nov 2, 1986 - "COHORT OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY" (''The Wise Men'') NY Times 1986, Nov 2

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NY Times 1986, Nov 2 - COHORT OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY

"....THERE are two things America is not supposed to have: an empire and a ruling class. ''The Wise Men'' takes the former for granted as a simple fact of international life, and explains through the lives of six privileged and powerful men how the latter works. The way these lives intertwined - through private schools, corporate board rooms and social clubs - and the way the United States became the inheritor of the postwar world provide the material of a fascinating, informative and ultimately disquieting study......

....While one could make too much of these social connections, the tendency in our avowedly egalitarian society is to make too little of them....."

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