Joseph Kalvoda, a history professor at St. Joseph College, doesn't think much of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.Joseph Kalvoda, a history professor at St. Joseph College, doesn't think much of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Kalvoda, Rice "frequently does not sift facts from propaganda and valid information from disinformation dis·in·for·ma·tion n. 1. Deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government or especially by an intelligence agency in order to influence public opinion or the government in another nation: or misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis " and "passes judgments and expresses opinions without adequate knowledge of facts" But Kalvoda is not, as one might have thought, writing about Rice's performance with regards to the Iraq war. These passages actually come from his review of Rice's 1984 book, The Soviet Union and the Czechoslovak Army, 1948-1983: Uncertain Allegiance, in the American Historical Review The American Historical Review (AHR) is the official publication of the American Historical Association (AHA), a body of academics, professors, teachers, students, historians, curators and others, founded in 1884 "for the promotion of historical studies, the . Apparently, history does repeat itself. |
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