It reads better than it lives

He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex.

He provides a vision. He often reminds countries of their responsibilities in a way that makes it seem not only like a legal obligation but a moral responsibility.

He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success.

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

There is only one recipe for a best seller and it is a very simple one. You have to get the reader to turn over the page.

It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy and the bullet might miss you. Retreat, evade, betray and the bullet would never miss.