false 2318724 The United States 05/2009 08/2009 15 8 4 true 5784584 read 4 true 5032414 currently-reading 0 true 5032413 to-read The Rise And Fall Of The Dillinger Gang (Hardcover) by Jeffery S. King]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62462745 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180101709s/997571.jpg 2318724 Bob Daugherty http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2318724-bob-daugherty Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:38:25 -0700 The Dillinger Days (Paperback) by John Willard Toland]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62461141 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177012574s/674002.jpg 2318724 Bob Daugherty http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2318724-bob-daugherty Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:33:00 -0700 ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57838791 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 2318724 Bob Daugherty http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2318724-bob-daugherty Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:13:55 -0700
Collier did an incredible amount of research for this book and was fortunate that many of the particulars were both alive and cooperated.

I was disappointed that the Ethiopian Invasion was covered in so little detail. However, I did get my first understanding of how unprepared (and reluctant) Italy was to get into WW2 (with good reason!)
Collier also only casually mentions Luigi Romersa's assertion that he saw the NAzis explode an A-Bomb several months before the US did it! He offers no opinion on the validity of Romersa's statement only that the fear of atomic annilihation (by Hitler) got the Duce to get back into the war after he was forced out.

Overall I think the book is a good intro to Mussolini and has already inspired me to read more about this fascinating and evil (though not Hitler or Stalin level) man.]]> Duce! (Hardcover) by Richard Collier]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57838791 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 2318724 Bob Daugherty http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2318724-bob-daugherty Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:04:59 -0700 Verdun 1916: 'They Shall Not Pass' (Campaign) by Ian Drury]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57838584 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182053084s/1227065.jpg 2318724 Bob Daugherty http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2318724-bob-daugherty Sat, 30 May 2009 05:27:47 -0700 more...]]> The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916; Revised Edition (Penguin History) by Alistair Horne]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56052518 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174491840s/406776.jpg 2318724 Bob Daugherty http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2318724-bob-daugherty Sat, 30 May 2009 05:22:00 -0700 more...]]> Verdun 1916 (Paperback) by Malcolm Brown]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57838302 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176579166s/636941.jpg 2318724 Bob Daugherty http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2318724-bob-daugherty Sat, 30 May 2009 05:15:03 -0700