{"id":45122,"date":"2015-06-10T06:58:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T06:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=45122"},"modified":"2015-06-10T06:58:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T06:58:19","slug":"doublequoting-leah-farrall-john-boyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=45122","title":{"rendered":"DoubleQuoting Leah Farrall & John Boyd"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — because integrity is so crucial, and because this point so richly deserves repeating ]
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Leah<\/strong> in a Sources & Methods podcast<\/a>, talking about her work as a counter-terrorism analyst, as the co-author of her book with Mustafa Hamid<\/strong>, The Arabs at War in Afghanistan<\/a>, and as an academic:<\/p>\n

You have to be very sure of your own strengths and weaknesses, and what you will and won\u2019t tolerate, and the consequences of that. It sounds silly, but if you\u2019re not prepared to lower your standards, for example, if the integrity of your work is something you value above all else, be prepared to be blacklisted. I\u2019ve pulled things from high-profile publications because they\u2019ve insisted on using words that would misrepresent something so badly that subject matter experts would say \u2018what the hell.\u2019 Now, that\u2019s my commitment, that\u2019s a personal commitment, but that\u2019s come with a cost. And to anybody coming into the academic field, be aware of that type of stuff. Be aware of what it is you will commit to, and what it is you won\u2019t. Because there is going to come a time where you will have to make a choice \u2013 do you surrender some of that integrity? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Boyd<\/strong>, in an anecdote that will be familiar<\/a> to many Zenpundit readers:<\/p>\n

\u201cTiger,\u201d he would say, \u201cone day you will come to a fork in the road. And you\u2019re going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go.\u201d He raised his hand and pointed. \u201cIf you go that way you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and you will get good assignments.\u201d Then Boyd raised his other hand and pointed another direction. \u201cOr you can go that way and you can do something \u2014 something for your country and for your Air Force and for yourself. If you decide you want to do something, you may not get promoted and you may not get the good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won\u2019t have to compromise yourself. You will be true to your friends and to yourself. And your work might make a difference. To be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That\u2019s when you will have to make a decision. To be or to do? Which way will you go?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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