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Hiroshima
A hundred thousand people were killed by the atomic bomb. Survivors wonder why they lived when so many others died.
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What are you reading today? What are you like to drink while you read?
I am enjoying my usual Iced Shaken Espresso and Empire of the Summer Moon, which I started the other day. This is such a great book. I am having a hard time putting it down.
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Recommend @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social's The Hiroshima Men - much more than a tale of August 6, 1945, weaving the story of key individuals involved in building, delivering, and surviving the bomb. Also recommend reading John Hersey's original article: www.newyorker.com/magazin….
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Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social
So a week today, I'll be at the Chelsea History Festival, talking witchcraft, wickedness, spies, fighting aged men on boats and banjo playing gangsters ... and it would be lovely to have an audience! 3pm. Come along. chelseaheritagequarter.co.uk/chf/notoriou...
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As the King reminded us all that George Washington was a ‘rebel commander’ I have picked up Castex’s Diplomacy in the American Revolution. I have a lot of Revolutionary reading to do at some point of these 250th anniversary years! 🇺🇸 📚 #histbookchat
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Waxing nostalgic for the days when US media were not cowed...
From Ben Bradlee's memoir.
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Thanks for sharing, and bumping to the #histbookchat feed.
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Nathen Amin ✒️📚@nathenamin.bsky.social
The Beauforts, those extramarital offspring of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, were a remarkable dynasty. From the downfall of Richard II to the deposing of Richard III, they more than made their presence felt in the 15th Century. Learn their story in my best-selling book:
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1000 years of Annoying the French - History done right. Immensely readable and entertaining.
Billy Boyle - Great mystery/fiction series that has so many great books in it.
A Dead man in Trieste - What the world was like on the cusp of WW1 with a mystery tossed in for extra.
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#histbookchat #sinology #WW2TV Onto Chapter 2 of "Grains of Conflict" by Jennifer Yip. Already shining a new light on the Sino-Japanese conflict: A unique variation of total war, China’s main effort was surviving modern war from an agrarian base, to feed its armies over a long period — #logistics.
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One of my favorite books I read awhile back was Operation Paperclip. This is an area I didn’t know much about and this book opened my eyes to how the government used this German scientists to move out military and aerospace industries forward.
open.substack.com/pub/jef….
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Finally starting to read this in its entirety, having previously enjoyed extracts here and there. Someone really ought to repeat his route next year to mark its 230th anniversary! #HistBookChat #IrishHistory
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I was sorting through a pile of books when I came across this magazine from 1988, containing my first paid for article. 1988! #OldGit Still, it was a subject I returned to years later and hopefully will again. #HistBookChat #DienBienPhu #FrenchIndochina
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Shifting cargo handling from SE England to Western ports that
Different cargo - e.g., with limited shipping capacity, it made more sense to import finished steel instead of raw iron that required different port infrastructure
As a bonus, I learned a new word, bathetic
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For #PhotoFriday I'm reading more about the RAF bomber offensive - in this case, a memoir of a German night fighter pilot.
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I have been after a copy of this for some time. Written in 1917, it offers a unique satirical take on the Poilu. Time to find out if all those hours on Duolingo have paid off. #histBookChat #PhotoFriday #poilu #fww
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Anyone come across this biography of Frederick the Great? I’m not convinced it was earth shatteringly original but it caught my eye… 📚 #histbookchat
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#HistBookChat offerings for this week..... I've not read Keegan's The Price of Admiralty yet, but his Six Armies in Normandy is a classic study of the campaign. One book on the subject I have no hesitation in recommending (apart from my own - obviously!) is After D-Day by James J Carafano.
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Historical fiction this week for #histbookchat. The Safekeep by Yarl Van Der Wouden is set in Zwolle in 1961. Beautifully written and fascinating insight into the Dutch experiences during and after the SWW.
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#histbookchat #amreading #BookSky 💜📚Latest arrival! The Kappillan of Malta by Nicholas Monsaratt (1973). Many thanks to Aunty Lesley @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social who took time out from coercing vulnerable people into giving her votes to send me a copy! Probably more famous for 1/2
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This #photofriday I am currently reading ‘From Snow To Jungle: A history of the 2/3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion’ by John Bellair. Formed in South Australia in June 1940 and sent overseas in April 1941 to join the 7th Australian Division in the Syrian campaign … #histbookchat /2
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story does seem quite compelling, especially as the 920 served in the ATO and PTO.
So we'll see!
Also for those following along, this will be book #58 of the year...
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have. More maps helped, photos helped, and reading more about the Aden situation helped as well.
All in all, a definite 4⭐book
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Its that time again for a spooky nonfiction book recommendation. This one is based on the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
If you want a book that reads less like a textbook and more like stepping into 1692 Salem, then this is the book to read.
youtu.be/YUi5tZyNYqc?...
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Six Women of Salem Book Review
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