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Old August 13th, 2004, 09:44 AM
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I tend to read alot of history books mostly dealing with war. I just finished a book called Parllel Journeys, and it was very good. It was two different accounts of Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany, and how life was throughout the war and after. One account is from a member of the Hitler Youth and the other by a Jewish prisoner who escaped Germany to Holland and eventually was caught by the Gestapo. I would definatly recommend it to anyone to read, I was intrigued and interested that I finished it in two days. I study a good amount on Germany during the period of 1923-45 and Parellel Journeys even told me some information I wouldn't be able to know without an account from someone who lived through the period. I'm also currently finishing a series called The Soldier Spies, by W.E.B. Griffin. I'm halfway through the last book but I usually read those books when I'm on summer break or winter break. So I won't even look at the book until November. I'm able to remember stories pretty easily so it doesn't bother me to just drop a book for a few months and pick back up later. Right now I'm about to start Sun-Tzu's Art of War and another book called the Soul of Battle by Victor Davis Hanson. The Soul of Battle is about how Great Generals, he uses Patton, Sherman and and ancient Theban General Epaminondas, vanquished tyranny using untrained fighters.

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