Plus ça change...
Dec 19, 2010
Bishop Hill in Bureaucrats

...plus c'est la même chose.

This review of Benjamin Greene's Eisenhower, Science Advice, and the Nuclear Test-Ban Debate is rather interesting.  Take this excerpt for example:

Greene draws upon the private papers of the President and many of his key advisors and argues that, although Eisenhower sincerely wanted a test ban as early as 1954, he failed to obtain one primarily because he allowed policy to be captured by scientists and science advisors for much of his presidency.

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Greene depicts Eisenhower as a well-intentioned leader overwhelmed by issues beyond his comprehension.

 

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