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Storm of Steel
Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State
The Soccer Diaries: An American's Thirty-Year Pursuit of the International Game
They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars: The Untold Story
In Spies We Trust: The Story of Western Intelligence
Power and Constraint: The Accountable Presidency After 9/11
Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism

Max's Most Popular Reviews

Starts off stronger than it ends; the more abstract the empire gets, the less revelatory it is. But at least half of this book has some stunning thing on every page that we all should have learned in middle school.

March 28, 2019

Not sure how Ready Player One was that good and this was so incredibly schlocky.

February 19, 2016

Kind of hagiographic at some points, but still really enjoyable.

March 28, 2016

This got so incredibly good at the end when it became a personal story. The rest of the time I felt like there was a much more complete book to be written by someone else. Probably only after Putin dies and records possibly become more available.

September 13, 2014

Probably should be more stars, but that was a little too dark and close to home for comfort.

July 26, 2016