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BlueDiablo posted:Antony Beevor wrote a reasonable introduction to the Spanish Civil War: Question time: Am I the only person who thought Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose was a terribly-written book? Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Jun 4, 2012 |
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BlueDiablo posted:To Lose a Battle by Alistair Horne is a pretty comprehensive, if old fashioned (concentrates a LOT on the 1940 campaign for the second half, obviously, but the first half is fantastic) discussion of the fall of France. I'd also recommend his book on the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War (Fall of Paris) and his examination of 1917 Verdun (The Price of Glory)
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Anyone have any suggestions for reading on the Dominican Republic?
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blakout posted:Country of My Skull by Antjie Krog is quite good. He's a South African Journalist who was at the hearings for Truth and Reconciliation after Apartheid ended every day for South African TV. He has a first hand account of that pivotal moment in time. I read it for my Modern Africa class in college and quite enjoyed it.
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What recommendations do you have for books on The Falklands War or the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
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EricD posted:Second, Alistair Horne's To Lose A Battle. This is the authoritative book on the Battle of France in 1940. It starts long before 1940, beginning in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles and France victorious over a broken Germany. It traces how the French Army stagnated and declined from the superb weapon of 1918 into the rusty implement of 1940, and traces how the German Army recovered from its collapse in the interwar period and laid the foundations for its future military success. When war finally comes, Horne covers the conflict from the quarrels in high command all the way down to the experiences of private soldiers on a day by day, sometimes hour by hour account of the Fall of France. Horne does not just address the how's but digs into the why's of French failure and German success. Anyone who wishes to understand that Fall, perhaps the most decisive of German victories and crushing of Allied defeats in the Second World War, would do well to read this book. EDIT: I totally forgot about Keegan's Intelligence in War, got it for 5 bucks at Borders (RIP) and couldn't put it down. Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Nov 15, 2016 |
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I've trying to read a biography of each US President, and rather than start at the beginning I picked up mid-20th Century (Truman by McCullough, Eisenhower In War and Peace by Smith, An Unfinished Life by Dallek, LBJ by Dallek and The Arrogance of Power by Summers). Where do I go from here, as far as FDR and Gerald Ford biographies?
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Jun 8, 2017 00:40
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Bandiet posted:Funnily enough, I just started this exact same project. In researching I found this guy's blog to be very helpful and thorough, as well as him seeming like a pretty trustworthy critic. He's not quite up to the era you need, though. He's got what I could use, though. I did start in a weird spot.
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Jun 13, 2017 01:43
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Brodeurs Nanny posted:Any good books about modern Eastern European history? Probably looking for something like the last several hundred years, as countries began their independence movements up until modern day. It's not all of Eastern Europe, but it helps: https://www.amazon.com/Balkans-Nati...RKGSANX8KY1B6M7
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Dec 19, 2017 02:27
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Any recommendations on Edward VIII, or the Abdication Crisis?
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Feb 6, 2018 01:28
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vyelkin posted:A Writer at War by Vassily Grossman is also great. Seconded, this is a fantastic book.
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Mar 14, 2018 23:35
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Finished off 'Hillbilly Elegy' by JD Vance, where do I go from there? I've got a copy of 'Darkness Comes to the Cumberlands" coming, but what other Appalachian history/social books exist?
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Mar 20, 2018 01:17
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Working through The Battle For the Falklands, so far so good. Since everything seems to relate back to the Suez Crisis, any book recommendations there?
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Any recommendations pertaining to the occupation of France during WW2?
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