Look at "The thick of it". On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Martin Tomasek wrote:
> Gadi Evron wrote: > > What is your favorite reference on the subject? Or a situation you > > encountered which you found fascinating? > > > > Resources: > > > > 1. Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister > > > > The best. > > > 7. George Orwell > > > > George Orwell's political satire is not about big brother, that is just > > a theme in his wonderful book 1984, which isn't about big brother, either. > > > > Another interesting author is James Burnham, > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burnham. He was hated and plagiarized > by Orwell. > > > 10. Fun to watch: > > > > Satirical series from creators of southpark: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That's_My_Bush! > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_My_Bush%21> > > > 11. Edward L. Bernays on propaganda and public relations > > > > Propaganda > > http://www.archive.org/details/Propaganda_600 > > > > Very good book from the father of PR. I would recommend it too. > > I'm reading autobiography of Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, Confessions > of the Old Wizard. So far so good. He was one of important politicians > of Weimar republic and then of Hitler's Germany. He was put into > concentration camp in (AFAIK) 1944, then in 1945 he went before Nurnberg > tribunal, allies confiscated his property etc.. > > There was also interesting figure of German SDP on the very beginning of > 20th century: Alexander Izrael (Parvus) Helphand. The man who talked > German government into providing finance for Lenin and his revolution. > He was completely lost in history, until 1990s. > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
