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Iain is on page 47 of 623 of The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler
read to page 47, decent but over long. Skipped to the final chapters to get a sense for whether the "new material" has led to new conclusions.
Aug 14, 2022 07:24AM Add a comment
The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

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Iain is reading Matthias Thulmann: Witch Hunter
Read "Witch Hunter" and it was fine, nothing spectacular. I will continue series when the whim strikes me.
Aug 13, 2022 09:25AM Add a comment
Matthias Thulmann: Witch Hunter

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Iain is on page 206 of 392 of Engineering Victory: How Technology Won the Civil War (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
read up to Gettysburg chapter

The author does a fine job presenting and supporting his thesis that the educational system supported the innovative, ingenious mindset needed for the Union to advance through the backwaters of the South and ultimately win the Civil War. After a dozen or so descriptions of a bridge being built it begins to drag however.
Sep 29, 2021 10:54AM Add a comment
Engineering Victory: How Technology Won the Civil War (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)

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