Book recommendations
08-22-2022, 12:15 PM
#323
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Originally Posted by at6d
May not be up your alley, but an interesting read is Stuka Pilot. Most of it is Eastern Front stuff.
08-28-2022, 06:20 AM
#324
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I have mentioned this book before.
Black Earth : The Holocaust as History and Warning
By Timothy Snyder
i have decided to bring it up again due to its expansion/change in my understanding of history.
Like most people, I am susceptible of being influenced on subjects I know little of when the author is a decent writer and makes cogent, logical arguments backed with good references.
When I read a book involving a subject, or subjects, that I have some prior knowledge I am not so easily manipulated. It is unusual to find a different perspective/interpretation of how the still living past unfolded that makes me rethink how it all came about. Hence making a significant change, or addition, to my understanding. Black Earth is for me one such book.
I have probably above average knowledge of the Holocaust, Polish, Ukraine, Russian, German, Lithuanian relationship history. (less so regarding Belarus...a bit of a gap there)
Black Earth provided the "aha" part for me on why the enormity of the murder and brutality occurred where it did while unfolding quite differently in other parts of Europe. I had pretty much always summed it up as the result of Nazi racial categorizations. Snyder builds a strong case showing the requirement for such a level of savagery is the destruction of the State and its restraining institutions.
Ok. I won't give a further book review. Suffice to say Black Earth changed my insights.
For what it's worth.
Black Earth : The Holocaust as History and Warning
By Timothy Snyder
i have decided to bring it up again due to its expansion/change in my understanding of history.
Like most people, I am susceptible of being influenced on subjects I know little of when the author is a decent writer and makes cogent, logical arguments backed with good references.
When I read a book involving a subject, or subjects, that I have some prior knowledge I am not so easily manipulated. It is unusual to find a different perspective/interpretation of how the still living past unfolded that makes me rethink how it all came about. Hence making a significant change, or addition, to my understanding. Black Earth is for me one such book.
I have probably above average knowledge of the Holocaust, Polish, Ukraine, Russian, German, Lithuanian relationship history. (less so regarding Belarus...a bit of a gap there)
Black Earth provided the "aha" part for me on why the enormity of the murder and brutality occurred where it did while unfolding quite differently in other parts of Europe. I had pretty much always summed it up as the result of Nazi racial categorizations. Snyder builds a strong case showing the requirement for such a level of savagery is the destruction of the State and its restraining institutions.
Ok. I won't give a further book review. Suffice to say Black Earth changed my insights.
For what it's worth.
10-04-2022, 01:59 PM
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10-22-2022, 05:25 PM
#327
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“All Quiet On The Western Front” -E Remarque.
If you weren’t forced to read this in high school (of if you were and just cheated with the Cliff Notes, ahem) now is a good time to revisit it.
Netflix releasing an adaptation this month. Things getting spicy in Ukraine. Seems topical.
If you weren’t forced to read this in high school (of if you were and just cheated with the Cliff Notes, ahem) now is a good time to revisit it.
Netflix releasing an adaptation this month. Things getting spicy in Ukraine. Seems topical.
10-23-2022, 09:27 AM
#328
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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux
“All Quiet On The Western Front” -E Remarque.
If you weren’t forced to read this in high school (of if you were and just cheated with the Cliff Notes, ahem) now is a good time to revisit it.
Netflix releasing an adaptation this month. Things getting spicy in Ukraine. Seems topical.
If you weren’t forced to read this in high school (of if you were and just cheated with the Cliff Notes, ahem) now is a good time to revisit it.
Netflix releasing an adaptation this month. Things getting spicy in Ukraine. Seems topical.
11-26-2022, 10:33 AM
#329
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So for a fascinating, quick read (80ish pages)...
Longitude by Dava Sobel
Before the 18th century, ocean navigators could not find an accurate way of determining longitude. A practical solution came from a gifted carpenter, John Harrison, who solved one of the most difficult problems of his time by creating an accurate chronometer. The best scientists of the time, including Sir Isaac Newton, thought it impossible. Harrison spent four decades perfecting a watch that would earn him compensation from Parliament and longitude rewards thanks to the recognition and influence of King George III of Great Britain.
Longitude by Dava Sobel
Before the 18th century, ocean navigators could not find an accurate way of determining longitude. A practical solution came from a gifted carpenter, John Harrison, who solved one of the most difficult problems of his time by creating an accurate chronometer. The best scientists of the time, including Sir Isaac Newton, thought it impossible. Harrison spent four decades perfecting a watch that would earn him compensation from Parliament and longitude rewards thanks to the recognition and influence of King George III of Great Britain.
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