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Showa: A History of Japan This multi-volume graphic novel is a combination history book and autobiography. I'm currently reading the second volume 1939-1944 (my library didn't have the 1st one  ) and it's a pretty good history of the war with minimum whitewashing of Japan's role, at least by Japanese standards. There's a really offensive bit where the narrator character brushes off the Baatan death march by just saying "Don't see how it's Japan's fault that it's so hot in the Philippines" and comfort women are only briefly mentioned. The author is a firm anti-militarist though and I personally appreciated all the memoir material about the home front and brutal Japanese Army culture. Overall, I'm looking forward to checking out the other three volumes.
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Oh after a billion recommendations I recently finished Game Change. My favorite parts were Hillary calling Tim Kaine a poo poo-tier VP pick for Obama and planning her transition before even winning the Iowa caucuses. 
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