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History and Current Events December 2018
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| In My Father's House: A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family by Fox ButterfieldWhat it's about: Using a case study of the white Bogle family of Oregon (more than 60 of whom have been arrested since 1920), this eye-opening saga of criminal genealogy reveals a sobering reality -- five percent of all families account for almost half the crime in America.
Why it matters: Timely and thought-provoking, In My Father's House interrogates long-held stereotypes linking race to crime, offering an empathetic approach to recognizing crime theories based on family dynamics. |
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The Red and the Blue : The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
by Steve Kornacki
What it is: A history of the 1990s twin paths of Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich to argue that their rivalry triggered massive policy shifts that reverberate in today's political landscape.
About the author: Kornacki is a political journalist, writer, and television host.
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| LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. BrookingWhat it's about: how extremists and authoritarian regimes manipulate social media platforms to serve as "battlespaces" for political disputes, leading to trolling, disinformation, and memetic warfare.
Did you know? ISIS' recruiting tactics include mimicking the authentic feel of Taylor Swift's Instagram posts.
About the authors: Defense experts P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking are a contributing editor for Popular Science and a former research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, respectively. |
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Sea of Thunder : Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign, 1941-1945
by Evan Thomas
What it is: A suspenseful account of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 from the viewpoint of four naval leaders, including two American commanders and two Japanese admirals.
Featuring: Oral histories, diaries, correspondence, and post war testimony from American and Japanese participants.
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Sea power : the history and geopolitics of the world's oceans
by James Stavridis
What it is: The book describes the history and geography of the world’s oceans and the battles that have spanned them during the whole of human existence, from the Athenians to the nuclear submarines of the 20th century Cold War.
About the author: Stavridis is the first and only admiral to serve as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander.
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The Civil War at sea
by Craig L. Symonds
What it is: An assessment of the crucial roles played by the Union and Confederate navies in the Civil War.
Why you might like it: It examines key issues, such as, the Union's strategy of blockading, the Confederate's use of commerce raiders, and the role of naval forces in the western rivers.
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| Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History by Brian Kilmeade and Don YaegerWhat it's about: the beginning of the Barbary Wars, instigated in 1801 when the newly elected President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay ransom to the Barbary States for captured American merchant ships.
Why you might like it: Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaegar's lively, suspenseful prose offers a page-turning adventure.
Try this next: For another accessible history of the First Barbary War, check out The Pirate Coast by Richard Zacks. |
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The great rescue : American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe in WWI
by Peter Hernon
What's it about: Published in commemoration of America's centennial entry into World War I, it is the story of the legendary liner-turned-warship Leviathan which carried tens of thousands of soldiers to Europe after the United States entered the war.
About the author: Hernon is the author of five books, including the best seller Under the Influence. He was an editor at the Chicago Tribune and an investigative reporter at the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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