Check out the 5 books here: Frankopan, The Earth Transformed amzn.to/3tYvoa8 Darwin, Unlocking the World amzn.to/3U540BU Overy, Blood and Ruins amzn.to/424MEXQ Mitter, Forgotten Ally or China's War with Japan amzn.to/3UceMXn Favereaux, The Horde amzn.to/4b4fZWE
00:00 Intro 00:42 The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan 02:22 Unlocking the World by John Darwin 04:13 Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945 by Richard Overy 06:16 Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945 by Rana Mitter 08:20 The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau 10:27 Five books recap 10:52 Jeff mentions he interviewed Marie Favereau
Thanks for sharing your reads and best wishes for the new year. Can I just suggest/request, be careful hitting the table with your hands as the sound is quite pronounced when listening with headphones and it makes things difficult to hear. Keep up the great work
I discovered your channel today and I immediately could feel the immense worth you provide here. I am very curious to discover all your promising content. Warm Greetings from Berlin!
On the Steam book (#2), it would be more accurate to say that European hegemony began with the invention of the most advanced version of the rotary steam engine by Boulton and Watt and Pickard in the 1780s, which made manufacturing much more productive.
I have just discovered your channel. Thank you for such an intelligent introduction to five books that I did not know about, even though I consider myself a fairly serious history buff. This is so much better than 'BookTube'! It looks like I'll have to buy the lot, alas.
Milord Algorithm suggested this video today, and I’m so glad! I love hearing people talk about changing their mind, and all of the books here I haven’t already read sound great.
I just had to check the numbers, and according to Wikepedia, the Mongol Death toll was estimated at between 37.7 and 60 million, equating to around 11% of the World population. That's depopulation on a biblical scale. There's a great Russian film The Horde (2012) which really evokes the era.
The stars delightfully acknowledge that you d-j for their unresponsive crowd. Thou art alike the people of the past, whose golden records in their heart resolved. In lovely disbelonging we all spawned; a misfit race adopted by the Earth. Voyager 1 transponds a Beatles’ song, or maybe humanity’s final words. The ruling class believe they’ve bought the stars, and keep our freedom from the stars withheld. How could paychecks be what reprieves our hearts? when freedom always was within ourselves. The rich have bought nothing, not you or me. Thy heart transcends the dollar bill; you’re free I am Nicholas Leonard, and this is a sonnet tht I wrote.
Nice to see WWII being extended to earlier years, but really, the end of WWII should not be dated until the end of the Chinese Civil War. 1948 I think. After that when the Americans “lost China” the Korean War was started. Since that American defeat China has been able to develop according their own agenda.
Typical. Just a glance at the Richard Overy book reviews and we have instant dichotomy, including this, '...his core argument is that the war was not primarily a war against the evils of the Axis powers but rather was fought by the major participants to preserve and/or expand their “empires.” Typical.
@@richarddelanet I simply didnt understand what you meant and asked if you could explain it. Maybe the "snobbish" tone comes from the fact that I am not a native speaker. It wasnt meant that way.
Check out the 5 books here:
Frankopan, The Earth Transformed amzn.to/3tYvoa8
Darwin, Unlocking the World amzn.to/3U540BU
Overy, Blood and Ruins amzn.to/424MEXQ
Mitter, Forgotten Ally or China's War with Japan amzn.to/3UceMXn
Favereaux, The Horde amzn.to/4b4fZWE
How Britain Initiated Both World Wars by Nicolas Kollerstrom + Prolonging the Agony by MacGregor & Docherty
00:00 Intro
00:42 The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan
02:22 Unlocking the World by John Darwin
04:13 Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945 by Richard Overy
06:16 Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945 by Rana Mitter
08:20 The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World by Marie Favereau
10:27 Five books recap
10:52 Jeff mentions he interviewed Marie Favereau
Thank you very much for the recommendations! My book search list has just increased significantly, both in terms of quality and scope!
thank you. I might do another top 5/10 list again soon!
Thanks for sharing your reads and best wishes for the new year. Can I just suggest/request, be careful hitting the table with your hands as the sound is quite pronounced when listening with headphones and it makes things difficult to hear. Keep up the great work
I discovered your channel today and I immediately could feel the immense worth you provide here. I am very curious to discover all your promising content. Warm Greetings from Berlin!
Wow, thank you!
Excellent video, thank you.
On the Steam book (#2), it would be more accurate to say that European hegemony began with the invention of the most advanced version of the rotary steam engine by Boulton and Watt and Pickard in the 1780s, which made manufacturing much more productive.
I have just discovered your channel. Thank you for such an intelligent introduction to five books that I did not know about, even though I consider myself a fairly serious history buff. This is so much better than 'BookTube'! It looks like I'll have to buy the lot, alas.
Thanks for the recommendations! I would suggest that you find a way to isolate your microphone, as the low frequency booming is very distracting.
Milord Algorithm suggested this video today, and I’m so glad! I love hearing people talk about changing their mind, and all of the books here I haven’t already read sound great.
Thank you and thanks to MiLord Algorithm. Changing our minds is one remaining precious freedom.
I just had to check the numbers, and according to Wikepedia, the Mongol Death toll was estimated at between 37.7 and 60 million, equating to around 11% of the World population. That's depopulation on a biblical scale. There's a great Russian film The Horde (2012) which really evokes the era.
Yes,as someone else commented,great channel but the thumping on the table is distracting. Thanks for great content though.
The stars delightfully acknowledge that
you d-j for their unresponsive crowd.
Thou art alike the people of the past,
whose golden records in their heart resolved.
In lovely disbelonging we all spawned;
a misfit race adopted by the Earth.
Voyager 1 transponds a Beatles’ song,
or maybe humanity’s final words.
The ruling class believe they’ve bought the stars,
and keep our freedom from the stars withheld.
How could paychecks be what reprieves our hearts?
when freedom always was within ourselves.
The rich have bought nothing, not you or me.
Thy heart transcends the dollar bill; you’re free
I am Nicholas Leonard, and this is a sonnet tht I wrote.
Nice to see WWII being extended to earlier years, but really, the end of WWII should not be dated until the end of the Chinese Civil War. 1948 I think.
After that when the Americans “lost China” the Korean War was started. Since that American defeat China has been able to develop according their own agenda.
Typical. Just a glance at the Richard Overy book reviews and we have instant dichotomy, including this, '...his core argument is that the war was not primarily a war against the evils of the Axis powers but rather was fought by the major participants to preserve and/or expand their “empires.”
Typical.
Your email is typical.
@@artscience9981 Typical of what friend?
Your implication is too obscure for me to unravel it. Maybe you could elaborate what you mean.
@@ngogol1748 As snobbish and conceited a reply/comment as I have heard in over 15 years.
@@richarddelanet I simply didnt understand what you meant and asked if you could explain it. Maybe the "snobbish" tone comes from the fact that I am not a native speaker. It wasnt meant that way.
I could only watch the first 1.4 minutes. When he started talking about "climate change", that was it. Is this some sort of woke history?
No it is not, and why not listen a bit longer to consider whether the 5 books might change your mind?