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“The Great Influenza”

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry is a fascinating look at the influenza pandemic that rocked the world in 1918.  This terrifying virus killed between 3-6% of the world’s population between June 1918 and December 1920, and infected almost 30%.  It is a history book, but it is heavy in the science. It is […]

Posted in », American History, Biological Science, History, History of Science, Medical Science, Military / Warfare, Modern History, Political, Science Tagged 1918, American, government, h1n1, historical, influenza, John M. Barry, medicine, outbreak, pandemic, science, science history, science research, spanish flu, the Great War, viral, virus, WWI Leave a comment

Good Books: Africa

The following are some impressive books on colonial and post-colonial Africa that I want to give a nod to. Eventually, I may reread the books so I can write the full reviews they deserve but in the meantime I will give them a few words here. I recommend these phenomenal books with caution and a […]

Posted in », Africa, Cultural Studies, History, Military / Warfare, Modern History, Political Tagged Adam Hochschild, apartheid, Arusha Accords, Augustin Bizimungu, Belgium, Bill Berkeley, Brian Steidle, Charles Taylor, child soldiers, civil war, colonial rulers, colonialism, Congo, Congo Free State, Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, ethnic cleansing, European colonialism, foreign intervention, foreign policy, genocide, government, Heart of Darkness, Henry Morton Stanley, Hotel Rwanda, Hutu, Impuzamugambi, Interahamwe, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Janjaweed, Joseph Conrad, Joseph Desire Mobutu, Joseph Mobutu, Justice and Equality Movement, Juvénal Habyarimana, King Leopold II, Kwame Nkrumah, Liberia, Ludo De Witte, Michela Wrong, Mobutu Sese Seko, National Patriotic Front of Liberia, Patrice Lumumba, Paul Rusesabagina, peacekeeping, Philip Gourevitch, Revolutionary United Front, Roméo Dallaire, Rwanda, Rwandan Armed Forces, Rwandan genocide, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Sudan Liberation Movement, The Leopard, Théoneste Bagosora, Tusti, UN, US intervention, warlord, Zaire Leave a comment

“The Wolf”

I found The Wolf: How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWI (by Richard Guilliatt & Peter Hohnen) pretty worthy of the attention it received last year on various book lists. If you couldn’t figure out from the subheading, The Wolf tells the story of a German Raider during […]

Posted in », Asian History, European History, History, Memoirs, Military / Warfare, Modern History Tagged Allies, American, Australia, Carl Newman, censorship, crew, Denmark, England, Germany, historical, Karl Nerger, military, mine, minefields, naval, New Zealand, Peter Hohnen, political, POW, prison, propaganda, raider, Richard Guilliatt, ship, SMS Wolf, The Wolf, war, warfare, World War I, WWI Leave a comment

Good Books: History

Good Books: History

Posted in », African-American Studies, American History, European History, History, Medical Science, Middle-Eastern History, Military / Warfare, Modern History Tagged african-american, American, American Sign Language, Americas, ancient, arctic, Aztec, biological warfare, British navy, Central America, Charles Mann, chemical warfare, civilisation, David Shipler, David von Drehle, Deaf, Deaf culture, domestication, Dust Bowl, ethics, exploration, factory, fire, Franklin Expedition, germs, Harriet Washington, historical, Incas, Indians, indiginous peoples, Innuit, inuit, Israel, Jared Diamond, medical experimentation, Middle East, native american, New York, New York City, North America, Northwest Passage, Owen Beattie, Palestine, patient consent, patient rights, political, poverty, pre-Columbian, social, society, South America, Tammany Hall, Timothy Egan, Triangle fire, Tuskegee, union, war, warfare, weapon, weapons, workplace reform Leave a comment

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