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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > The History Book Thread! looks like I need to set up space for a Nazi shelf
 
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FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

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Hocus Pocus posted:

I read Empire by Niall Ferguson a little while ago, and its planted the dangerous idea that I may just be interested in reading about history.

I'm really curious about the period between the two world wars, but more globally than the United States. Any recommendations?

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And anything good on British Hong Kong?

Weimer Germany: Promise and Tragedy by Eric D. Weitz is great if you want to know more about Germany between the wars. It covers cultural matters as well as political ones. So you learn about Bauhaus and Expressionism as well as Freikorps and Spartacists.

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FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

Shooting and Fucking
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 Belgium isn't good for anything except waffles and fighting wars in. I say we abolish it entirely.

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FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

Shooting and Fucking
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Star posted:

Anyone got a recommendation on a good book concerning the Weimar Republic?

Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy by Eric D. Weitz is good.

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FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

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 The Congo Free State just shows the power of privatization. The invisible hand of the free market is just far more efficient at chopping off the visible hands of Africans than the government could ever hope to be.

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FreudianSlippers
Apr 12, 2010

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 Basically everyone was on meth during WW2.

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > The History Book Thread! looks like I need to set up space for a Nazi shelf