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Originally Posted by bfisher
Currently reading "The Embrace of Unreason: France, 1914-1940" by Frederick Brown. Brown uses the careers of the writers Maurice Barrès, Charles Maurras, and Pierre Drieu La Rochelle to illustrate how many of the French intelligentsia through the lifetime of the Third Republic moved away from the ideals of the French Revolution (liberty, equality, inclusiveness) towards dictatorship, hierarchy and racism, until by the late 30s many prefered Hitler to the Popular Front and were willing to collaborate with the Nazis as ideological BFFs.
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That sounds like a very good book. I might read it at some point. It's always good to know the reasons behind political/historical events... in my opinion.
I'm currently reading
Four: The Son: A Divergent Story by Veronica Roth. It's a short book--only one chapter long. lol I should be done with it soon if I don't watch Netflix the next few days... It's very difficult for me to stay away from Netflix. >.> That's one of the reasons I joined this forum--to immerse myself in a virtual book club. Hopefully I'll get more reading done now.
I've already read the Divergent trilogy and am making my way down the short stories list. It's easy-peasy reading really. : )