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“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

“Lies My Teacher Told Me”

I just finished the book Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen. This book is a bit of a “cult classic.” Although this was the first time I’d read it, I had heard it mentioned and cited numerous times over the years and have crossed it on feature tables and end caps in […]

Posted in », American History, History Tagged American, American history, American Indian, American Indians, class, class studies, classism, cultural studies, education, ethics, government, historical, history textbook, indiginous peoples, Native Americans, North America, political, politics, public school, race, racism, research, socioeconomics, Texas, textbook, textbook committee 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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