William G Buttner II
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The Hell of Good Intentions
- America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy
- De: Stephen M. Walt
- Narrado por: Stephen M. Walt
- Duración: 11 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 129
From the New York Times best-selling author Stephen M. Walt, The Hell of Good Intentions dissects the faults and foibles of recent American foreign policy - explaining why it has been plagued by disasters like the “forever wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan and outlining what can be done to fix it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Shifted My Thinking
- De Sams95 en 11-07-18
- The Hell of Good Intentions
- America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy
- De: Stephen M. Walt
- Narrado por: Stephen M. Walt
Minus Chapter 13 great book
Revisado: 01-05-21
While the entirety of the book is great overall, clearly chapter 13 stood out as a disorganized afterthought that was politically motivated due to the 2016 election results. Walt effectively whines about the results of the election and doesn't bother to give any sort of credit to the Trump administration for any of its foreign policy wins. NATO spending increases, middle eastern victories, defeat of ISIS, normalizing of relationships with Israel, etc. The rest of the book speaks truth to power about the incompetence of the foreign policy establishment. The truth hurts, but many politicians amd civil servants alike deserve to be called out on their ineffectiveness in the foreign policy realm. He rightly points out the "blob" and their ability to internally steal conversations towards liberal hegemony and away from logical alternatives.
Crazy is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result....clearly America's foreign policy community and those who entrust them to perform their jobs effectively are crazy, as Walt successfully points out.
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Fail U.
- The False Promise of Higher Education
- De: Charles J. Sykes
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 41
With chapters exploring the staggering costs of a college education, the sharp decline in tenured faculty and teaching loads, the explosion of administrator jobs, the grandiose building plans (gyms, food courts, student recreation centers), and the hysteria surrounding the "epidemic" of campus rapes, "triggers", "micro-aggressions", and other forms of alleged trauma, Fail U. concludes by offering a different vision of higher education - one that is affordable, more productive, and better-suited to meet the needs of a diverse range of students.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very glad I listened, not enough resolution
- De James Collier en 03-01-17
- Fail U.
- The False Promise of Higher Education
- De: Charles J. Sykes
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
Great rebuke of the American University
Revisado: 10-14-19
This book does a great job if pointing out the absurdities of the American academic institutions we experience today. Does a great service to the reader by breaking down widespread complex issues challenging the system, then the author explains with excellent simplification backed up with evidence why those issues exist. Definitely recommend reading or listening to this book's perspective regardless of what side of the argument you find yourself on. Extremely informative indeed.
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