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Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“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.
Armageddon by Leon Uris
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“When we took on doing David McCullough's John Adams for HBO, Graham Yost, who I'd worked with on two previous miniseries, he called up and said, look, I can't do this, but you might want to take a look at this because I think there's a miniseries in this thing.”
Why: Reveals powerful historical narratives like John Adams defending British soldiers.
John Adams by David McCullough
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“And I've currently, let me tell you this, I've currently picked up, finally, I've had a copy of it for a long time, but Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States of America.”
Why: For pleasure and enlightenment and entertainment.
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
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“When I started reading history, I ended up reading historical novels like Mila 18 or Armageddon,…”
Why: Turgid melodrama, but also ripped right out of the history books.
Mila 18 by Leon Uris
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“I have a confession to make. I've never been able to make it too deep into the rise and fall of the Third Reich, just because the numbers and the math start driving me nuts.”
Why: Numbers and math start driving him nuts.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
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Named without an opinion attached.
“the book that the movie is based on the novel is called The Good Shepherd, and that's what the destroyer escorts are for these convoys.”
Why: Incredible source material that put the reader directly inside Ernie Krause's head.
The Good Shepherd by C S Forester
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