Wednesday, August 10, 2005
THE FIRST ON MY BLOCK !
Dr. Barnett was kind enough to have his publisher send me a copy of the uncorrected proof limited edition of his Blueprint For Action for me to review for another venue ( which I will cross-post here at Zenpundit) allowing me to get the jump on the rest of the blogosphere - and not a few old media reviewers.
If you have been following Tom's blogging this past year you already have some idea of the shape of BFA but as I scan quickly, there are some twists and surprises in the text even for those familiar with PNM. I'm going to start digging in this weekend but my tentative impression - coupled with a close reading of Dr. Barnett's interview with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for Esquire magazine - is that BFA may be a far more influential book in terms of public policy than The Pentagon's New Map.
The first book was the vision. The second looks to be the structure. ¶ 9:00 PM
Dr. Barnett was kind enough to have his publisher send me a copy of the uncorrected proof limited edition of his Blueprint For Action for me to review for another venue ( which I will cross-post here at Zenpundit) allowing me to get the jump on the rest of the blogosphere - and not a few old media reviewers.
If you have been following Tom's blogging this past year you already have some idea of the shape of BFA but as I scan quickly, there are some twists and surprises in the text even for those familiar with PNM. I'm going to start digging in this weekend but my tentative impression - coupled with a close reading of Dr. Barnett's interview with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for Esquire magazine - is that BFA may be a far more influential book in terms of public policy than The Pentagon's New Map.
The first book was the vision. The second looks to be the structure. ¶ 9:00 PM
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Hey Chirol, Hey Dan,
Thank you. It was a very nice gesture for Tom to have his publisher send me a copy, given the number of newspapers and magazines out there competing for one. My review is pretty small beer in comparison though my target audience, mostly historians, would have a high interest level.
Interestingly enough, these uncorrected proofs do not have indexes and the endnotes are all marked " 00". That kind of organizational editing must be the final step before sending the book to press for the 1st edition.
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Thank you. It was a very nice gesture for Tom to have his publisher send me a copy, given the number of newspapers and magazines out there competing for one. My review is pretty small beer in comparison though my target audience, mostly historians, would have a high interest level.
Interestingly enough, these uncorrected proofs do not have indexes and the endnotes are all marked " 00". That kind of organizational editing must be the final step before sending the book to press for the 1st edition.
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