George Siehl

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George is Currently Reading

George Siehl is currently reading

World War II: A Short History

by Michael J. Lyons

bookshelves: currently-reading

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(page 122 of 343)
— Feb 23, 2026 07:12PM

Feb 05, 2026 07:19PM

George Siehl is currently reading

The 14th Colony (Cotton Malone, #11)

by Steve Berry (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fiction, government, history-american, intelligence, military, owned, international-relations, currently-reading

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read in January 2025

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George Siehl said: " I love it when a thriller plot element seems relevant to a current news topic. Steve Berry's 2016 novel The 14th Colony does just that. The 14th Colony means Canada and the inclusion in America's Articles of Confederation. There, the Founders held ou ...more "

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(page 0 of 450)
— Jan 12, 2026 07:42PM

Feb 24, 2025 08:06PM · see review

George’s Quotes

“So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the west today and even disrespected. We take freedom for granted, and because of this we don't understand how incredibly vulnerable it is.”
― Niall Ferguson

tags: democracy, freedom, liberalism, liberty

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