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Image of the Enemy PB: Intelligence Analysis of Adversaries Since 1945 by

Image of the Enemy PB: Intelligence Analysis of Adversaries Since 1945

298 pages • missing pub info (editions)

3.75pricklypete's review
nonfiction crime politics true crime informative reflective medium-paced
The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace by Paul Thomas Chamberlin

The Cold War's Killing Fields: Rethinking the Long Peace

Paul Thomas Chamberlin

656 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

3.5pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics emotional informative slow-paced
Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh by Toby Harnden

Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh

Toby Harnden

404 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history informative fast-paced
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

Steppenwolf

Hermann Hesse

256 pages • first pub 1927 (editions)

3.25pricklypete's review
fiction classics philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A. Reid

The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

Stuart A. Reid

624 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

All the Pretty Horses

The Border Trilogy #1

Cormac McCarthy

320 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

4.5pricklypete's review
fiction historical literary adventurous emotional slow-paced
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

576 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.25pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics medium-paced
There Will Be Fire by Rory Carroll

There Will Be Fire

Rory Carroll

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.0pricklypete's review
nonfiction history politics true crime informative tense medium-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.25pricklypete's review
nonfiction business history politics challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

200 pages • first pub 1899 (editions)

3.75pricklypete's review
fiction classics literary challenging dark slow-paced