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Miranda Carter Compares Donald Trump to Kaiser Wilhelm II

It hadn't ever occurred to me to think of Donald Trump in terms of Kaiser Wilhelm II, but Miranda Carter makes some telling comparisons in this grimly amusing article.

Richard J. Evans Reviews Thomas Childers's "The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany"

Richard J. Evans, author of a ridiculous number of books about German history, reviews Thomas Childers's The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.

Corey Robin Cautions Against Comparing Trump to Hitler

Corey Robin, author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump, explains why we should be wary of comparing Trump to Hitler.

Dwight Garner Reviews Nancy Isenberg's "White Trash"

Dwight Garner reviews Nancy Isenberg's White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America.

Michael Scammell Discusses the Rediscovered German Manuscript of Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon"

This is news to me. Apparently, the original German manuscript of Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon was rediscovered last July after it had been missing for seventy-five years.

Michael Scammell got hold of a copy and compares it to the English translation in this article.

Tim Bouverie Reviews Ian Kershaw's "To Hell and Back"

Tim Bouverie reviews Ian Kershaw's To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949.

An Excerpt From Timothy Snyder's "Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning"

Here's an excerpt from Timothy Snyder's forthcoming book Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning.

If you haven't already read Professor Snyder's book Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, then I highly recommend it.

Fareed Zakaria Reviews "The Kennan Diaries"

Fareed Zakaria reviews a new collection of entries drawn from George Kennan's diaries entitled The Kennan Diaries.

Years ago I read and enjoyed Kennan's Sketches From a Life, which, as I recall, was written with his usual elegance and mournfulness. So I'll have to put The Kennan Diaries on my to-read list.

Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis on Dallas and the Mink Coat Mob Riot of 1960

Take a look at this excerpt from Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis's Dallas 1963. This short piece tells the story of the welcome that LBJ and Ladybird Johnson received when they made a campaign stop in Dallas shortly before Election Day in 1960.

From what little I know about Dallas 1963 I get the impression that the book is primarily, if not exclusively, about the political mood in Dallas in the years leading up to the Kennedy assassination, and thus isn't really about the assassination itself. I could be wrong about this, of course.

I'm not blogging about politics much these days, but since I've lived in The Metroplex for a big portion of my life, I should make an exception to my current policy and read Dallas 1963.

Anyway, take a look at this video posted by one of the authors. It should give you a better idea of the book's contents.

Despite the fact that the book is a work of history, it seems very timely to me. I hope to read it soon.

Max Boot Reviews Max Hastings's "Catastrophe 1914"

Max Boot reviews Max Hastings's Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War.