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The Beat Goes On
It takes someone who has spent a little time studying geopolitics to truly appreciate this book. I have recommended it to some who simply "did not get it"! But, to those of us who have watched finances from a geopolitical stance, it is fascinating. There is simply no limit to what powerful people with a lot of money will do!!!!!
Published 3 months ago by C. Archibald
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Power schmower
Maybe if you remember this man, Sidona, you might better understand his plight than I did. The first part of this book is wall to wall confusion, reading like the Italian yellow pages. There are also many quotes in Italian, and these might help aspiring linguists, like me. Otherwise, only a few stalwarts will wade through this first half of the book. Later, in...
Published on March 21, 2003 by Kris
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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Beat Goes On,
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This review is from: Power on Earth (Hardcover)
It takes someone who has spent a little time studying geopolitics to truly appreciate this book. I have recommended it to some who simply "did not get it"! But, to those of us who have watched finances from a geopolitical stance, it is fascinating. There is simply no limit to what powerful people with a lot of money will do!!!!!
6 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Power schmower,
By Kris (Oxnard, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Power on Earth (Hardcover)
Maybe if you remember this man, Sidona, you might better understand his plight than I did. The first part of this book is wall to wall confusion, reading like the Italian yellow pages. There are also many quotes in Italian, and these might help aspiring linguists, like me. Otherwise, only a few stalwarts will wade through this first half of the book. Later, in the second half of the book, the pace picks up some, when Mr. (Signore?) Sidona finally gets caught by the law's so-called long arm. Mr. Tosches originally approached Sidona about a book after his fall from grace, while he was "resting" in an Italian prison. Tosches keeps the ball of Sidona up in the air for a little bit longer, with this book, but maybe Sidona's ball deserves to just fall and come to a final resting point. I say this because, after all, Sidona wanted to play fast and loose, he took his inherent gifts (he was good with numbers, well educated and an avvocatto, a lawyer, and apparently was a personable sort of fellow with all the contacts he had), but what did he do with these talents? Well, he tried to aggrandize himself, and is this any new story? He ran with the wolves and he paid the price, end of story. Thanks to Nick Tosches for keeping the ball in the air a little longer. This helps the generations following Sidona and his age cohorts to understand the crazy world which precedes them, like a bad reputation. Diximus. |
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Power on Earth by Nick Tosches (Hardcover - Aug. 1986)
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