Tag Archives: Communism

Rush Hour In Phnom Penh

Posted on October 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

When I arrived in Phnom Penh and made my way through the airport (which is lovely and surprisingly small), I befriended a rickshaw driver who took me to my hotel and offered to take me around the town. I was … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Bloody White Baron

Posted on September 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story Of The Russian Nobleman Who Became The Last Khan Of Mongolia, by James Palmer It is difficult to fully understand why the author so deeply hates the subject of this book so much. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Russia

Posted on February 19, 2024 by nathanalbright

Russia: The Once And Future Empire Form Pre-History To Putin, by Philip Longworth This book was published in 2005, and reading it nearly 20 years later is a somewhat strange experience, not least because the book is an unapologetic attempt to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A People’s History Of The Civil War

Posted on January 7, 2024 by nathanalbright

A People’s History Of The Civil War: Struggles For The Meaning Of Freedom, by David Williams It is no surprise that this book is terrible. The book is a doctrinaire Marxist text about a deeply complex and deeply controversial topic; there is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: One Miracle After Another

Posted on July 7, 2021 by nathanalbright

One Miracle After Another: The Pavel Goia Story, by Greg Budd In reading this book, which is about a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor I have heard online before, I was reminded, as I often am, of other books that I have … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Young Heroes Of The Soviet Union

Posted on December 11, 2020 by nathanalbright

Young Heroes Of The Soviet Union: A Memoir And A Reckoning, by Alex Halberstadt This is not a very good memoir, nor is the author nearly insightful enough to provide reckoning about anything. There is a great gulf between what … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Hermit In Paris

Posted on November 10, 2020 by nathanalbright

Hermit In Paris: Autobiographical Writings, by Italo Calvino There is a moment in this book where the author fails to realize what an ominous sign a mishandled rhetorical question is. The essay in question is “Was I A Stalinist Too?” … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Russian Civil War

Posted on August 31, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Russian Civil War, by Evan Mawdsley In many ways, reading this book is sort of like the opposite experience of reading about the experience of the American or Spanish or Finnish Civil Wars, for example. In those latter two … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The White Generals

Posted on August 31, 2020 by nathanalbright

The White Generals:  An Account Of The White Movement And The Russian Civil War, by Richard Luckett Any time we deal with the past there is the question of the inevitability of the past.  In retrospect, we know that the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Memoirs Of A Bolshevik

Posted on August 31, 2020 by nathanalbright

Memoirs Of A Bolshevik, by O. Piatnitsky In reading this short book, where the author proudly displays his misguided loyalty to Lenin and his devotion to Communist revolutionary politics, a nagging feeling came to me that for sure this author … Continue reading →

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