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New books for Cornelius and Hartford: stylish, elegant, beautiful...the books, not the person.  The ABS recognizes Chester's version of Stalin as pedantic. 

Page 179:  "The broad masses are blind and stupid and don't know what they are doing.  They were primitive in attitude.  For them, understanding offered only a shaky platform.  What is stable is emotion:  hatred." Page 631:  War was for Hitler the essence of human activity, "What meeting a man means for a girl, war meant for him." Page 697:  "I already stated on 1 September 1939 in the German Reichstag - and I refrain from over hasty prophecies - that this war will not come to an end as the Jews imagine, with the extermination of the European-aryan peoples, but that the result of the war will be the annihilation of Jewry.  For the first time the old Jewish law will now be applied: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth...and the hour will come when the most evil world-enemy of all time will have played out its role, at least for a thousand years." Page 777:  Though not a Hitler quote, Heinrich Himmler expresses Hitler's mentality in...

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Per the amendment found in ABS House Bill 001, the first shipment has arrived. Chester A. Worthington has selected to purchase through the Kindle.  A future censure will be discussed in the next ABS meeting.

Page 325: "[Hitler's] walks were always downhill, with a car stationed at the bottom to ferry Hitler and his accompaniment back up again.  Hitler's detestation of physical exercise and fear of embarrassment through lack of athleticism remained acute."

Chester A Worthington III moves to declare the permanent mood for all ABS meetings is to be "Positive Ambivalence" Votes: Hartford Brown Broadcloth III - Aye Chester A Worthington III - Aye Cornelius Crowninshield III - Aye Parkington Sedgwick, Esq - reflects in silent appreciation Preston Wigglesworth Peabody III - Aye After much debate and bargaining, Hartford Brown Broadcloth III introduces a bill to adjust the reading list.   Bill Title:  ABS House Bill 001 Bill detail:  Adjustments to the reading list           Both volumes of Kotkin's, Stalin must be purchased immediately           Volumes one and two of Richard Evans' Third Reich will be read when ABS reads FDR biography in spring of 2019            All three volumes of Caro's, LBJ will be read after the reading of Oxford History's, Grand Expectation in 2019 or 2025 Votes: Hartford - Aye Chester - A...

Ratings from ABS active members: Hartford Brown Broadcloth III:   4.0 / 5 stars - not as good as Gordon Wood.  Wood more engaging on the personalities and culture of the time. Cornelius Crowninshield III:  5 / 5 stars  ** - best ending of the Oxford series.  Never a part that wasn't engaging.  Surprised me by the balanced take on FDR. *** Chester A. Worthington III:   4.5 / 5 stars  - second half of the book was lacking in the detail that was in the first half of the book.    Missing the soldier's narrative in the war. Parkington Sedwick, Esq.:  Paid administrative leave pending activity investigation Ranking Oxford History of the United States 1.  Empire of Liberty 2.  Freedom from Fear * 3.  What Hath God Wrought * 4.  Republic for Which it Stands 5.  Glorious Cause 6.  Battle Cry of Freedom * Chester A. Worthington III officially disagrees with the order of Freedom ...