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spite of their differences, however, US officers shared a particular view of the United States as a harbinger of progress and of Panama as a backward tropical place. This overarching ideology shaped their actions and ultimately affected the
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“As in 1842, the British understood the principle of Afghan war: strike hard and then get out fast, leaving a friendly ruler. ‘It may not be very flattering to our amour propre,’ wrote Bobs, ‘but…the less the Afghans see of us the less they’ll dislike us.”
― The World: A Family History of Humanity
― The World: A Family History of Humanity
“There is only one thing more contemptible than a competent dictatorship and that is an incompetent one.”
― The World: A Family History of Humanity
― The World: A Family History of Humanity
“God is the most uninteresting answer to the most interesting questions.”
― Trust
― Trust
“Rulers, statesmen and nations are often advised to learn the lesson of historical experience. But what experience and history teach is that nations and governments have never learned anything from history. Hegel”
― The World: A Family History of Humanity
― The World: A Family History of Humanity
“Its ideal mode of behaviour was what in German was called Kadavergehorsam (‘corpse-like obedience’).”
― Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich
― Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich
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