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The rest are footnotes. Much contemplation. Minor preview to what I might say: this is one of the greatest books I've ever read.

900 pages; we take a breath and get ready to summit this 8,000-meter peak. A colossally sad epic tale with too many parallels that seem to never end in history.

Getting so close to nailing this mammoth triumph. What a book!! An absolute shoe-in for my Silver Holy Grail and teetering to a very rare Golden one. Shirer, you absolute beast, I am humbled.

Really rolling along now. I'm finding this impossible to put down.

Sept. 1, 1939. World War II begins. Reading about it never gets old. Being reminded of how it happened is always important, The evil never went away, as we well know. This is a story of people who were not prepared. Are we?

This is looking like a memorable one. Shirer really takes you into the trenches of epic history. What an incredible reporter he was.

This is an extraordinary history, on the same level as Shirer's Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. So many political portents in this book that make it super timely. Big-ass winter read; let's get to page 1,000.

This is proving to be more timely and relevant in many ways I hadn't anticipated. And damn, can Shirer write history. 1,000 pages let's go!