L' étrange défaite
témoignage écrit en 1940
by Marc Bloch · first published 1946
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…have been WWII, you're right. Anyone who wishes to know more about France's lack of preparation for both wars should read the French historian Marc Bloch, who fought in both and died in the resistance. L'Etrange defaite is his great work.
on “Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming, But Why Now?” ↗I've read a whole lot of books this year, I'll give the list of most of the non-fiction with my "scores" and choose a few I absolutely recommend: L'étrange défaite, Marc Bloch, 5/5 Historiae,Quintus Curtius Rufus, 4/5 The Blitzkrieg Legend, Karl-Heinz Frieser, 4.5/5 La vérité sur l'affaire Pétain, Henri Guillemin, 4/5 Far Travelers, the exploring machines, Oran W. Nicks, 4/5 The name above
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗