I realized today what bothers me about hyphenate groupings of people, such as Irish-American, Italian-American, or African-American. Why aren’t they just “American”?
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Planned books:
- For Your Eyes Only (James Bond Novels) by Ian Fleming
- You Only Live Twice (James Bond Novels) by Ian Fleming
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (James Bond Novels) by Ian Fleming
- Thunderball (James Bond Novels) by Ian Fleming
- The Man With The Golden Gun (James Bond Novels) by Ian Fleming
Current books:
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In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines by Stanley Karnow
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America’s Great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard
Recent books:
- The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton
- The First World War by John Keegan
- What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been by Unknown
- Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power by Niall Ferguson
- Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands