steve on Nostr: “Waging a Good War” by Thomas E. Ricks ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ricks presents the most ...
“Waging a Good War” by Thomas E. Ricks
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Ricks presents the most well researched account of the American civil rights movement I have read to date. Parallels and analogies are drawn throughout to concepts familiar in military strategy to view the actions taken by the Movement’s leaders in a new light. While the military analogies are often a stretch (or at worse, just plain wrong), they do serve their purpose by highlighting the deliberate planning effort that the likes of MLK Jr. and other civil rights leaders made. Of particular interest was the imperfect portrait that Ricks paints of these historical figures - our idolized leaders are human as we all are, flaws and all. Ricks let’s his own political biases permeate the entire text, but these can be identified and overlooked if the reader is looking for it.
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Ricks presents the most well researched account of the American civil rights movement I have read to date. Parallels and analogies are drawn throughout to concepts familiar in military strategy to view the actions taken by the Movement’s leaders in a new light. While the military analogies are often a stretch (or at worse, just plain wrong), they do serve their purpose by highlighting the deliberate planning effort that the likes of MLK Jr. and other civil rights leaders made. Of particular interest was the imperfect portrait that Ricks paints of these historical figures - our idolized leaders are human as we all are, flaws and all. Ricks let’s his own political biases permeate the entire text, but these can be identified and overlooked if the reader is looking for it.