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Tag: political history

Cuban Missile Crisis
June 25, 2025 BOOK REVIEWS / American History / Audiobook / AUTHOR / BOOKS / GENRE / History / Max Hastings / Military Fiction / Military History / Nonfiction / Politics / Russia / War / World History

Abyss: A Riveting Look at the Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis retold by Max Hastings—an intense look at the 1962 standoff that brought the world close to nuclear war.

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Brotherhood of Spies 1
February 2, 2025 BOOK REVIEWS / American History / Audiobook / AUTHOR / Aviation / BOOKS / Espionage / GENRE / History / Military Fiction / Monte Reel / Nonfiction / Politics / Russia / War

A Brotherhood of Spies Book Review: Monte Reel’s Cold War Espionage Story

A Brotherhood of Spies book review Monte Reel explores Cold War espionage, the U-2 spy plane, and the CIA’s secret intelligence operations.

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Blind Ambition book review
July 18, 2024 BOOK REVIEWS / American History / AUTHOR / Biography / Biography Memoir / BOOKS / Crime / GENRE / History / John W. Dean / Memoir / Nonfiction / Politics / Presidents / True Crime

Blind Ambition Book Review: How John Dean Exposed the Nixon White House

This Blind Ambition book review covers John Dean’s firsthand account of Watergate, political corruption, and the fall of the Nixon White House.

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