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Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe (Allen Lane History)by: Mark Mazower June 05, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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This is an excellent book, with a qualifying 'but'. If you want to understand the dynamic of 'Hitlers Empire', how it developed and collapsed, and the details of its particular favour of genocidal gangsterism, then this will satisfy all the curiosity you have, and then some. My only complain about the main content is that it is a bit short on personalities (though this may be an unavoidable problem - the focus of the book is, after all, on process and governance). You get little real feel for the _people_ who did all this. Mazower does not mention anyone having nightmares, or developing a drink problem (lots of people are mentioned as having drinking problems, but only for the usual, soap-opera sort of reasons, not because of a day job in ... Read More:
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The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchillfrom: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd August 31, 2001 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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After reading Dominique Enwright's excellent biography on Winston Churchill I had high hopes for this.I was not disappointed because this is fantastic addition to that book.
The thing that I like about her books on Chuchill is the fact that they aren't overblown at all.They stick to the basic facts and hold your interest throughout.This fine effort showcases the wit of the great man in an easy to follow way and I have no hesitation in giving this a full five stars to go alongside Ms. Enwright's first book. There are many books out there about Churchill but I doubt you will find two finer ones simply because they are so easy to digest.Very highly recommended. >>More Details |
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Yes We Can: A Biography of Barack Obamaby: Garen Thomas June 24, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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After reading Dominique Enwright's excellent biography on Winston Churchill I had high hopes for this.I was not disappointed because this is fantastic addition to that book.
The thing that I like about her books on Chuchill is the fact that they aren't overblown at all.They stick to the basic facts and hold your interest throughout.This fine effort showcases the wit of the great man in an easy to follow way and I have no hesitation in giving this a full five stars to go alongside Ms. Enwright's first book. There are many books out there about Churchill but I doubt you will find two finer ones simply because they are so easy to digest.Very highly recommended. >>More Details |
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincolnby: Doris Kearns Goodwin September 26, 2006 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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This is a super book. The research is out of the top drawer - very impressive indeed. One is left with the vivid images of what it must have been like to be a politican at this time and the sorts of skills required. From that perspective, it was excellent. However, there is so much information and detail that one has to study the book rather than read the book. It stifles the flow of the attractive story as all details that can be tied into the narrative are introduced. I am not sure that I would like to recommend this book as something to read, but as a text for historical research I suspect it will become required reading.
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Bushisms: The Farewell Tourfrom: Pocket Books November 17, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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This is a super book. The research is out of the top drawer - very impressive indeed. One is left with the vivid images of what it must have been like to be a politican at this time and the sorts of skills required. From that perspective, it was excellent. However, there is so much information and detail that one has to study the book rather than read the book. It stifles the flow of the attractive story as all details that can be tied into the narrative are introduced. I am not sure that I would like to recommend this book as something to read, but as a text for historical research I suspect it will become required reading.
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Hitlerby: Ian Kershaw August 07, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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Just a brief note: Many of the reviews found on this page are for the book 'Hubris' also by Ian Kershaw which charts the earlier parts of Hitler's life. This book is an unabridged volume containing both 'Hubris' and its follow-up 'Nemesis' and hence covers the whole of Hitler's life. Also, the 'Look Inside' feature offered actually shows you the inside of a totally different book on Hitler. Just thought you should know.
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William Pitt the Younger: A Biographyby: William Hague May 03, 2005 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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William Hague points out in the afterword to this book that Margaret Thatcher likened him to Pitt the Younger when he famously took the stage at the Conservative Party Conference aged 16 many years ago. He certainly has a sympathy for his subject but not a slavish one ; he sees weaknesses as well as strengths. It needs to be said that this is a hard-worked book, and Hague's conscientious research is everywhere apparent. He usually avoids the danger of an invisible wood hidden by multitudes of trees - perhaps not quite, or not always - but there is still a lot of information in the book, and it's a long book. Hague also faces a difficulty in the nature of his subject. If you take the politician away from Pitt, there is not much left. Disraeli, Gladstone and Churchill, ... Read More:
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Leviathan (English Library)by: Thomas Hobbes, C.B. Mac Pherson July 24, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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What would you do if your government made a law that was completely immoral? It required you to act in an immoral way? This is not just a theoretical question, it has happened - consider Nazi Germany. So what would you do? Follow the law because it is what the law says and as citizens we are under a duty to follow the law? Refuse to follow the law because it is immoral (and risk prison/execution)? What if everybody refused to follow laws they didn't like? Wouldn't that result in anarchy? Would anarchy be so much better or maybe it would be even worse? Maybe if the law was immoral enough you would start a revoltion?
If you think about questions like this, Hobbes' Leviathan is the beginning of the modern consideration of this question. You may not like Hobbes answer (and personally ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Boy in the Striped Pajamasby: John Boyne October 23, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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I thought this book was cleverly written, from the view of a 9 year old boy - it is only because we have historical hindsight of the events that are being described by the boy, who does not understand, that the full story plays out in your imagination as the story unfolds.
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Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Loveby: Sheila Rowbotham October 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Political History |
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I thought this book was cleverly written, from the view of a 9 year old boy - it is only because we have historical hindsight of the events that are being described by the boy, who does not understand, that the full story plays out in your imagination as the story unfolds.
I did not expect the story to end the way it did. I was gripped. >>More Details |
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