I was going to ask this same question but phrase it a bit differently. If you could recommend 10 books that give an unvarnished hidden history of the 20th century...what would they be. Knowing the power of the current MIC in Vietnam and since I have to conclude there were great financial forces behind WWI and WWII that are generally un…
I was going to ask this same question but phrase it a bit differently. If you could recommend 10 books that give an unvarnished hidden history of the 20th century...what would they be. Knowing the power of the current MIC in Vietnam and since I have to conclude there were great financial forces behind WWI and WWII that are generally unknown and likely intentionally obscured by the excuses of nationalism, imperialism, binding treaties, etc...
Hmm... this will be off the top of my head as well. Some of these books will be politically incorrect, but I imagine you knew that when you asked the question. Some of them (eg, Degrelle's book) are on the list less because they provide the "unvarnished truth" than because they provide the other perspective on topics that have been verboten. World War 2 is the founding myth of the current global system, as well as the American social order. As such, discussion of the topic from any perspective other than the approved version has been professionally (and, in Europe, even legally) dangerous. Almost by definition, then, it's one of the areas of modern history with the most unexplored territory. There are many topics - early CIA operations, the JFK assassination (but I repeat myself), various threads of Iran-Contra, etc, that are probably still awaiting a definitive single-volume treatment.
1. Aberration in the Heartland of the Real, by Wendy Painting
2. The Red Decade, by Eugene Lyons
3. Savage Continent, by Keith Lowe
4. Anything That Moves, by Nick Turse (and The Phoenix Program, by Doug Valentine, if you want more... this latter book is packed with info, but rather poorly written, IMO)
5. Hitler's War, by David Irving
6. The New Dealer's War, by Thomas Fleming
7. Hitler: Born at Versailles, by Leon Degrelle
8. Empire's Workshop, by Greg Grandin (and Bitter Fruit, by Schlesinger & Kinzer, and Hidden Terrors, by AJ Langutth, if you want more)
9. Cocaine Politics (and other books), by Peter Dale Scott
10. The Anglo-American Establishment, by Carroll Quigley
I was going to ask this same question but phrase it a bit differently. If you could recommend 10 books that give an unvarnished hidden history of the 20th century...what would they be. Knowing the power of the current MIC in Vietnam and since I have to conclude there were great financial forces behind WWI and WWII that are generally unknown and likely intentionally obscured by the excuses of nationalism, imperialism, binding treaties, etc...
Hmm... this will be off the top of my head as well. Some of these books will be politically incorrect, but I imagine you knew that when you asked the question. Some of them (eg, Degrelle's book) are on the list less because they provide the "unvarnished truth" than because they provide the other perspective on topics that have been verboten. World War 2 is the founding myth of the current global system, as well as the American social order. As such, discussion of the topic from any perspective other than the approved version has been professionally (and, in Europe, even legally) dangerous. Almost by definition, then, it's one of the areas of modern history with the most unexplored territory. There are many topics - early CIA operations, the JFK assassination (but I repeat myself), various threads of Iran-Contra, etc, that are probably still awaiting a definitive single-volume treatment.
1. Aberration in the Heartland of the Real, by Wendy Painting
2. The Red Decade, by Eugene Lyons
3. Savage Continent, by Keith Lowe
4. Anything That Moves, by Nick Turse (and The Phoenix Program, by Doug Valentine, if you want more... this latter book is packed with info, but rather poorly written, IMO)
5. Hitler's War, by David Irving
6. The New Dealer's War, by Thomas Fleming
7. Hitler: Born at Versailles, by Leon Degrelle
8. Empire's Workshop, by Greg Grandin (and Bitter Fruit, by Schlesinger & Kinzer, and Hidden Terrors, by AJ Langutth, if you want more)
9. Cocaine Politics (and other books), by Peter Dale Scott
10. The Anglo-American Establishment, by Carroll Quigley
Throw in The Jakarta Method, too.
Thank you.