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fiddling while Rome burned
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Originally posted by sgtclub
I've been trying to assess this book from an objective prospective. The question I have for you is how do you square this portrayal with the portrayal in Woodward's book? I don't know if you read it, but he paints a very different picture and was given pretty wide access during the research process.
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I have not read that Woodward book, but I have read others, and I think it's a mistake to see them as anything but a selective account offered by the senior officials who choose to use him as a source. He gets great access, and you have to ask what he gives to get it.
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