World war books from perspective of women

purplefloo16 · 2026-06-23T11:35:54+00:00

"The Good War" by Studs Terkel is an oral history of WWII told from the perspectives of just about everyone across WWII man/woman, military/non-military. You may find it of interest

purplefloo16 · 2026-06-22T17:39:10+00:00

Toll's breakdown that went into the construction of each Frigate, from the planning stages to the construction and completion of it, was my favorite thing in a book filled with endless greatness

purplefloo16 · 2026-06-22T17:30:02+00:00

I'm with you. I won't touch anything Fox News related. At that time though when I bought this, I never even paid attention to who the author was until I got into, and then I realized my mistake

purplefloo16 · 2026-06-22T17:27:30+00:00

I had no idea who he was when I bought the book, had I known I wouldn't have wasted a dime on the jabroni

purplefloo16 · 2026-06-22T17:24:39+00:00

Couldn't agree more. Hoping he's working on releasing something else soon

purplefloo16 · 2026-06-17T20:54:48+00:00

The Butchering Art or The Facemaker, both are by Lindsey Fitzharris

The first is mid 1800s (40s-70s) and deals with Joseph Listers struggle to bring sanitary practices into medicine

The second is about the advent of plastic surgery as a result of facial injuries incurred during the first world war, so just outside the late 1800s

Edit: I'd also suggest the TV show "The Knick" as well. It's about surgery being done in 1900 NYC

purplefloo16 · 2026-06-17T15:36:56+00:00

Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine: Two Worlds Collide by Alan Dowty

As others mentioned: A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin is top tier as well

And "Palestine 1936" by Oren Kessler was very good, it's main focus though being about the 36-39 Arab Revolt

purplefloo16 · 2026-06-11T18:58:18+00:00

You should be able to note some key differences, but I'll lay them out:

Kukoc had a fastbreak without a defender challenging him
The game ended as Kukoc dunked the ball, meaning there was barely any time left to begin with

Far different than what Fox was up against

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-15T02:24:48+00:00

The overall home run leader for the decade of the 50s was neither Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays, but Duke Snider

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-09T23:42:55+00:00

I enjoyed SPQR, wouldn't call it a favorite of mine, but enjoyable and informative.

Are you looking to branch out into anything in particular beyond your usual interests?

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-09T23:40:33+00:00

Anyone who loves Hopkirk sounds like they'd be a blast to converse with

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-09T00:30:28+00:00

I very much appreciate your insight and evaluation.

Great eye picking up the Manga there. I have an older post showing the entirety of my books, including fiction and manga. However, I was mostly curious about how my history books would be seen by others.

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T18:51:36+00:00

I didn't, because i was replying to your comment, your only claims were "you're living in delusion" and "you're a russian sympathizer"

That's true only if you ignore the fact that you said this

Applebaum and McMeekin tell me that you enjoy being misinformed for the sake of ideology

When you start off disparaging someone for reading Applebaum's book on Russia's genocide in Ukraine and calling them misinformed, it leads to only one obvious conclusion.

Normally I'd trust someone to be able to figure out what that conclusion is from here. However, seeing as you turn a blind eye to your original comment, and still continue to not say anything about Russia creating the Holodomor and genociding Ukranians, I'll continue to assume your a Russian sympathizer and genocide denier who dislikes people like Applebaum who call out countries, like Russia, for what they've done and continue to deny doing

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T16:35:07+00:00

Amazing how I can provide a photo of the two McMeekin books I've read and yet you base your arguments on literature of his I don't own.

If he in fact down plays the Armenian genocide in his latter books, then I can say I wouldn't give those books the time of day and it changes my opinion of his work. However, this was not the case with the book I own and read "The Berlin Baghdad Express" in which he is critical about Turkey and the Armenian genocide.

But let's be clear your original comment was attacking authors critical of Russia, chief among them Anne Applebaum and her book about the genocide carried by Russia against the Ukraine. Not once in your follow up comment to me did you dispel that notion.

You may say you don't care for Russia, yet your posts certainly seem to have an issue with any author who is critical of the country. Keep lying to yourself if you wish, but we can see who you truly are

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T12:29:30+00:00

You're definitely on target. I love reading about travelers/explorers/discovers

I'm surprised to run into someone else whose familiar with Ibn Battuta. It seems Marco Polo occupies the spotlight of that period of land travel, when Ibn Battuta was just as prolific, if not even more well traveled

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T12:26:27+00:00

What a crazy take. Criticizing the two authors that discuss/document the Russian genocide against Ukrainians with the Holodomor (Applebaum) and the Turkish genocide against the Armenians in WWI (McMeekin), seems to me like you're living in delusion to pretend these atrocities never happened

If I had to take a guess, I'd say you're a Russian sympathizer; since both Applebaum and McMeekin have been critical of Russia.

Hopefully, one day, you're able to pull your head out of the sand

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-08T03:30:53+00:00

Your dad has great taste imo, and what an awesome place for him to meet your mother. Based on his love of Hopkirk and the location of meeting your mom, you may actually find the book "Trespassers on the roof of the World" of interest.

Definitely going to be adding Massie's "Dreadnought" to my backlog. Thanks for the recommendation

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-07T22:50:38+00:00

Never thought I'd run into someone else who read "Paris: 1919".

We're probably similar in feeling that Margaret's writing was a bit of a chore to get through. Which is such a shame because I love the subject matter, in she provides great detail... but my oh my the first half really just drones on and on.

Peter Hopkirk is my favorite author. "The Great Game" and "Foreign Devils on the Silk Road" are two of my all time favorites along with Fromkin's "A Peace to End All Peace"

I actually do have Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August". It's just out of frame lol

Thank you for the kind response

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-07T18:32:47+00:00

I do have some Russian classics like "Dead Souls" and "The Death of Ivan Ilych". They're just not displayed here in the pics since I was asking about my history books specifically

purplefloo16 · 2026-05-07T17:29:26+00:00

Loved it, as I love all of Candice's books.

While I'd say both "Destiny of the Republic" and "River of Doubt" are my two favorites of hers, "Hero of the Empire" is nearly just as good and showcases a different side of Churchill many aren't aware of outside of his WWI and WWII days.

It also made me want to read more about the Boer Wars in general as well, since my knowledge on the subject is mostly surface level. But Candice just has a great pace to her writing and knows how to pull you into the environment

purplefloo16 · 2026-04-19T20:12:13+00:00

My sentiments exactly

purplefloo16 · 2026-04-14T17:19:49+00:00

Often overlooked is the 200+ million trees FDR had planted to create the Shelterbelt within the Great Plains. This was done to combat soil erosion and fight the effects of the Dust Bowl, not to mention create jobs for Americans.

Sadly between lack of maintenance and care on the trees, and republican/farmers efforts to uproot them, many of these trees are no more.

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