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Friday, March 16, 2007

Second Chance

I remember wondering while reading Zbigniew Brzezinski's " The Fragile Blosom:crisis and change in Japan", how Brzezinski could have so many insights about an area which is admittedly not part of his expertise. He was able to do this because of his sophisticated and complete world view. It remains to me one of the best books on Japan's role in the world and has stood the test of time.

His new book the Second Chance confirms his place as one of the best thinkers on foreign policy that we have. He sees the biggest danger now is that America has a notion that we are the forcesof good against evil and our moral superiority justifies immoral acts. Bush has squandered credibility, legitimacy and respect for our power.

It also confirms John Stewart's place as one of the more insightful book reviewers that we have.

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