Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
John Lewis Gaddis
Born: April 2, 1941 (age 84)
Bio: John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University. He is best known for his work on the Cold War and grand strategy, and has been hailed as the "Dean of Cold War Historians" by The New York Times.
Known for:
- The Cold War: A New History (2005)
- We now know (1997)
- Strategies of containment (1982)
- The Landscape of History (2002)