I had thought that it would be similar to Macchiavelli’s The Prince. I have since learned that it’s not. It’s apparently more similar to the Mahabharata. I’m not sure that reading about actual military formations and theory would interest me. I’m more into the mind games. So the book about Progressives would work for me, too. But in the end, I do believe that the key is to bring shame back because the truth is that people now feel free to confess not just their ignorance of a particular argument, but to proudly announce how closed their minds are. Women *love* to tell me how dumb they are by announcing that they didn’t understand Palin’s resignation speech. I offer to recount it in 4 languages, but they just laugh like twits. I believe that our society has lost a lot in losing it’s sense of shame and I wonder if we lost it during the Clinton presidency or as a result thereof.
Interesting observation about “shame”.
I was always thinking it might have been our treatment of the Vietnam military .. spitting on them, etc.
There was no outcry or “shame” attached to such actions.
However, most conservatives took the opportunity during the Iraq war to make sure our military were never treated that way again.
I’m really interested in the “Progressives” too. It’s primarily because I’ve always been an admirer of Teddy Roosevelt, but I’ve since heard that he was actually a “Progressive” .. and I want to read this book and find out the truth.
Of course, there might be other books which don’t tell the same story about Teddy, but this book was recommended to me by a staunch conservative .. so I’m inclined to believe it may be more accurate.