Wednesday, July 17, 2024

We Learn Nothing

 


The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld by Ravi Somaiya is a who-done-it that does not live up to its promise.  We learn very little.  Either Hammarskjöld's plane crashed due to pilot error or some technical malfunction, or it was shot down from the ground or the air (either accidentally or purposeful) but we do not know and never will know.  And this book won’t give you a compelling reason to believe any scenario. Not a captivating read.


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