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May 08
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Matt
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to:
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Penguin Classics)
by Hannah Arendt
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currently-reading,
history
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read in January, 2008
Matt said:
"The title says it all...Arendt, who covered Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem for the New Yorker following his kidnapping by Mossad in Argentina, explores how this unremarkable, sane and otherwise normal individual became a Nazi bureaucrat whose mission ...more
The title says it all...Arendt, who covered Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem for the New Yorker following his kidnapping by Mossad in Argentina, explores how this unremarkable, sane and otherwise normal individual became a Nazi bureaucrat whose mission was maximizing the efficiency of the Holocaust. She poignantly illustrates how it doesn't take a monster to carry out the most evil deeds, only an ordinary person in the right circumstances and with the right incentives....less
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May 04
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Matt
gave
to:
Dispatches (Paperback)
by Michael Herr
bookshelves:
war
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read in January, 2006
Matt said:
"One of my all-time favorites, widely regarded as the best account of the Vietnam War, and one of the best accounts of war, period. Reporting from the front lines, through his own lens as a journalist, Herr tells the stories of the grunts who must fig...more
One of my all-time favorites, widely regarded as the best account of the Vietnam War, and one of the best accounts of war, period. Reporting from the front lines, through his own lens as a journalist, Herr tells the stories of the grunts who must fight an insane war. If Hunter Thompson was a war correspondent, he might have written something like this. Herr went on to co-write the screenplays for Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket....less
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May 03
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Matt
gave
to:
The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by Frantz Fanon
bookshelves:
anti-colonialism,
political-theory,
revolutionary
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read in January, 2006
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Matt
gave
to:
On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo (Paperback)
by Friedrich Nietzsche
bookshelves:
philosophy
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read in January, 2006
Matt said:
"This book blew my mind harder than any I've ever read. It will make you question just about everything you think you believe about morality, right and wrong, and humanity in general. Even if you hate what he says, you have to admit he makes a pretty ...more
This book blew my mind harder than any I've ever read. It will make you question just about everything you think you believe about morality, right and wrong, and humanity in general. Even if you hate what he says, you have to admit he makes a pretty strong case....less
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Matt
gave
to:
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 (Paperback)
by Hunter S. Thompson
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Matt
marked as to-read:
Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
by Frantz Fanon
bookshelves:
to-read
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Matt
gave
to:
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson (Paperback)
by George L. Jackson
bookshelves:
race-issues
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read in January, 2004
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Matt
is currently reading:
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (Hardcover)
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
bookshelves:
currently-reading,
economics
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Matt
gave
to:
How the Irish Became White (Paperback)
by Noel Ignatiev
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