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The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
2 reviews
bg_oseman_fan's review
informative
fast-paced
5.0
This was a very engaging look at a historical even that often merits only a paragraph in history books. the authors do a great job of contextualizing the summit in the broader events going on at the time. i admire how thorough they were in interrogating the sources and conversation around how various people involved remembered and talked about the summit. a must read for those interested in WW2, espionage, or history in general
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Genocide
Moderate: Racism and Violence
Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Classism
crownoflaurel's review
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
2.5
Why on earth was so much of this written in present tense?? I almost put this down when it turned out the first chapter was just an excerpt. Overall, the prose was trying much too hard to be mysterious and sensationalistic, much more suited to a fiction novel then a history.
Also, there’s a way for books covering a specific event to provide enough context of WWII without also trying to cover the entire war. Maybe there wasn’t enough about this conspiracy to fill a book, but… a lot in here wasn’t necessary to the actual story being told.
Also, there’s a way for books covering a specific event to provide enough context of WWII without also trying to cover the entire war. Maybe there wasn’t enough about this conspiracy to fill a book, but… a lot in here wasn’t necessary to the actual story being told.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, Murder, War, and Deportation
Moderate: Body horror, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Classism
Minor: Rape and Sexual violence