Presidential Courage
Newsweek has an interesting book excerpt that explores the role of Harry Truman in the founding of the state of Israel. The book is Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989. Without discounting the validity of a Jewish state or Truman’s good intentions, I’m not sure I would classify this particular series of decisions as courageous. Unless we’re using Churchill’s definition:
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
– Winston Churchill
To skip all the ads and pagination, you might try the print version.
books &politics posted by: dan @ 23 May 2007 14:28
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