The Soldier, the Builder, and the Diplomat: Studies in Failure Schlesser Steven
The Soldier, the Builder, and the Diplomat: Studies in Failure Schlesser Steven Contemporary readers, who wonder at the British and American knack for misguided adventure, will enjoy these three…
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The Soldier, the Builder, and the Diplomat: Studies in Failure Schlesser Steven
Contemporary readers, who wonder at the British and American knack for misguided adventure, will enjoy these three essays on Custer, the Titanic, and the onset of World War I.The American adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan have finally wound down after incurring enormous costs. It is far easier to enter into armed conflict than it is to withdraw the troops and heal the wounds.The Soldier, the Builder, and the Diplomat consists of rapier-like literary thrusts into the lives of General George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Andrews (the builder of the Titanic), and Edward Grey (British Foreign Secretary before World War I.However spectacular their failures, it's generally agreed that these men (or, in the case of Edward Grey, the men around him) could have avoided One wonders if we have forgotten the lessons of history, and in particular of World War I?