wanted to take over as National Security Adviser, Deaver to replace Baker as chief of staff. Reagan genially agreed, despite Baker's lack of foreign policy expertise and Deaver's administrative diffidence. A last-minute revolt by Administration right-wingers stopped the Baker appointment-and then only because he volunteered to withdraw, not because Reagan made a tough decision...
This book is the second installment of Frank's answer, which is scheduled to run to five volumes; the first, Dostoevsky: The Seeds of Revolt, 1821-1849, was published...
...preparation of this week's story, which included reporting from the majority of countries in black Africa, Clark was able to work alongside five old Africa hands. Correspondent James Wilde, who covered Africa for TIME from the mid-1960s to 1971, including the Biafra revolt in Nigeria, was back in that country last week to report on the sudden military coup. He got there, barely, in a small chartered plane from the Ivory Coast. "Over Lagos," says Wilde, "the harmattan, a dust-laden wind blowing from the Sahara, had reduced visibility to 500 yds. On our first...
...P.L.O. chief unwisely elevated several unpopular commanders within Fatah, the paramilitary group that he established and that still accounts for about 80% of the P.L.O.'s military strength. Palestinian fighters, outraged by Arafat's appointments and by his growing preference for negotiation over combat, rose up in revolt. Encouraged by Syria, and in some cases backed by Syrian troops and artillery, the rebels gained strength through the summer and eventually forced the loyalists out of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and into Tripoli. When Arafat joined his forces there in September, the time was ripe for Assad to finish...