Soleimani — Bonaparte

Every revolutionary faces threats to its regime survival from both the left and the right. The French Revolution was overthrown in turn by Napoleon Bonaparte (revolution from the right). The American Revolution faced a secessionist threat from the right (Confederate states) which it defeated in a terrible Civil War. The Soviet Revolution faced a threat […]

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Making the News, Not Just Reporting It

C.L. Sulzberger. Long Row of Candles: Memoirs and Diaries [1934-1954]. New York: McMillan Co., 1969. (a book of the month club selection) C.L. Sulzberger (1912-1993) was chief foreign correspondent of the New York Times (1944-1954) and author of its foreign affairs column (1954-1978). He and his family owned the New York Times. He was the […]

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