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Review from Sparta →

Another book by one of my favorite authors. It was great to finally understand how Sparta began and how it saw itself.

AN ABSOLUTE LISTEN

Review from The Embarrassment of Riches →

What an amazing book. It is history at its best. The author covers everything regarding Dutch life and mentality through the ages. I grew up in Holland in the late 1940’s to the mid 1950’s, my teenage years. The description and the mentality of the Dutch are spot on. I don’t want to go into..

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Dry and Unsuitable for Audio

Review from Game Theory →

First third of book is generally unbearable. Dry and boring examples and probabilities mostly of imaginary games no one would ever play. Will be requesting a refund. Audio sample completely misrepresents the book.

really good

Review from Fire and Steel →

I enjoyed this book. Adams does an incredibly great job describing the last 4 months of the War. He describes each American, French, Polish and British division’s experience fighting in Germany and bringing down hitlers war machine. Adam’s gives good descriptions of each commanders decisions on each side and he also gives an incredible view..

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