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Topic: The life and difficult times of
a biographer: The Petraeus affair |
The life and difficult times of
a biographer: The Petraeus affair
Washington Times, by Hillel Italie
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Posted By:Drive, 11/15/2012 7:13:52 AM
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| NEW YORK — The affair between retired Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and author Paula Broadwell is but an extreme example of the love/hate history between biographers and their subjects. Even before their outing led to Mr. Petraeus‘ resignation as CIA director, Mrs. Broadwell had been criticized for the rosy tone of “All In,” which The Associated Press described in 2011 as “part hagiography and part defense” of his strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan. But as long as biographies are written by and about human beings, scientific precision will remain an ideal.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
rustycfc, 11/15/2012 8:04:58 AM (No. 9015567)
the down fall of this nation began in the
60s and it contiues to this day.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Judith, 11/15/2012 8:44:21 AM (No. 9015654)
A woman with two young children takes a year off from taking care of them to follow a general into a war zone, supposedly to write a book. BUT, someone else writes the book. Really, how does that work? Or was she just another woman who married, had two children, decided to not put any time into THOSE relationships, and was forever being an adventuress.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 11/15/2012 10:01:50 AM (No. 9015850)
Does anyone really believe that Doris Kearns Goodwin is any different than Paula Broadwell? Tell me again how it was just a platonic relationship when most of the interviews were when LBJ was in her bed.
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