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Abdulfattah Popoola
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Abdulfattah Popoola said:
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Probably the most balanced narrative of WW2 that I've ever read. Opened up my eyes to new perspectives about the war, the privations of the multiple countries involved and how it was obvious to some internal folks that Germany was never going to win
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"What a book, showing that Germany had a weaker industrial base than assumed during WWII. Also highlighting some of the decisions that both France and Britain made to beleaguered nations even though they had little intent to fulfill those." — Jul 14, 2024 12:49PM
"What a book, showing that Germany had a weaker industrial base than assumed during WWII. Also highlighting some of the decisions that both France and Britain made to beleaguered nations even though they had little intent to fulfill those." — Jul 14, 2024 12:49PM
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“If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.”
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“[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'"
(One On 1, interview with Budd Mishkin; NY1, March 25, 2007.)”
― Everything They Had: Sports Writing
(One On 1, interview with Budd Mishkin; NY1, March 25, 2007.)”
― Everything They Had: Sports Writing
“But although the cliche says that power always corrupts, what is seldom said ... is that power always reveals. When a man is climbing, trying to persuade others to give him power, concealment is necessary. ... But as a man obtains more power, camouflage becomes less necessary.”
― The Passage of Power
― The Passage of Power
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