319 | Frank Dikötter: Shattering the Myths of China After Mao
The Realignment
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The Importance of Understanding Others
Leaders in one party states tend to become prisoners of their own world view. They never hear a no and then the grasp on reality becomes rather tenuous, he says. "You want people who are loyal, but you never truly know whether they are loyal" Putin miscalculates massively when trying to direct war from Berlin after Stalingrad against his very best generals,. He adds.
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