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Awesome Journalists (Yes, I know we have a recommendations thread)
Trillian:
I finished the book below today...
--- Quote from: Michael Kenney from the Boston Globe ---This history points to the flaws in intelligence leading up to the Iraq war as merely the latest major misstep by the Central Intelligence Agency, a bureaucracy that has rarely accomplished its central mission since its birth, the author argues. The work, which won a National Book Award, is scathingly critical, carefully researched and smartly written, painting a frightening portrait of a hapless bureaucracy whose drastic miscalculations — from Korea through the Cold War to Vietnam and now Iraq — have cost the United States dearly in blood, treasure, and prestige.
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I thought it was very interesting. It is a very critical look at what this author claims to be an ineffective hierarchy. I rather enjoyed it, although I could see the scathing look at the nation's government/conduct not sitting well with some. If you would like a good commentary and a well researched viewpoint of the internal workings of the US government centered specifically around the CIA, then this is probably a good book to pick up. :P
Ishotdanieljohnston:
That actually looks pretty interesting. He's not quite a journalist but has anyone here read anything by W.G Sebald? I've been meaning to read his stuff for a while- apparently he's an absolute genius.
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