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bangdazap t1_je5dm2n wrote

Reply to comment by Todesschnizzle in Bookclub and Sources Wednesday! by AutoModerator

David Halberstam - The Best and the Brightest. Looks at members of the US government that came into office with JFK in 1961 (and continued to serve with LBJ after 1963) and their failure to come to grips with the Vietnam War.

Edwin Black - War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race.

Eric Rauchway - Why the New Deal Matters.

Landon R.Y. Storrs - The Second Red Scare and the Unmaking of the New Deal Left.

Robin D.G. Kelley - Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression.

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spydermayhem t1_je5w3nf wrote

I'll throw in War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals, also by David Halberstam. It is a very insightful look into the policies and pitfalls that came out of the early '90s.

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