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Ranger176 t1_j1z41jh wrote

Currently reading Michael Holt’s By One Vote about the 1876 presidential election. The University of Kansas has a whole series on the presidential elections and so far I love it. I’ve found a new respect for Rutherford Hayes and I’ve already ordered Holt’s other book on the 1860 election.

I don’t know if I’ll ever publish my 2022 book reviews since I haven’t found the motivation to write lately. Maybe I’ll get around to it in the New Year. Question for the sub, what books did you get for the holidays?

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dropbear123 t1_j210wey wrote

I got a lot of the ones I asked relatives for (used copies) so the ones I am most interested for -

A World Undone: The Story of the Great War 1914-1918 by G.J Meyer

The Pike: Gabriele d’Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Ionian Vision: Greece in Asia Minor 1919-1922 by Michael Llewellyn Smith

Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War by Nicholas Lambert

The World on Fire: 1919 and the Battle with Bolshevism by Anthony Read

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No-Strength-6805 t1_j21xjcu wrote

G-Man :J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

Morgenthau:Power,Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty by Andrew Meier

Russia:Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Anthony Beevor

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Ranger176 t1_j21xw48 wrote

I heard about G-Man. Apparently, Gage has been working on it for about a decade. How is it so far?

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No-Strength-6805 t1_j21yoye wrote

Very professional well written ,I can tell she is going to battle the two views of Hoover as a devil and a God and try to balance it out ,I am fascinated how this balancing act will work..When I finish I will give my opinion how she does.

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jezreelite t1_j23mw4a wrote

  • Women in the Medieval Court: Consorts and Concubines by Rebecca Holdorph
  • Iran Under the Safavids by Roger Savory
  • The Creation of the French Royal Mistress: From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry by Tracy and Christine Adams
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