RussianHacker (Marklin)
@russianhacker
History and Politics guy. "Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion." William Lloyd Garrison Currently Reading "Korea: A new history of North and South" by Victor Cha.
And as of now, I am currently reading Court of the Red Tsar and Road to 1914 side by side. Anyways, see y'all May 18th or so!
Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land: A nice book that goes into an overview of Eastern European history through the stories of various people living there throughout history. Really hit me at home.
The Russian Revolution 1917-1932: Well I read post-revisionist Figes and Orthodox Pipes, it only made sense I read Fitzpatrick. This one felt like it got a bit too technical for me, but it was a nice corrective that filled the gap very well. Not my favorite book of hers though.
A Concise History of the Russian Revolution: A very readable and concise history of the Russian Revolution. It would be my favorite if not for the obvious cold warrior slant and hatred of intellectuals by Pipes lmao. Still, definitely worth reading if you want that old school perspective.
Death Or Glory: The Legacy Of The Crimean War: Going a bit out of order with this one, but I did like this one a bit more as a Crimean War book than the Figes one, mostly because it focuses on the human aspect of the war while also being relatively short.
the Crimean War: Honestly, this one was hit or miss. I'm not all into big war books unless they're very human focused. This book had moments of that, but my attention span wavered with this one.
Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea: THIS on the other hand, is a really great read. It doesn't go over the history before the split like the Victor Cha one does and also stops as Kim Jong Un takes power, but so far its my favorite book on the Korean conflict. I highly reccomend it!
Korea: A New History of South and North: Took a brief break to give this a read because it was cheap. It's alright, essentially a very short history of the Korean penninsula, but aside from being up to date, it's not my favorite on the topic.
The Story of Russia: Great for the same reasons as above, except its a history of ALL of Russia. Very solid and not too long.
Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991: A History: A great overview of Soviet history and the Russian Revolution. Probably my favorite book on the topic as of this point in terms of conciseness and up to date info
LESSONS FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION FOR DUMMIES: Yeah yeah, it's a simpletons read, but it was still very interesting and got its points across very well.
Taking a short break from my Russian/eastern Europe history binge to read some revisionism
And with this done, I have now finished every Orlando Figes book in my library, of which there are four
For me, it has to be South Vietnam surviving. For a war with such a huge impact on US culture, it has surprisingly little focus in AH.
The T2 script does indicate that the Global South is still under human control and doing a lot of lifting against skynet, with my headcanon being that most of the US resistance's success owing to Skyney placing most of its big bruisers in other fronts.
Holy shit. I can't tell because of the hat, but I think that might be him.
Quite a wholesome mod unironically (I got points for mudslinging everytime, but tried to be nice to Cooper, because being mean to him is like bullying a puppy)
Well, my adhd wouldn't let me finish the mussolini book, so I guess it's about time I finally read American Carnage.