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On Francisco Franco

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Few Americans know much about Francisco Franco, leader of the winning side in the Spanish Civil War and subsequently dictator of Spain. Yet from 1936 until 1975, he was...

April 16, 2019
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Analysis, Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, Civil War, Communism, European History, Left-Liberalism, Military History, Political Discussion & Analysis, Reaction, War, Wars To Come

Franco : A Biography (Paul Preston)

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I am trying something new—analysis of a topic through multiple simultaneous book reviews. The topic is Francisco Franco, and this, Paul Preston’s Franco: A Biography, is one of the...

April 16, 2019
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Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, European History, Military History, War, Wars To Come

Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator (Enrique Moradiellos)

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I am trying something new—analysis of a topic through multiple simultaneous book reviews. The topic is Francisco Franco, and this, Enrique Moradiellos’s Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator, is one...

April 16, 2019
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Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, European History, War, Wars To Come

Franco: A Personal and Political Biography (Stanley G. Payne and Jesús Palacios)

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I am trying something new—analysis of a topic through multiple simultaneous book reviews. The topic is Francisco Franco, and this, Stanley Payne’s Franco: A Personal and Political Biography, is...

April 16, 2019
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Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, European History, Political Discussion & Analysis, War, Wars To Come

From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith (Sohrab Ahmari)

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This is not a Muslim conversion memoir. Yes, Islam shows up quite a bit in the discussion, as it must in any book that discusses cultures in the Middle...

April 14, 2019
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Atheism, Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, Islam & The Islamic World, Religion, The Orient, Wars To Come

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (David Reich)

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We have all heard of the fad for DNA ancestry testing. Being a paranoid, I haven’t joined the crowd, because all testing companies are happy to hand over the...

April 11, 2019
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Book Reviews, Charles, Ethnography, Great Divergence, Longitudinal History, Primitive Cultures, Science

Life in a Medieval City (Frances Gies and Joseph Gies)

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The modern mind is very susceptible to viewing the past as wholly different, and worse, from the present. We have all absorbed narratives of supposed progress that rely on...

April 10, 2019
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Book Reviews, Charles, Medieval History, Social Behavior

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Eric Hoffer)

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Eric Hoffer was, Dwight Eisenhower said in 1952, his favorite philosopher. This endorsement made Hoffer, a self-educated San Francisco stevedore, famous. The True Believer is the book that Eisenhower...

April 8, 2019
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Book Reviews, Charles, Communism, Political Discussion & Analysis, Social Behavior, Totalitarian Socialism

After the Flight 93 Election: The Vote that Saved America and What We Still Have to Lose (Michael Anton)

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Michael Anton is the man who today best communicates the fractures among the Right. He identifies, and exemplifies, growing incompatibilities among conservatives, both on the issues of the day...

April 7, 2019
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Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives (Mark Miodownik)

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Liquid Rules, like most good books in its genre, explains in an interesting way why certain things are the way they are. This is popularized science, and such books...

April 5, 2019
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On Francisco Franco

Published by Charles

Few Americans know much about Francisco Franco, leader of the winning side in the Spanish Civil War and subsequently dictator of Spain. Yet from 1936 until 1975, he was...

April 16, 2019
comments 2
Analysis, Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, Civil War, Communism, European History, Left-Liberalism, Military History, Political Discussion & Analysis, Reaction, War, Wars To Come

Franco : A Biography (Paul Preston)

Published by Charles

I am trying something new—analysis of a topic through multiple simultaneous book reviews. The topic is Francisco Franco, and this, Paul Preston’s Franco: A Biography, is one of the...

April 16, 2019
comments 0
Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, European History, Military History, War, Wars To Come

Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator (Enrique Moradiellos)

Published by Charles

I am trying something new—analysis of a topic through multiple simultaneous book reviews. The topic is Francisco Franco, and this, Enrique Moradiellos’s Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator, is one...

April 16, 2019
comments 0
Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, European History, War, Wars To Come

Franco: A Personal and Political Biography (Stanley G. Payne and Jesús Palacios)

Published by Charles

I am trying something new—analysis of a topic through multiple simultaneous book reviews. The topic is Francisco Franco, and this, Stanley Payne’s Franco: A Personal and Political Biography, is...

April 16, 2019
comments 0
Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, European History, Political Discussion & Analysis, War, Wars To Come

From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith (Sohrab Ahmari)

Published by Charles

This is not a Muslim conversion memoir. Yes, Islam shows up quite a bit in the discussion, as it must in any book that discusses cultures in the Middle...

April 14, 2019
comments 0
Atheism, Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, Islam & The Islamic World, Religion, The Orient, Wars To Come

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past (David Reich)

Published by Charles

We have all heard of the fad for DNA ancestry testing. Being a paranoid, I haven’t joined the crowd, because all testing companies are happy to hand over the...

April 11, 2019
comments 4
Book Reviews, Charles, Ethnography, Great Divergence, Longitudinal History, Primitive Cultures, Science

Life in a Medieval City (Frances Gies and Joseph Gies)

Published by Charles

The modern mind is very susceptible to viewing the past as wholly different, and worse, from the present. We have all absorbed narratives of supposed progress that rely on...

April 10, 2019
comments 4
Book Reviews, Charles, Medieval History, Social Behavior

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Eric Hoffer)

Published by Charles

Eric Hoffer was, Dwight Eisenhower said in 1952, his favorite philosopher. This endorsement made Hoffer, a self-educated San Francisco stevedore, famous. The True Believer is the book that Eisenhower...

April 8, 2019
comment 1
Book Reviews, Charles, Communism, Political Discussion & Analysis, Social Behavior, Totalitarian Socialism

After the Flight 93 Election: The Vote that Saved America and What We Still Have to Lose (Michael Anton)

Published by Charles

Michael Anton is the man who today best communicates the fractures among the Right. He identifies, and exemplifies, growing incompatibilities among conservatives, both on the issues of the day...

April 7, 2019
comments 8
Administrative State, American History, Book Reviews, Charles, Conservatism, Great Fragmentation, Left-Liberalism, Political Discussion & Analysis, Reaction, Social Justice Warriors, Wars To Come

Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives (Mark Miodownik)

Published by Charles

Liquid Rules, like most good books in its genre, explains in an interesting way why certain things are the way they are. This is popularized science, and such books...

April 5, 2019
comments 2
Book Reviews, Charles, Islam & The Islamic World, Science, Sex Roles

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