Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System by Ryan J. Reilly (2023) | Book Review
Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System by Ryan J. Reilly Genres: History, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2023 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Goodreads, Amazon Sedition Hunters: The attack on the Capitol building following the 2020 election was an extraordinarily large and brazen crime. Conspiracies were formed on social media in full public view, the law-breakers paraded on national television with undisguised faces, and with outgoing President Donald Trump openly cheering them on. A mass of online tipsters–“sedition hunters”–have mobilized, simultaneously providing the FBI with valuable intelligence and creating an ethical dilemma. Who gets to serve justice? How can law enforcement still function as…
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner (2021) | Book Review
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2021 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, Instagram All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days describes the life and death of Mildred Harnack. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six when she enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Germany and witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. Historians identify Mildred Harnack as the only American in the leadership of the German resistance, yet her remarkable story has remained almost unknown until now. All The Frequent Troubles Of Our Days by Rebecca Donner When Mildred…
Berlin 1936: Fascism, Fear, and Triumph Set Against Hitler’s Olympic Games (2016) | Book Review
Berlin 1936: Fascism, Fear, and Triumph Set Against Hitler’s Olympic Games by Oliver Hilmes Genres: History, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2016 Source: I purchased this book Find the Author: Goodreads, Amazon Berlin 1936: Fascism, Fear, and Triumph Set Against Hitler’s Olympic Games takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympic Games, describing events in the German capital through the eyes of a select cast of characters: Nazi leaders and foreign diplomats, sportsmen and journalists, writers and socialites, nightclub owners and jazz musicians. Berlin 1936 Olympic Games Promoted Nazi Propaganda In 1931, Germany was awarded the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. In 1933, Adolph Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Despite…
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell (2019) | Book Review
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell Genres: Biography, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2019 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon American spy: In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: “She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her.” The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill’s “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and–despite her prosthetic leg–helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we know…
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen (2019) | Book Review
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen Genres: Biography, History, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2019 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Facebook, Goodreads Dutch Girl: Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered Audrey Hepburn’s intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. Audrey Hepburn’s war included participation in the Dutch Resistance, working as a doctor’s assistant during the “Bridge Too Far” battle of Arnhem, the brutal execution of her uncle, and the ordeal of the Hunger Winter of 1944. Audrey’s own reminiscences, new interviews with people who knew her in the war, wartime diaries, and research…
