1. @artgoldhammer's beautiful memoir of the wise foreign policy analyst Stanley Hoffmann worth pondering:http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122803/stanley-hoffmann-was-one-great-professors-our-time …
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3. Yet unlike his colleagues, Hoffmann opposed Vietnam war. Why? I think Hoffmann's relationship with de Gaulle is the key.
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4 Hoffmann very much admired de Gaullist and was a kind of Gaullist, not so much politically but in outlook.
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@HeerJeet When Giscard tried to give Tocqueville prize to Colin Powell, Stanley quit the committee in protest b/c of Powell's Iraq role.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@artgoldhammer The one time I met Hoffmann, having dinner at his house, he regaled us with funny stories about how awful they wereThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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