NSR: Literature thread

Discussion in 'Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, & the former Soviet Repu' started by yasik19, Nov 2, 2007.

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  1. Real Corona

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  2. Dimuha

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    #127 Dimuha, Apr 26, 2010
    Good article, btw so Russia could have conquered Paris if we wanted to ? Wtf we should have taken the entire city simply for the prestige !
     
  3. yasik19

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    #128 yasik19, Apr 26, 2010
    There's a bridge in Paris, a beautiful bridge over Seine named after Alexander III - Pont Alexandre III.
     
  4. Real Corona

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    #129 Real Corona, Apr 26, 2010
    Then you would have had to import stinky Frenchmen to your country and....... wait a second.
     
  5. Dimuha

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    #130 Dimuha, Apr 26, 2010
    Ha.
     
  6. Zenit

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    #131 Zenit, May 15, 2010
    David Glantz, who is the preeminent western scholar re: the Eastern Front, and who publishes the fascinating but terribly expensive Journal of Slavic Military Studies, has published a reference work that is a must-have for anyone interested in the Great Patriotic War:

    [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Slaughterhouse-Handbook-Eastern-David-Glantz/dp/097176509X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273981783&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front (9780971765092): David Glantz, Marc J. Rikmenspoel, Scott R. McMichael, Hugh Foster, Steven Myers, Uri Khonko, Natalya Khonko, Keith E. Bonn: Books[/ame]

    I just got my copy yesterday, and on a day when I should have been out fishing or enjoying the nice turn of weather, I pretty much whiled the day away in the La-Z-Boy engrossed in the minutae that Glantz has put together.

    Wish I would have had this book when that tool Russian Scouser was around, I could have put an end to a 4 page argument back then in short order. Of course, if I recall correctly, ol' RS, "Mr. Oxford" himself, poo-poo'ed Glantz back then as a "pulp historian," because he wasn't (of course) British ;)
     
  7. yasik19

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  8. Real Corona

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    #133 Real Corona, Jun 9, 2010
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  10. Dimuha

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    #135 Dimuha, Jun 10, 2010
    Just read Brave New World and it's awesome. Now I'm waiting for 'Gods of Eden' to come in.
     
  11. FootyFan365

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  12. yasik19

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    #137 yasik19, Jan 6, 2011
    Bump.

    With my school, I have very little time for pleasure reading, but during my winter break, I read the following:

    [ame="http://www.amazon.com/ancient-Alexander-Macedon-Alexandr-Makedonskiy/dp/5170559836/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294332187&sr=1-9"]Amazon.com: In the ancient times. Alexander of Macedon / V glubi vekov. Alexandr Makedonskiy (9785170559831): Voronkova L.F.: Books[/ame]

    And now reading "Yunkera" by Alexander Kuprin.
     
  13. goliath74

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    #138 goliath74, Jan 6, 2011
    Anybody read Absurdistan?
     
  14. odessit19

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    #139 odessit19, Jan 29, 2011
    The Trial by Kafka - very distinct and intriguing
    The Wars of the Jews by Flavius Josephus - long and confusing
     
  15. Dimuha

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    #140 Dimuha, Jan 29, 2011
    I'm 2/3rds done with Rogue State: The Guide to the World's Only Superpower.
     
  16. Drake44444

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    #141 Drake44444, Jan 29, 2011
    wow judging by how you always respond to posts without actually reading them, im surprised you made it that far
     
  17. Real Corona

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    #142 Real Corona, Jan 29, 2011
    My guess is you don't read the bibliography or footnotes.
     
  18. Dimuha

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    #143 Dimuha, Jan 29, 2011
    You're telling me that you go to the back of the book every time you see that little number?
     
  19. Real Corona

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    #144 Real Corona, Jan 29, 2011
    You have to check the footnotes. For someone who consistently claims to be skeptical and critical of all official statements, you can't possibly just take a given statement as truth unless it is supported by evidence. It is the quality of citations that keeps Noam Chomsky/Sarah Palin in the literature section and books like Peter Bergen's "Longest War" in the non fiction section.
     
  20. Dimuha

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    #145 Dimuha, Jan 29, 2011
    I know, but let's not mention Chomsky and Sarah Palin in the same breath again please.
     
  21. Real Corona

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    #146 Real Corona, Jan 29, 2011
    Sorry, but they write the same antagonistic drivel. It's just that you are more drawn to that version of drivel.
     
  22. Dimuha

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    #147 Dimuha, Jan 29, 2011
    Sarah Palin actually wrote a book though? :confused: How does someone who thought that Africa was a country not a continent write a book? :confused:
     
  23. Real Corona

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    #148 Real Corona, Jan 29, 2011
    I think she wrote two, but they don't deserve anymore attention than we have already given them.
     
  24. Drake44444

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    #149 Drake44444, Jan 30, 2011
    Wow I never checked a footnote in my life that I didnt have to, and thats coming from a history major in college.

    Anyway Ill buy you a copy of sarah palins book if you promise to read it dima.
     
  25. goliath74

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    #150 goliath74, Jan 30, 2011
    Wait a second here, buddy. While I am no Noam Chomsky fan, he IS a member of Academia, and an extremely learned and an intelligent man.

    Sarah Palin?

    You should realize this is a false comparison.
     
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