For A Few Labels More….
Just a short note: I’ve recently added a few more Labels over on the Right. They are
President
PM
Although I’m certainly not intending reading biographies of
ALL of the US Presidents I have read and am planning on reading a few books
which mention them (or at least some of them) in reasonable depth so I thought
that they’d shortly need their own special place on the Blog. As I’ve mentioned
before, my main historical focus (book wise) is on UK and European matters but
the US can’t really be ignored. Plus the fact that it might help me actually
understand that rather strange place!
The other label is in recognition that I do intend to read
about a fair number – I doubt if I could read books on ALL of them in what
remains of my life – of our Prime Ministers. Presently I’m starting from a VERY
low base of one on Churchill’s youthful experiences long before he moved into
politics never mind became Prime Minister (twice). I presently have one more PM
related book in my Review pile and another in my Read Soon pile so – label time
it is! I’ve also discovered a series of short books (about 170 pages) on all of
the 20th century PMs so they’ll start appearing – in date order
naturally – from next year. So be prepared to see political biographies on
people you’ve never heard of….
2 comments:
laudable ambition! the usa is a classic example of psychosis en masse... very strange place...
The US is, at least from a distance, a VERY strange place. I have some idea (or at least a theory) of why things are as they are right now but I need to bolster my hypothesis with some facts first..... [grin]
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