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James Bruno is the author of four bestselling books. He has been featured on NBC's Today Show, CNN, Fox News, SiriusXM Radio, in The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, and other national and international media. His spy-mob thriller PERMANENT INTERESTS and CHASM, a thriller about war criminals, have landed simultaneously on three Amazon Kindle Bestseller lists, including #1 in Political Fiction and #1 in Spy Stories. They were joined by TRIBE, a political thriller centered on Afghanistan. HAVANA QUEEN is an espionage thriller set in Cuba. THE FOREIGN CIRCUS, a book of satirical essays on U.S. foreign policy is also an Amazon bestseller. Mr. Bruno is a contributor to POLITICO Magazine and Washington Monthly, and an ...more

The Pottery Barn Rule & Venezuela - and Was the Overthrow an Inside Job?

"Oil Jima" monument

 

While the military op was well executed, there's no political/diplomatic strategy, which is like closing one’s eyes and rolling the dice in Vegas. A bundle of tactics does not equate to strategy.

Pottery Barn Rule

On the eve of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell reportedly told President George W. Bush, citing the “Pottery Barn rule

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Average rating: 3.69 · 213 ratings · 42 reviews · 13 distinct worksSimilar authors
Permanent Interests

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Havana Queen

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Tribe

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The Foreign Circus

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