Nope, haven't read his book. But i've read a few that don't speak exactly highly of him. Im assuming your trying to say unless we read HIS book we won't know the truth?snyder wrote:Has anyone commenting on Wes Clark actually read his book? I have, and would be happy to discuss it with anyone who actually read it. The whole thing, not just the cover blurb.
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Wes Clark = Loose Cannon
"Don't mess around with the guy in shades at night" Corey Hart...and he means it too...
I have found that on this site, and many others, there is a fairly high amount of commentary about books that people have not read. I think it's always a good idea to read the book rather than made a comment about the blurb on the dust jacket. But I suppose that will just have to be my private character flaw. 
[i]To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just another attempt to disguise one's unmanly character; ability to understand the question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action; fanatical enthusiasm was the mark of a real man -- Thucydides[/i]
I know directly that Clark wrote it himself.
[i]To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just another attempt to disguise one's unmanly character; ability to understand the question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action; fanatical enthusiasm was the mark of a real man -- Thucydides[/i]
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Well thats what im gettin at.snyder wrote:I know directly that Clark wrote it himself.
I don't think i'd trust a book by a man about himself. Biographer, perhaps. And even alot of biographers are simply fanboys.
I'd say the best mini bios that are done are by Paul Johnson.
"Don't mess around with the guy in shades at night" Corey Hart...and he means it too...
Redhand and "ex" student, those are pretty lame excuses for laziness. Clark's book isn't about himself, i.e., it's not a biography, and it's not a campaign document. But neither of you would know that, because neither of you have done anything other than read the dust jacket -- and probably not all of that, either.
[i]To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just another attempt to disguise one's unmanly character; ability to understand the question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action; fanatical enthusiasm was the mark of a real man -- Thucydides[/i]
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John Kerry may be a bit repetitive but at least he's not Wesley Clark. 
Snyder,snyder wrote:Redhand and "ex" student, those are pretty lame excuses for laziness. Clark's book isn't about himself, i.e., it's not a biography, and it's not a campaign document. But neither of you would know that, because neither of you have done anything other than read the dust jacket -- and probably not all of that, either.
I'm lazy because i haven't read some damn book on him? Look at the title thread. The man just about caused a catastrophe in the Balkans, theres plenty of witnesses to it.
Suddenly im lazy because i won't take a look at his book? If thats the case I want you to read fully the following books:
1. The Making of Strategy (Rulers, States, and War) - Cambridge Press
2. Technology and War - Martin Van Creveld
3. On War - Clausewitz
4. The Generals War (with comment on Clark) - Micheal R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainer.
I want you to read these 4 books back to front including the intros. Once your done that you come back to me, and we'll talk about Wes Clark.
Until then, keep your trap shut about laziness.
"Don't mess around with the guy in shades at night" Corey Hart...and he means it too...
Redhand, I don't comment on books I haven't read. That's a lazy man's habit, and I don't have it.
[i]To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just another attempt to disguise one's unmanly character; ability to understand the question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action; fanatical enthusiasm was the mark of a real man -- Thucydides[/i]
