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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 02:11 PM
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4. Couple recommendations there
I'm finishing up James McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom," which begins to address the former and handily filled some large gaps in my US history knowledge, and the latter's touched on G.J. Meyer's "A World Undone: The Story of the Great War," which is by far the best single-volume history of WWI - including the background figures, politics, social movements, etc - that I expect to read anytime soon.
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  -Anybody know of any books that deal with what goes on behind the scenes, on an international level? raccoon  Jan-26-10 01:39 PM   #0 
  - Sounds like you are looking for more timely information ...  hlthe2b   Jan-26-10 02:00 PM   #1 
  - I find "Foreign Affairs" interesting for that at times  Posteritatis   Jan-26-10 02:03 PM   #2 
  - Well, it doesn't have to be timely, although that would be of interest too.  raccoon   Jan-26-10 02:09 PM   #3 
     - Couple recommendations there  Posteritatis   Jan-26-10 02:11 PM   #4 
     - You want a primer The Rise and Fall of Empires by Kennedy  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-26-10 02:14 PM   #7 
        - Nadine, I looked up the Kennedy book.  dixiegrrrrl   Jan-26-10 02:35 PM   #15 
           - Yes, and more than just a necessary read  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-26-10 02:38 PM   #16 
  - By god you asked for it so here it is  ThomWV   Jan-26-10 02:13 PM   #5 
  - Looks like a kick-butt article--thank you! nt  raccoon   Jan-26-10 02:15 PM   #8 
     - Read that article and you will have a better understanding of that horrible war than 99% of people.  ThomWV   Jan-26-10 02:29 PM   #14 
  - "Confessions of an Economic Hitman." It involves the World bank.  Last Stand   Jan-26-10 02:13 PM   #6 
  - "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then."--Bob Seger nt  raccoon   Jan-26-10 02:16 PM   #9 
  - Correct, that is one to look at.  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-26-10 02:16 PM   #10 
  - Oh yes... highly recommended (but keep your "happy pills" handy)  hlthe2b   Jan-26-10 02:27 PM   #11 
  - Exactly. Couple that with the Dec 1992 BCCI Report and see ya in a month.  blm   Jan-26-10 02:27 PM   #12 
  - For once I would like to get through that book without throwing it.  Fleshdancer   Jan-26-10 02:28 PM   #13 
  - Here they are.  Capers   Jan-26-10 02:39 PM   #17 
 

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