I am starting Ike‘s war memoirs from 1946. I am into that era!
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I am starting Ike‘s war memoirs from 1946. I am into that era!
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Solid presidential biography that includes much more detail of his military career than his presidency. I didn‘t realize he had a relationship with a British woman while he was in Europe during WWII and that he at least considered leaving his wife to marry her. Interesting book if presidential biographies are your thing!
The only gold cover I could find 🤷♀️
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📖 The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck. Some people might not consider it a how to book, but I've found it very helpful in relieving stress and anxiety.
📖 Any kind of history, but lately I've been reading a lot about pandemics and the climate change catastrophe.
📖 Erik Larson, Richard Preston and Evan Thomas.
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pickHilariously entertaining read about the Soviet leader's ultimately doomed attempt to 'thaw' out the Cold War in 1959 by inviting VP Nixon to Moscow and then visiting the US a few months later. Khrushchev (abbreviated to K in newspaper headlines) was a larger-than-life figure and journalist Peter Carlson captures him in all his buffoonish glory. This is history lite but also history at its most entertaining & surreal. Fact stranger than fiction.
pickI knew Eisenhower for three things. His campaign slogan, “I like Ike”, the Interstate Highway System and his warning of the Military Industrial Complex. Dismissed as a great General he was a do nothing President who just happened to have led during America‘s Post War Boom. This book credits him as being a much more adept President. Establishing our position in the Cold War. And despite warning us of the Military Industrial Complex, created it.
pickThe first outdoor read of the year finished up this book. I thought this was a well written, well annotated book. I admire Eisenhower both more (his attempts to thaw the Cold War) and less (him allowing the CIA to jack with other countries) now, if that makes any sense. Lots of what occurred in his administration seeded many of the problems we still have today. Good read for history nerds or those wanting to know more about how we got here.
Oooofffff. “It is the rise to power of the demagogue who lives on untruth.” Truman is describing McCarthy here, but it sure sounds relevant to today.
