Calum

every critic of this book is a sore loser. you can think a guy is kinda cringe (if you want, i enjoy it) and still respect the argument he puts forth if you open your mind. if anything, you just have to keep in mind the time it was written at. i would kill for someone to respond to him from 50 years in the future. i guess that is our generation's task.

also: so true bestie i am always saying this

very interesting and thorough history. i just flat out disagree with the author in her analysis and the anticommunism of it all pissed me off from start to finish. much like knowing about how the bund failed in its heroic mission irritates me (and yes, they failed). such is life.

thanks to netgalley and random house for the ARC
 

they weren't joking when they said best locked room of all time

ultimately he's right, he's just a bit too much of an arrogantly ignorant yankee nationalist, so huge parts of the book are incoherent

read this with maps and satellite imagery at hand for full immersion. so yummy