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Tag Archives: Man vs State
Ruby Ridge
Every Knee Shall Bow / Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family © 1995, 2002 Jess Walter 416 pages “[….] people ought not to be murdered by their own government.” The inherent brutality of the police … Continue reading
To Build a Castle
To Build a Castle: My Life as a Dissenter © 1978 Vladimir Bukovsky 438 pages When frustrated Soviet officials asked Vlaldimir Bukovsky why he continued to provoke them, he replied that he doubted he could cause them nearly as much … Continue reading
Smuggler Nation
Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America © 2014 Peter Andreas 472 pages “What can a Governor do, without the assistance of the Governed? What can the Magistrates do, unless they are supported by their fellow Citizens? What can the … Continue reading
We the Living
We the Living © 1936 Ayn Rand 528 pages “I fear for your future, Kira,” said Victor. “It’s time to get reconciled to life. You won’t get far with those ideas of yours.” “That,” said Kira, “depends on what … Continue reading
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged© 1957 Ayn Rand1168 pages Sometimes the chains that bind us are made by our own hands. Dagny Taggart knew as a young girl that she wanted to grow up to be the master of her family’s railroad system. … Continue reading
The Gulag Archipelago: Volume III
Archipeleg GULag / The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary InvestigationVolume III (of III)© 1973, 1974 Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn576 pages Throughout The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has taken readers on a tour of the Soviet concentration camps, where human … Continue reading
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German Resistance to Hitler
German Resistance to Hitler© 1988 Peter Hoffman188 pages Peter Hoffman’s research into the German resistance culminated in a 900-page History of the German Resistance 1933-1945, but this work – simply titled German Resistance to Hitler — is a much smaller … Continue reading
The Gulag Archipelago, Volume I
Archipeleg GULag / The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary InvestigationVolume I (of III)© 1973, 1974 Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn660 pages Such was my desire to read The Gulag Archipelago that when I found it on the shelf and observed that it … Continue reading
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Tagged "classic", Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Classics and Literary, Classics Club Challenge, Gulag Archipelago, Man vs State, prisons, Russia, survey
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The Tragedy of Liberation
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957© 2013 Frank Dikotter400 pages Readers who approach Frank Dikotter’s histories of Maoist China (The Tragedy of Liberation, Mao’s Great Famine, and The Cultural Revolution) should brace themselves going in; … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 Discovery of Asia, Asia, China, collective tyranny, history, Man vs State
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Fear No Evil
Fear No Evil: © 1988 Natan Sharansky437 pages Fear No Evil chronicles one man’s psychological war against the KGB and the entire Gulag system. Born a Jewish subject of the Soviet Union, Natan Sharansky wanted nothing more than to emigrate peacefully … Continue reading