Dan MBook review: ‘Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law’ by James…Historians have spent innumerable hours since the end of the Second World War (and indeed before) considering the question of Where The…Nov 9, 2019Nov 9, 2019
Dan MBook Review: ‘The Conquest of Bread’ by Peter Kropotkin (1892)It’s good and interesting, it’s very clear where it’s been incredibly influential on left wing thought (both within anarchism and more…Nov 8, 2019Nov 8, 2019
Dan MBook review: ‘Hezbollah: a short history’ by Augustus Richard Norton (2014)Having started reading ‘Hezbollah: a short history’ almost entirely ignorant about not just Hezbollah but Lebanon as a whole, I do feel…Aug 11, 2019Aug 11, 2019
Dan MBook review: ‘The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze…An excellent book detailing the successes and failures of Nazi economic policy, which also demonstrates and deconstructs the Nazi myths…Mar 26, 2019Mar 26, 2019
Dan MNew media: A counter-manifesto for hope‘Thoughts and prayers’ have never been good enough. ‘Thoughts and prayers’ didn’t stop the Tree of Life shooting. ‘Thoughts and prayers’…Mar 15, 2019Mar 15, 2019
Dan MBook review: ‘Denial: The Unspeakable Truth’ by Keith Kahn-Harris (2018)A beautiful little book which, rather than the pessimism which the author admits in the final pages, rather left me feeling hopeful.Jan 26, 20192Jan 26, 20192
Dan MBook review: ‘United States of Paranoia’ by Jesse Walker (2013)A decent book with some unique insights which explores the history of conspiracies in America in order to put forward the argument that…Jan 24, 2019Jan 24, 2019
Dan MBook review: ‘Liar’s Poker’ by Michael Lewis (1989)A book containing two stories: one which might have been revealing in its time, but which now simply confirms that what we already knew…Jan 8, 2019Jan 8, 2019
Dan MBook review: ‘The Big Short’ by Michael Lewis (2011)A vital book explaining the essential causes of the Great Recession in a style so readable that virtually anyone could wrap their head…Dec 30, 2018Dec 30, 2018
Dan MBook review: ‘Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity’ by Nicholas…A dense book containing a very thorough look at different forms of far-right ideology and mythology from a US, UK, and (to a lesser extent)…Dec 30, 2018Dec 30, 2018