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Adamant and flexible

Revisado: 04-24-25

This provides valuable perspectives on Lincoln’s beliefs, some practically innate, unshakable, others evolving with experience and possibility. Well read.

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Still relevant

Revisado: 02-22-25

This is a very dense survey of philosophical and political thoughts and theories wrapped in an arguably superficial psychology of Nixon. It is clearly relevant today, when Magats are echoing fascist taunts from the past and fearful of feminism, resentful of experts. (The right-center-left ‘thing’ remains squishy!)

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Valuable analysis

Revisado: 01-26-25

The perspective that Germans were overoptimistic and underprepared, makes sense and is strongly supported by historic documents and numerous data. This is an important review and analysis that corrects revisionist, self-serving histories told by German generals after the war.

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Story and narrator

Revisado: 12-28-24

I love the series in text and was slightly worried how it would be narrated. This is a perfect performance.

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Highest level program management

Revisado: 10-26-24

This is an excellent overview of the management challenges inherent in a very large complex international cooperative program with some interesting F-35 details included for fun.

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Important, listenable history

Revisado: 09-16-24

This is a balanced, broad history of an important leader of England and related leaders in Europe. It is very listenable.

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good overview

Revisado: 09-08-24

Good sketch of history, current status (2024), focused on the drivers and teams of today with some name checking of essential old guys. Well read with only a few mispronounced names (e.g., Charlie Whiting).

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happy talk, misleading

Revisado: 09-08-24

No doubt optimism is more motivating than pessimism, and there are no ‘magic’ thresholds, but I was looking for realism and data, not spin. Author/reader states that the ‘world has woken up to climate change’, but gives no basis to believe it (and even if it's woke, will it do the hard part and get out of bed?). Some pessimists (famously Malthus) have been wrong, true.

Pattern: state an extreme (exponential growth), assert ‘not true’, and say things are better (unsustainable *geometric* growth?). Most things are ok and some are improving but are not the climate, potable water, arable land etc etc etc deteriorating alarmingly? (I did not look at footnotes.)

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Thorough, important

Revisado: 09-04-24

Excellent history and later decline of an industry giant, modern conglomerate. Author has opinions but they are well based and not dogmatic. Many valuable observations and insights.

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Main point is well argued

Revisado: 06-13-24

US presidents have long tried to increase their power but ‘the bomb’ and associated secrecy and international involvement changed the equation, strengthening the executive at a grim cost to the nation. The excesses demonstrated by the CIA and the GWB administration have not been adequately constrained, nor is a solution offered. Good people in government help.

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