(03-10-2015 02:39 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(03-02-2015 03:44 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  Finished Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Definitely belongs right at the top of my Best Non-Fiction list. It's 1100 pages of in-depth information of Hitler and the Third Reich's calculating rise and horrible (lucky for us) mistakes. Not just continuing to push forward into Russia, but also refusing to properly aid Rommel in his push through north Africa. He was one of the most successful Nazi generals, but Hitler was blinded by continental aspirations and never took north Africa as seriously as he should have. Lack of support eventually allowed the British to throw him back and allow the allies to land and start an assault in Italy. And I'm sure many of you know how Hitler's nonsensical lack of advance towards Dunkirk allowed the British and French to perform a miraculous escape.

I don't know how many of you have the time or desire to read such a lengthy book, but it's worth it.

Went to the library today and picked up Why Nations Fail by Daren Acemoglu

Books that long eating the 'eating the elephant' tactic. It took me two years to reads Keyes' General Theory.

I'd be interested to know what they say in the Why Nations Fail book. I just finished Rogue Trader which I found very interesting (not too different from the movie, as it turns out), and now starting on Unbroken which was a gift so I'll have to get through that next.