tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post3989329962364276695..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: Slow Boring of Hard Boards: Gates, Shultz, Acheson And the Art of the Political MemoirBucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-39148382682641756652014-01-19T10:49:08.844-08:002014-01-19T10:49:08.844-08:00McNamara's In Retrospect? However incomplete ...McNamara's In Retrospect? However incomplete (and criticized for this), it recognizes the limits of planning, policy-making and ability to assume other perspectives, even for the best and the brightest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-72241231151651911782014-01-19T09:30:07.245-08:002014-01-19T09:30:07.245-08:00Thanks, Stewart Schoder. I haven't read the H...Thanks, Stewart Schoder. I haven't read the Healey memoir but I was in and around London in the late Healey years and I believe he could tell his story well. Never heard of the Schmidt's memoir, sounds like it goes on the list.Bucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-9886142048433278032014-01-19T08:54:37.162-08:002014-01-19T08:54:37.162-08:00In Acheson's class: Helmut Schmidt's Men a...In Acheson's class: Helmut Schmidt's Men and Powers and, even better, Denis Healey's The Time of My Life.Stewart Schodernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-82398274228327312622014-01-19T06:12:16.700-08:002014-01-19T06:12:16.700-08:00After reading Delong and Juan's points I think...After reading Delong and Juan's points I think you need to expand on: " I think Cole overdoes it".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com