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RE: Suggestion For History Books
March 22, 2015 at 12:10 am (This post was last modified: March 22, 2015 at 12:13 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 17, 2015 at 11:40 am)Minimalist Wrote: One of the best history books I ever read was a little gem called "The Rising Sun" by John Toland. WWII in the Pacific but based largely on Japanese sources.

Great book indeed.

His biography of Hitler also has one hell of a lot of information that is presented in a very readable manner.

Another writer who has a flair with words and a healthy density of information is John Keegan. A historian par excellence.

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Suggestion For History Books - by Nope - March 17, 2015 at 11:28 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Jenny A - March 17, 2015 at 11:36 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Nope - March 17, 2015 at 11:47 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Minimalist - March 17, 2015 at 11:40 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Thumpalumpacus - March 22, 2015 at 12:10 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Fidel_Castronaut - March 17, 2015 at 12:35 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Nope - March 17, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by downbeatplumb - March 17, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Jenny A - March 17, 2015 at 2:52 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by downbeatplumb - March 17, 2015 at 5:30 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Minimalist - March 17, 2015 at 2:04 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by downbeatplumb - March 17, 2015 at 2:26 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Cato - March 17, 2015 at 2:39 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by watchamadoodle - March 21, 2015 at 9:40 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Rev. Rye - March 21, 2015 at 10:40 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Ravenshire - March 21, 2015 at 10:56 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 22, 2015 at 5:40 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Nope - March 22, 2015 at 9:58 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Mudhammam - March 22, 2015 at 10:14 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Thumpalumpacus - March 22, 2015 at 5:37 pm
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Funcaldunkal - March 27, 2015 at 6:44 am
RE: Suggestion For History Books - by Polaris - April 3, 2015 at 3:02 pm

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