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Author does a good job of covering the usually ignored uprisings of non Slavs in the periphery of the old Empire, but ignores Idel-Ural completely and has some minor errors
some minor factual errors. Mazepa defected to the Swedes, not the Poles. Also the reactionaries weren't completely delusional in attributed Grand Duke Sergey's assassination to the Jews - the author leaves out Dora Brilliant's role in the bombing
Newest pickup
Got the landmark Caesar campaigns for 29.99 originally a 65$ collection
Gonna probably collect the other landmark series
Been really into the folio society books lately as well
If anybody is interested, Iโve been reading a lot of German/Austrian intellectual history from 1750-1970 the past few months.
If that interests anybody, just ask me for suggestions
Iโll help if I can
The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View by Richard Tarnas
*[Recommended by Patrick Casey]*
Weimar Culture by Peter Gay is a great an easy path to understanding why and how such a huge backlash against liberal democracy took place in Germany. Peter Gay is an obvious sympathizer to Weimar culture, and often you find him asking: โHow could people turn against such a rich and progressive society?โ He gives histories of the Expressionst art school which totally perverted Romantic art. He also describes the (((Psychoanalytic Institute))) and many of its (((contemporaries))) who wanted a โdeeper understanding of the human conditionโ. This book provides great examples of how the hollowness of Weimar โcultureโ failed to resonate with young intelligent Germans and how the moral bankruptcy of the new (((intelligentsia))) horrified so many normal Germans and enabled counter revolutionary movements to succeed.
This book is a nice short and concise history of the reign of Peter the Great. Sumner demonstrates how Peter Romanov converted, against most of his peopleโs will, Russia from a strange and archaic kingdom into a much more westernized empire.
@Mick This isnโt the comprehensive book I was talking about but I ran across it and thought it might be a good addition to your bundle
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Into Africa by Martin Dugard
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