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minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI had to read Legacy of Ashes for one of my college courses At the time, it did a decent enough job of convincing me the CIA was bad But yeah, it’s not a very good book in retrospect Very much a “America is good, but the CIA is bad and makes America worse” type of thing
minus-squareMCU_H8ER [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI think that’s called a ‘limited hangout’. Admit to things you can’t deny but obscure the intentions and severity. I also just don’t like his writing style. I really want to read Aaron Good’s American Exception soon.
I had to read Legacy of Ashes for one of my college courses
At the time, it did a decent enough job of convincing me the CIA was bad
But yeah, it’s not a very good book in retrospect
Very much a “America is good, but the CIA is bad and makes America worse” type of thing
I think that’s called a ‘limited hangout’. Admit to things you can’t deny but obscure the intentions and severity. I also just don’t like his writing style.
I really want to read Aaron Good’s American Exception soon.