My review of Adam Ulamís autobiography in the Journal of Cold War Studies
Saturday, August 7, 2004 at 5:11AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett

This is really the first serious book review I have ever done. I was happy to be asked, since Adam meant so much to me as a person and mentor. I wrote it last fall. My commentary follows:

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COMMENTARY: I may have written something a bit too personal for some peopleís taste, but I couldnít think of any other way to write it. I didnít like having to take Adamís family and friends to task for so inserting themselves in the text, plus detailing his final hours and days. I guess I just think they could have found a more measured and tasteful way to put down their remembrances of the man. Having lost my Dad this year, I understand what drives people to want to speak out in memory of a dead relative. I just think they shouldnít have used his autobiography as their pulpitódidnít seem right to me.

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