"Eisenhower, D-Day, and Experts:" Topic
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Tango01  | 14 Jun 2026 4:56 p.m. PST |
"Before he became an academic rock star, Allan Bloom suggested that the films of John Ford refuted—or at least presented a powerful counterargument to—Nietzsche's critique of the decay of high culture in a democracy. Years before The Closing of the American Mind, Bloom posited that a movie could explore permanent human questions. The new film Pressure (2026) does exactly that. It dramatizes the tense 72 hours before D-Day, focusing on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's agonizing decision about when to launch the greatest naval invasion in history. At its core, the story portrays one of the 20th century's great democratic leaders dealing with experts in two critical situations:…"
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