I thought this incredibly interesting and pragmatic. Each chapter focuses on a different country, the crisis it faced and how it was dealt with by its leaders. Surprisingly, it was also fairly accessible reading.
I thought this incredibly interesting and pragmatic. Each chapter focuses on a different country, the crisis it faced and how it was dealt with by its leaders. Surprisingly, it was also fairly accessible reading.
First sentence: "This is a good news book."
I definitely need one of those!
Kudos for the positive spirit but the sensationalist tone was too much for my tired, bring-on-the-summer-holiday brain.
Malcolm Gladwell like in presentation of world leaders changing their nations.
A little light reading while at work.
Ouch! This was written before the election, and of course, was proven patently untrue. Not political suicide. Sigh. 😟😔😖
The wisdom of Groucho Marx seems like a fitting #epigraph
***This book is billed as "a provocative look at the world's most difficult, seemingly ineradicable problems --and the surprising stories of the countries that solved them." Sign me up for some hope!***