tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post3202091754712147665..comments2023-10-31T03:54:17.210-05:00Comments on Thus Blogged Anderson: Books for ChristmasAndersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-50564520207178295282010-12-29T07:29:49.966-06:002010-12-29T07:29:49.966-06:00Good books both, Reb, but I had the reverse experi...Good books both, Reb, but I had the reverse experience; I enjoyed vol. I (esp. the long prologue), but vol. II covered so few years in so many pages, it was a bit much for me.<br /><br />Esp. b/c books about the run-up to WW1 or WW2 feel like horror movies to me, where you're yelling at the screen, "don't open the closet! don't go down those stairs! don't mobilize against both Germany *and* Austria! don't just sit there while he occupies the Rhineland!" etc. But the protagonist never listens.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-54320039443230949702010-12-28T20:05:36.861-06:002010-12-28T20:05:36.861-06:00I read the second volume of William Manchester'...I read the second volume of William Manchester's Churchill biography, The Last Lion (Alone 1932-1940), almost in its entirety Christmas day. Got fussed at for not being social.<br /><br />20 years ago I read Vol. 1 and found it interesting but slow and dense reading. Vol. 2 was a breeze, perhaps because it was the run-up to WWII.Rebelyellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-66812503354617775422010-12-28T14:46:30.640-06:002010-12-28T14:46:30.640-06:00It might let you know what the hell he was thinkin...<i>It might let you know what the hell he was thinking.</i><br /><br />I rather expect it will be another exemplication of Talleyrand's quip, "Language was given to man so that he might conceal his thoughts."<br /><br />But you can read it and report back ... ;)Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-60817315903480818212010-12-28T13:30:13.638-06:002010-12-28T13:30:13.638-06:00Are you going to read "Decision Points" ...Are you going to read "Decision Points" Anderson?It might let you know what the hell he was thinking.YLHLnoreply@blogger.com