Posted by jane d on September 13, 2011, at 3:24:34
In reply to Re: 9/11 » floatingbridge, posted by sigismund on September 11, 2011, at 21:03:03
> Melvyn Leffnner is a professor of history in the US. He had a good article in the press. The coverage here has been, in the tabloids and TV, mind-numbing and unenlightening, as you would expect.
I made a point of avoiding as much of the coverage as I could. I always have. What slipped throught seemed to be as you describe. I hope it's mostly over now.
The tone of the Melvin Leffler excerpt you posted annoyed me and I spent some time trying to figure out why. I decided that it sounded too much like a sermon or a campaign speech and with our election cycle just starting I have already run out of patience for those. All rhetoric, no discussion. But then I also realized it was the conclusion of a longer piece and the tone made more sense. I assume the reasoning was earlier. It's this essay, isn't it? http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68201/melvyn-p-leffler/september-11-in-retrospect
The little bit you could read without logging in looked interesting but I didn't go further. Can you read it without a paid subscription? Were you able to read it?
jane
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