Thanks. I’m not a historian, just someone curious about the forces shaping the news around us. My job is to deliver information with clarity, compression, and velocity. I respect my readers’ time. I rarely read long articles myself—I usually have them summarized. The truth is that most good articles contain their real informational value in about a third of the space. The rest is throat-clearing, repetition, and wandering around the point. But you all knew that already.
I enjoyed this series tremendously! This is better than the world history I studied in school. I had a friend among those captured by the Iranians in the American Embassy in Tehran and remember that situation well. Great essay you have written here!
Excellent overview. Much sppreciated as it encouraged me to investigate Persian history in more detail and try to understand the Muslim culture that undergirds it.
Thanks. I’m not a historian, just someone curious about the forces shaping the news around us. My job is to deliver information with clarity, compression, and velocity. I respect my readers’ time. I rarely read long articles myself—I usually have them summarized. The truth is that most good articles contain their real informational value in about a third of the space. The rest is throat-clearing, repetition, and wandering around the point. But you all knew that already.
I enjoyed this series tremendously! This is better than the world history I studied in school. I had a friend among those captured by the Iranians in the American Embassy in Tehran and remember that situation well. Great essay you have written here!
Excellent overview. Much sppreciated as it encouraged me to investigate Persian history in more detail and try to understand the Muslim culture that undergirds it.