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Author Archives: ekroczek
Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland, reviewed by Eric Kroczek
The most remarkable thing about Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland is that it was published four and a half years ago, before Barack Obama was elected president, before the Tea Party, before Occupy. Otherwise you might be forgiven for thinking that Perlstein … Continue reading
Gary Johnson: Pro and Con
Before I was a leftist, I was a libertarian. I voted for the Libertarian Party presidential nominee in my first three U.S. general elections—1988, 1992, and 1996—and in 2000, I voted for George W. Bush, one of only 18 people … Continue reading
War, Resistance, and the Birth of the Surveillance State
Reviewed: To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion 1914-1918. By Adam Hochschild (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011). * “Neither race had won, nor could win, the War. The War had won, and would go on winning.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Resistance, Second Boer War, Sir John French, World War I
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“The Good War?” by Eric Kroczek
Discussed in this essay: Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. By Timothy Snyder (New York: Basic Books, 2010). Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization. By Nicholson Baker (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008). “Why … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloodlands, Czapski, Nicholson Baker, Pacifist, Poland, Word War II
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