Reinhold Niebuhr

Aku kat kampung. Jap lagi nak makan pastu balik Seremban. Ada satu part.. page 57 of Kaplan's.. suka gila.. di metik few cakap-cakap by important scholars.. mungkin gak leaders. .. aku pun tak sure.

Earnest Renan cakap.... "To forget and get one's history wrong are essential factors in the making of a nation." "The more history people know, the greater the danger to national myths."

Reinhold Niebuhr plak.. "The incompatibility of emotion and mind can only be resolved through dishonesty." So, nationalism in order to be successful requires self deception. Maka... "Myth, forgetfulness, and self deception suffuse national memory." Buku ni memang best. Aku jadi malas nak buat menda lain bila start reading this book. Aku nak tulis novel. Tapi tak sure genre apa. Macam nak buat seram... Cuma aku tak pernah tulis novel or cerpen.. so, tak tau cemana.

In Europe's Shadow by Robert D. Kaplan. Best gila.