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Nixon also practiced saber-rattling; threatening the use of nuclear weapons in Vietnam. And he loved foreign trips because of the pageantry of them. He hid things from his own cabinet members. No many parallels.

"He charted the course of war without a strategy; he delivered victory to his enemies... The truth was not in him... In his eyes, he was above the law." Sounds like another president, and I'm only on page 3.

"Class warfare" wasn't figurative in 1792.

Great

Nice treatment of translation challenges

Wish I had heard of this 10 years ago!

Finished, and sad that it is over.

War & Peace action picks up 75% through. Really hard to put down. But there are still 350 pages to go.

Been reading this longer than I realized. It's a wonderful read.

1/4 done. Still enjoying it. Wow, Pierre in a duel, who'd have thought?

Still reading this. Still mostly enjoying it.

Still enjoying it

"How often we sin, how much we deceive, and all for what?... All will end in death, all!"

Enjoying this! Not the difficult trudge it is often said to be.

Starting ch 2

Started on Memoirs.

Finished this one. That's a lot of stuff to learn, and probably will be a good reference book.

Wow: nice history lesson on agriculture leading to domination societies.

Wow: nice history lesson on agriculture leading to domination societies.

Hilarious description of a French duel. Enjoying my first Twain work in quite some time.

Finished. An excellent book -- and a great deal on the history of faith too.

Started. Looks very interesting.

Finished!

Who knew you could take a ship to Hades in ancient times? And survive...

At book 6. Getting into it more than The Iliad.