“When I started reading history, I ended up reading historical novels like Mila 18 or Armageddon,…”
Why: Enthralled him by eras and moments and periods of history.
Tom Hanks, Guest on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryWolf Pack Hunting with Hanks
Armageddon
Leon Uris · 2011
A historical novel about the events surrounding the Berlin blockade and the early Cold War.
Tom Hanks recommends it because it enthralled him with its eras, moments, and periods of history.
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