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So, what have you been reading recently? | ๐ Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, February 1st, 2026
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Fiction or Non-Fiction, academic or casual, theory or non-theory, feel free to mention books of any genre and on any topic.
I'm working on The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins. There was this almost surreal moment reading it where it hit me that the cold war was possibly (probably?) entirely one sided. It's been very instuctive, I hadn't gotten such a good view of the CIA's machinations before reading this
The cold war was basically America's fervent commitment to massacring anything that stands against capitalism and the American imperialism in general.
Yes that send accurate to me now. Growing up it seemed like there was equal aggression, but it's clear that the USSR & China were just trying not to get invaded/bombed