I just discovered that Radical Reviewer believes the western account of the 1932 Ukranian famine, and I could not be more disappointed.

  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I mean I might straight-up post the whole part of the preface I highlighted at some point. The Years of Hunger is that expensive especially in hardcover because it's pretty much literally a 90s-era Oxford textbook. I'm not kidding when I say "the majority of the book is nerd shit" ie tons and tons of agricultural statistics. If you're not into that pass it up.

    • shitstorm [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Reading a pdf now I found on libgen. Definitely post the preface some more, it gets right to the heart of the politicization.

      I'm going into a career in history, if I can force myself to read a book about diplomatic processions during the Congress of Vienna I can fuck with agricultural yields. Actually it's really rare to have that kind of hard data, very cool.