Great piece in Newsweek by Evan Thomas, on the overuse of the "Munich" analogy:
It may be true, as the saying goes, that leaders who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. But it's also true that leaders who carelessly or heedlessly use historical analogies, who twist or hype the lessons of the past, may be destined to make even bigger mistakes than their predecessors. In modern American history, no metaphor has been more used—or abused—than "Munich."Fareed Zakeria, on his weekend show, had a great piece about this, especially in regards to Reagan- who let's not forget was called an appeaser, just for meeting with Gorbachev. Posted by Stephen Silver at June 16, 2008 04:45 PM
Do any of these analogies also employ the Eric Bana theory?
Posted by: LilB at June 18, 2008 02:48 AM