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The Road to Verdun: World War I's Most Momentous Battle and the Folly of Nationalism (Paperback) by Ian Ousby]]>
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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:05:52 -0700
A very good book
...on the First World War - among the best that I have read.
It does a very good job of connecting past (1870), present (1916) and future. The emotional side of war in the trenches is well brought out by diary excerpts. The leaders as well as the 'Poilu' are ...more...]]>
My Father's Keeper: Children of Nazi Leaders-An Intimate History of Damage and Denial (Paperback) by Stephan Lebert]]>
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Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:08:51 -0700
The Children of Nazi Germany...
An excellent and probing treatment of the children of the Nazi leaders.
These are the children of Bormann, Hess, Goring - who met the Furhrer, received small gifts from him and may have sat on his lap. He was god-father to some of them.
The...more...]]>
All Quiet on the Western Front (Mass Market Paperback) by Erich Maria Remarque]]>
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Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:06:27 -0700
Over-rated...
Although this is an intriguing book, I feel that it has been historically over-rated. It is more a series of vignettes describing in detail, events of the war (one could almost say pornographically; but this is admittedly a little harsh): there are scenes of wounded horses s...more...]]>
The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa (Hardcover) by Michael Kimmelman]]>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:21:18 -0700
Nicely written book
This book is not about art per se, but more about how art came about. I enjoyed in particular the chapters on collecting and Antarctica. Collecting led to museums and what went into them (art). Antarctica was about travel photography and how the photographs taken there...more...]]>
Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945: With a New Afterword (Oxford Paperbacks) by Robert Dallek]]>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:21:00 -0700
An Excellent Account
An excellent account of U.S. foreign policy as waged by the great man Roosevelt. There are details in this book which are not found in others. Dallek is not regurgitating other writer's viewpoints.
All points are lucidly explained. For instance; Roosevelt'...more...]]>
Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi (Paperback) by Stanley Wolpert]]>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:20:26 -0700
Timeless Leader
This book dwells more on the failures of Gandhi's methods than others I have read. It describes how he tried unsuccessfully over several years to reach a compromise with Jinnah over Hindu-Muslim relations in India.
Curiously - more than other books - Wolpert sa...more...]]>
The Elephanta Suite: Three Novellas (Hardcover) by Paul Theroux]]>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:20:08 -0700
3 Novellas Set in India
These are three novellas set in India. They revolve around three sets or types of Americans in India. The most convincing is that of the young American female tourist. The other two are about an American businessman (in his forties) in Mumbai, and a middle-aged cou...more...]]>
The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair (Hardcover) by Martin Meredith]]>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:19:29 -0700
A Very Powerful Book
This is a history of Africa since the end of the colonial era. The author does not tread lightly on Africa's rulers' since that time. The level of brutality and corruption is exposed and elucidated relentlessly. Crimes against humanity are so common that one wonders w...more...]]>
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