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Perils of the loss of initiative.

I remember the now seemingly memory holed “Japan Problem” of the 80s and early 90s.

The first time the Japanese Diet was dissolved was over naval expansion.

Ross Perot as an early version of Elon Musk.

Operation PBSuccess seems like a perfect way to terrorize a small country. That and a blockade, too.

All these fringe guys digging into the center…is it indicative of how less important front facing politics has become?

I with there were more on how the PGT was going to get and what they were going to do with the arms if the Alfham Incident had gone right.

I’m not familiar with this campaign so having a good time with it. On the edge just as the IJN was getting overwhelmed.

David Duke got his start due to a racist public school assignment that led him to one of the Citizens Committees in the ‘60s.

Good overview of something I’m not familiar with.

So I get how the Satsuma clan concentrated on the navy but why were they still an important player after the 1877 rebellion even if some members were on the government’s side?

The footnote about anxiety at the revelations of the US plot by the brave revelation of information provided by a double agent by Arbenz at the end of chapter 11 made my stomach sink like a stone.

Operation Fortune sounds like most the harebrained half-baked crap that comes out of the powers that be. Also, don't think I was aware that Bedel Smith was Ike's #2 at State.

The only Catholic Church official who didn't foam at the mouth at Arbenz was the papal nuncio.

Arbenz comes off has a good and shrewd leader so far.

The IJN was an early national institution.

Looking forward to seeing how budget fights fostered political pluralism.

Arbenz seems like a good leader.

Damn, did every US official think everyone else in the world was a communist?????

Instability and mystery assassinations.

“Spiritual Socialism” is as effective as it sounds…

Good quick overview, learned a few things I didn't know about organization. Should have gotten a physical copy with pretty pictures.

Gleijeses is such a wonderful writer.

Now getting to the party system persistency stuff.

Picked this up again because I got in the mood for it.