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The book is not editorialized, it is just an collection of events. I'm not sure how the reviewer came to those conclusions. If a reader had never heard anythin
by AJ007 10y ago
The book is not editorialized, it is just an collection of events. I'm not sure how the reviewer came to those conclusions.
If a reader had never heard anything about World War 2 perhaps it wouldn't be the first book to recommend or even number 10. Given the exhaustive pop culture coverage in movies along with endless documentaries and books one would assume reading Human Smoke in context would not leave a reader believing that Hitler was desperately trying to avoid war.
- throwanem 10y ago> The book is not editorialized, it is just an collection of events. I'm not sure how you regard these as mutually exclusive. Are the events that go into the collection not chosen? Might they not be chosen with an eye toward suggesting conclusions which the one doing the choosing isn't quite bold enough to espouse outright, preferring instead to be able to say "well, that's just your interpretation" in reply to whatever criticism may come?