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Non-Fiction

NNadir

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5. That was the first history book I read as a child.

Reply to bdtrppr6 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 25, 2018, 01:12 PM

Feb 2018

It informed my entire life to realize that insane people in power can cause vast destruction.

The "fly on the wall" descriptions pulled from his research certainly is relevant to these times in the United States, as venal, corrupt people with ever more insane notions ratchet up as they learn with what they can get away.

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich bdtrppr6 Feb 2018 #1

That was the first history book I read as a child. NNadir Feb 2018 #5

Wow a flashback. I read that in the 1970's OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #2

"The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" longship Feb 2018 #3

I read the Rise and Fall in the 60's. rickford66 Feb 2018 #4

I recall reading this after Rise and Fall.... kairos12 Apr 2019 #6