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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jan 19, 2013 - 02:16pm PT
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Good WW2 books are Battle of Britian and Guadalcanal Diary.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jan 19, 2013 - 03:33pm PT
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What in the hell is "unanalyzed direct information" and what does if have to do with point I was making?
of all the horrible things that happened during that war, why did you pick that particular act?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jan 19, 2013 - 04:23pm PT
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Perhaps you haven't noticed but there has been an on-going attempt by vocal Soviet apologists to revise the facts concerning Stalin's policy actions in 1944 Warsaw, and in general his policies in Eastern Europe both during and after the war.
I hadn't...
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Jan 19, 2013 - 07:09pm PT
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Not a book, but this thread, perhaps
Susan
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 19, 2013 - 08:47pm PT
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There are a number of good historical accounts of WW11, but is there a book that captures it's essence like "All Quiet on the Western Front" did for WW1?
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jan 19, 2013 - 08:57pm PT
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bob, i hold you responsible. heh
not posting to these threads again
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Jan 19, 2013 - 08:58pm PT
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Donald, that's a whole new thread.....which might eclipse Dr F's republicans are bigger as#@&%es than Democrats but not by much thread.
This was a request for some good books of the time frame.
Any more good, readable books you'd recommend?
Looking forward to your new WW2 argument thread.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 19, 2013 - 09:12pm PT
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I suppose that the diversity of the theatres of WW11 precludes any one book drilling to it's core. WW1 was encapsulated by the stagnation of years of trench warfare and the utterly useless sacrifice of millions of (largely) young men for the gain and loss of only meters of terrain.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jan 19, 2013 - 09:57pm PT
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bob, i hold you responsible. heh
not posting to these threads again
Price of fame, Big K! Maybe next time think about sticking to the DL and a career in Rockabilly and it's effect on American Society. Fugget all the PhD Berkeley professor crap.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 19, 2013 - 10:26pm PT
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A small book but riveting, one of the most memorable war novels i have ever read....right up there with " For Whom the Bell Tolls."
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Jan 20, 2013 - 05:20pm PT
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can't remember the title, but the author was stephen ambrose. pretty good read, struck me as "objective"
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 20, 2013 - 07:16pm PT
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Not a book recommendation, but by way of bringing one small but significant facet of WWII history to life, anyone who hasn't taken a bit of time out of a drive on Hwy 395 to visit the Manzanar internment camp should do so. I found it to be a powerful experience, not least of it the little shrine or monument where families or descendants of internees have left all manner of small artifacts. Pearl Harbor isn't exactly en route to or from climbing, but Manzanar is.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 20, 2013 - 09:38pm PT
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Wasn't Mowat somewhat discredited concerning his book "Never Cry Wolf?" I did enjoy his cookbook...."Mice, the New Age Cooking Revelation."
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Jan 20, 2013 - 11:47pm PT
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Crerar seems an unfortunate name, at least for a 'south of the border' tongue.
How might one pronounce that? Just curious, And I apologize for drift.
unfortunate edit: BVB is wise. I forgot.
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