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Blind Oracles by Bruce Kuklick (2006, Hardcover)

Author: Bruce Kuklick
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Publication Date: 2006-02-24
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0691123497
ISBN-13: 9780691123493
Product ID: EPID46757927
Description: In BLIND ORACLES, Bruce Kuklick examines how American presidents, at least since Roosevelt, have used scholars as learned councils to advise on policy. In his case studies, Kuklick tells who these scholars were (George Kennan, Robert McN...
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In BLIND ORACLES, Bruce Kuklick examines how American presidents, at least since Roosevelt, have used scholars as learned councils to advise on policy. In his case studies, Kuklick tells who these scholars were (George Kennan, Robert McNamara, Henry Kissinger) and where they were from (Harvard, the Ford Foundation, the Rand Corporation) as he reviews major events such as the Cuban missile crisis and the war in Vietnam. A major question is whether the advice of these specialists was given "blindly" without bias, or whether it was politicized, shaped to align with presidential objectives. In telling his story, Kuklick provides fascinating portraits of learned men whose powerful personalities and egos match their brainpower as he opens up revealing chapters of Cold War history.

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Publication Date:2006-02-24

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Length:241 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:18.4 oz

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"Mr. Kuklick's BLIND ORACLES works hard to rub off the intellectual gloss that many of these men have since enjoyed. In his brief sketches, he finds a pattern of common failings. Their approach to strategy was at times so ignorant of history, he says, that it verged on the parochial."
(03/25/2006)

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