Eugene Finkel Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Genocide: A World History
Norman M. NaimarkEugene FinkelNorman Naimark entered the discussion. At this stage pretty much all leading Western historians of violence in Eastern Europe that I can think of agree that genocide is a reasonable description of Russian violence against civilians in Ukraine https://t.co/k2TJYY7QUq
Paperback, 2016
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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
Marie FavereauEugene Finkel@AmandaGregg711 Mostly The Horde by Marie Favereau, but also some work on Mongols in the Middle East https://t.co/aED2LyDck5
Paperback, 2022
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Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
Walter ScheidelEugene Finkel@notanastronomer To be fully transparent, Ordinary Jews is the one I like the most despite its many flaws. But as for recommending, Escape from Rome and The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel. Actually, their entire econ history series is great.
Paperback, 2021
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Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future?
Jan Matti DollbaumEugene Finkel@Ben_H_Noble Thanks! The book is already on my reading list, but honestly, here I just need Navalny's court speech in February for the opening anecdote of the book's intro chapter
Hardcover, 2021
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The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
Walter ScheidelEugene Finkel@notanastronomer To be fully transparent, Ordinary Jews is the one I like the most despite its many flaws. But as for recommending, Escape from Rome and The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel. Actually, their entire econ history series is great.
Paperback, 2018
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Russia: People and Empire, 1552-1917, Enlarged Edition
Geoffrey HoskingEugene FinkelHistorian friends: A do remember someone, quite possibly Geoffrey Hosking, saying that the difference between Great Britain and Russia is that Great Britain *had* an Empire while Russia *was* an Empire, but I can't locate the source. Any suggestions?
Paperback, 1998
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All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin
Mikhail ZygarEugene FinkelRereading Mikhail Zygar's All The Kremlin's Men (2016). Here is Ch. 4: "Dmitry Medvedev comes across as something unusual for a politician: he seems like a good person." This was just several years ago and readers likely nodded at this sentence. Rereading stuff is edifying.
Paperback, 2017
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Nationalist Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet State
Mark R. BeissingerEugene Finkel@cmMcConnaughy @dhopkins1776 The Last Empire by Plokhy, Collapse by Zubok, Nationalist Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet State by Beissinger
Paperback, 2002
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