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Eric Lee

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Eric Lee is a London-based author, historian and political activist. He has written three books on the 20th century history of Georgia plus others on World War II, the Vietnam War, and the labour movement and the Internet. He is the founding editor of LabourStart - the news and campaigning website of the international trade union movement, which he founded in 1998. He's a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (UK) and a member of the Historical Writers Association and the Society of Authors. ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 216 ratings · 51 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Experiment: Georgia's Forgotten Revolution 1918-1921 3.75 avg rating — 91 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night of the Bayonets: The Texel Uprising and Hitler's Revenge, April–May 1945 3.96 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Basalt: The British Raid on Sark and Hitler's Commando Order 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Campaigning Online and Winning: How LabourStart's ActNOW campaigns are making unions stronger by Eric Lee (Goodreads Author), Edd Mustill 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The August Uprising, 1924: The Georgian Anti-Soviet Revolt and the Birth of Democratic Socialism 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Britain's Plot to Kill Hitler: The True Story of Operation Foxley and SOE by Eric Lee (Goodreads Author), Ian Kershaw (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Internet Radio Can Change the World: An Activist's Handbook 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saigon to Jerusalem: Conversations With U.S. Veterans of the Vietnam War Who Emigrated to Israel it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Labour Movement and the Internet: The New Internationalism 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Eric Lee rated a book it was amazing You've Been Pooping All Wrong: How to Make Your Bowel Movements a Joy by Trisha Pasricha (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This a terrific, well-written, funny book about a subject no one talks about in polite company. But as pretty much all of us poop, fart, wipe our bums, etc., it deserves a wider audience. Some key tips: everyone needs more fibre in their diets (and p ...more
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Eric Lee rated a book liked it Ernest Hemingway on Writing by Larry W. Phillips	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A good, but not great, collection of Hemingway quotes about writing. Only a handful are useful, or memorable.
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Eric Lee rated a book really liked it Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Eric Lee rated a book really liked it Stalin's Ghost (Arkady Renko, #6) by Martin Cruz Smith	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very dark, very good - but also a plot that demands attention. A very bleak portrait of post-Soviet Russia.
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Eric Lee rated a book really liked it George Orwell: Life and Legacy by Robert Colls	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An excellent, short, quirky introduction to the life and work of George Orwell. Made me want to read Orwell all over again.
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Eric Lee rated a book liked it The POUM: Republic, Revolution and Counterrevolution by Andy Durgan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A short history of the POUM, the most important 'dissident communist' group that arose in the inter-war years, from a Trotskyist perspective. While decent enough account, it engages only with the head and not the heart. The disappearance, torture and ...more
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Eric Lee rated a book liked it SS-GB by Len Deighton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Eric Lee rated a book really liked it Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us by Anna Bogutskaya (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Eric Lee rated a book it was amazing Always Take Notes: Advice from some of the world's greatest writers by Simon Akam	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Eric Lee rated a book it was ok The Odessa File (Odessa #1) by Frederick Forsyth	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Forsyth's previous book, Day of the Jackal, was a master class in how to write a thriller. This -- not so much. A plodding plot, cardboard characters, inept and easily defeated villains -- if I'd read this one first, I would never have read Jackal. A ...more
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