Ralf Arditti

Reads like a business article, fast and furious. All Credit Suisse scandals are cited however good deeds are lacking: which deals were they good at? Furthermore interviews with direct actors are missing. Not much new material, only compiling existing ones. Why no mention of Harris Associates, largest American investor, who reduced participation from 10% to 3 %?

Provided the reader has the patience and resolve to cover 700 pages of intensive legalistic and historical narrative, a great book to be absorbed for those interested in the Pacific side of WW2 and its aftermath in forming today’s Asia. Also delving into how the Germans and Japanese today are so far apart in judging their respective countries’ wartime leaders. In Tokyo there is a shrine for those responsible for waging war during 1937-45 whereas in Berlin no sign of adulation for Hitler, Goebbels or Goering. To understand why: “Judgement at Tokyo”.

Incredible stories emanating from a very small nation with underrated solutions to global problems that will take time for the world to appreciate.

…Of a different dimension: I was completely absorbed by Jill Lepore’s “These Truths: A History of the United States” a massive book which is read as a thriller. You know the end however it still is exciting to follow.