by Tinker » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:17 am
Yes, anyone who wants to know anything about the Cold War and that era should probably focus their sights on LeMay, Curtis; Wohlstetter, Albert; Kahn, Herman; McNamara, Robert. Understanding how Wohlstetter and McNamara basically saved civilization from LeMay and Kahn is I think absolutely necessary. Hell, even if you disagree with me and think that Kahn and LeMay should have won that argument it's still essential to understanding that period.
Re: Soldiers of Reason (History of the Rand corporation written by someone who had unprecedented access to their files) I must confess that I came away with an appreciation and admiration for the most elite of elite think tanks after reading that book. I am thoroughly convinced that Albert Wohlstetter was the greatest hero of the Cold War.
The Neo-Cons have been called many things but ultimately I think that trying to be Albert Wohlstetter kind of did a lot of it in. Perle, Wolfowitz, Rice, they ALL studied DIRECTLY under Albert Wohlstetter at University of Chicago at one point or another.
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.