There are few books which completely change your way of thinking about a historical episode, especially one that has received as much attention as Word War 2, but Adam Tooze’s history of the Third Reich’s economy is one of them.…
Category: History
I mentioned Orwell’s famous book on the Spanish Civil War, which I had never read until recently, a few weeks ago. It’s a great book, but it’s not a history book. If you are only going to read one book…
I recently started Homage to Catalonia by Orwell, which somehow I had never read. It’s quite good so far and I just read this very amusing passage: One of the dreariest effects of this war has been to teach me that…
One of the most enduring myths of American politics, which is shared by people on both the left and the right, is that Reagan dealt a death blow to the welfare state. In fact, despite some cuts, he left the programs created by…
Jessica Mitford was born in a family of eccentric aristocrats in England related to Winston Churchill. Two of her sisters, Unity and Diana, became famous after they befriended Hitler during the 1930’s. Diana even married Oswald Mosley, the leader of the…
I wanted to post a quick note about Christopher Browning’s book, which I read a few months ago. I had been meaning to read it for a while and I really wish I had done it sooner. It may be the best book…
I recently decided to explore the literature about the relationship between slavery and capitalism. I did so after reading this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, although I had planned to do this for a while. After reading Seymour Drescher’s history…