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Fascinating and quite clear and easy to understand for a foreign affairs book.

This may be one of the great novels to come out of the Iraqi war era. It is not a war novel that "bears witness" to the depravity of combat but rather a pastiche that tells why the war the Washington government fought was a failure.

Just started

FDR had a wider vision of where he wanted to take the US which led to his decision to run for a third term. A powerful ego and ambition tied to very lofty goals hidden behind a folksy manner and a very indirect approach to strategy and governance.

Just starting my second Anita Brookner novel.

About 20 percent in of this sharply observed and geometrically drawn point of view. I understand the predicament--a love affair in England has gone awry and the woman protagonist is in some form of exile--but just what the central dilemma is remains unclear.

JuSt starting

Very interesting overview of Paris during the Nazi occupation with some aspects I had not read about before. Very interestingly written.

Fascinating combination of ambitious woman and bad girl mixed into an English-French melange.

An interesting psychological tale so far about what is going on inside the head of the dumped ex-wife and the new young wife. Is the husband some sort of serial wife predator, gobbling up one after another.

The scenes about the high-end pre-school in Manhattan are a first-class satirical send-up. Very amusing.

Very good start because it puts in a short and succinct space the steps Roosevelt took before Pearl Harbor to support Britain and later Russia in the war against Nazi Germany.

Just starting.

This is very readable and informative history about some important but often overlooked facets of the Second World War.

Great historical fiction in spy espionage genre.

Fascinating account about an individual lacking the skills to be a presidential candidate at a basic level.

Just starting

Just purchased.