“Eden ha[s] put his country in a position where she sustained the greatest diplomatic reverse since Bismarck in similar circumstances had called Palmerston's bluff in the matter of Schleswig-Holstein...Further damage was done when Russia proved by her action in Spain, that she was not a good European as Mr. Eden had assured the world was the case.” WorldCountryMatterDoneActionCasesPositionCircumstancesRussiaDamageReverseSpainAssuredEdenDiplomaticBluffsBismarck Author:Anthony Eden
“Much of the image of the amazingness of America comes from the movies into other cultures. And it's much the same thing when you reverse it. Much of Africa is presented through poverty, through drought and war. [But] you're not presenting people, you're not presenting countries, you're not presenting complexity, and so people can't care about an amorphous mass called Africa.” PeopleWarCountryCareAmericaCulturePovertyMassComplexityReversePresentingDroughtOther Cultures Author:Chris Abani