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Flyboys: A True Story of Courage
James BradleyPlease try to understand this. There is no morality in warfare. You kill children. You kill women. You kill old men. You don't seek them out, but they die. That's just what happens in war. - Paul Tibbets, quoted in "Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War"
This is a great story of courage by young flyboys, thoroughly researched, the personal stories as well as the history, goes back to mid 19th century to explain the development of the mind set of the cultures when they... (show more)Please try to understand this. There is no morality in warfare. You kill children. You kill women. You kill old men. You don't seek them out, but they die. That's just what happens in war. - Paul Tibbets, quoted in "Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War"
This is a great story of courage by young flyboys, thoroughly researched, the personal stories as well as the history, goes back to mid 19th century to explain the development of the mind set of the cultures when they clashed.
There is no glory nor honor in war BUT this must be very clear: some cultures have freedom and democracy in their values. Other cultures are totalitarian.
It is the RESPONSIBILITY of the powerful democracies NOT to allow the totalitarian countries to build-up their military power. If they do, war is unavoidable.
Freedom sometimes comes with a high price tag: WAR. (show less) -
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Busine...
Muhammad YunusIt is very interesting that Grameen (rural) bank is a unique bank in the way that it works, developers of micro finance to the poor but have added other Grameen projects that provide training, renewable energy and information technology, just to name few.
They have also incentives that promote health and education to the families of its clients.
This is really a road map to leave poverty behind.
Remember also that this is mainly in Bangladesh and more the 90% of the loans go to women in a co... (show more)It is very interesting that Grameen (rural) bank is a unique bank in the way that it works, developers of micro finance to the poor but have added other Grameen projects that provide training, renewable energy and information technology, just to name few.
They have also incentives that promote health and education to the families of its clients.
This is really a road map to leave poverty behind.
Remember also that this is mainly in Bangladesh and more the 90% of the loans go to women in a country that is mainly Muslim (before Grameen bank, it was very rare that women were given loans) and you never hear of radical Muslims incidents from Bangladesh.
As he well said in his Peace Nobel Prize lecture "Poverty is a Threat to Peace" ... thus getting out of poverty is the way to achieve peace. (show less) -
Bananas!: How The United Fruit Company Shaped t...
Peter ChapmanLiving in Guatemala of course that I'm biased ... but this book really dwells too much on how the United Fruit Co is the source of all evil but doesn't come up with all the hard facts. For example, it never mentions that Arbenz' government was to receive arms from the Czech Republic, the OAS meetings, etc etc ... Actually it was a boring read.
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