Former chancellor of West Germany Helmut Schmidt writes a candid account of his encounters and confrontations with key leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union and China. 32 pages of halftones and 5 maps.
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Former chancellor of West Germany Helmut Schmidt writes a candid account of his encounters and confrontations with key leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union and China. 32 pages of halftones and 5 maps.
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Since that Alexandra Robbins book on Skull and Bones.
It's a political memoir. Who can say why this book has a reputation in conspiracy circles as revealing of 'true' dynamics of power? This politician has no taste for guile or subterfuge. For instance, according to some, the sino-Soviet discord of the 1950s is just political theater. When he meets Mao, Mao is 'obsessed by this idea.' Hey, do they have a German word for disinformation? Pretty sure it was only 1988 when this book was written. The subject of disinformation should have been pretty familiar to you, dude.
At times it reminded me of John Kasic's memoir, but he's smarter than Kasic. Just that a politician can be a very regular guy. It droned on. From meeting to meeting, and political personage to political personage, sometimes different ones based on election results, etc. Quite honestly, I could have cut that book in half.
He's not a dumb guy and it's not a terrible memoir, but I have no idea why people like this book so much.
