I'll start by saying I don't know a whole lot of Russian history, and what I do know is episodic. I've read a great deal about the war in Russia from 1940 to 1945 (what the Russians call the "Great Patriotic War"), especially the Stalingrad campaign. I've read a bit about the war in the east during the First World War, especially the Brusilov Offensive of 1916. And I read a biography of Peter the Great about twenty years ago. Beyond that what I know about Russian history has been more or less absorbed indirectly. As a child of the Cold War that means a lot about Kruschev and Brezhnev and Gorbachev. So yeah, it's fair to say I'm pretty ignorant about the topic.
The older I get, the more I realize how little we were taught. The onus is really on the individual to dig into the past like you have, and learn. It is especially humbling to realize just how smart our forbearers were. Critical thinking has gone AWOL.
Excellent book review. I’m completely ignorant of Russian history but listening to America This Week has piqued my interest in it and Russian literature. Another book to add to my list!
The older I get, the more I realize how little we were taught. The onus is really on the individual to dig into the past like you have, and learn. It is especially humbling to realize just how smart our forbearers were. Critical thinking has gone AWOL.
worth reading on the cover alone.
I haven't got through the article yet, but I will do soon enough.
Excellent book review. I’m completely ignorant of Russian history but listening to America This Week has piqued my interest in it and Russian literature. Another book to add to my list!
My unread book stack is too tall...I keep saying no more books until I catch up, but I can't help myself...😂
And thanks!