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Early Fall Leftovers

To Start A War: How the Bush Administration Took Us Into Iraq by Robert Draper

The Travelers by Chris Pavone

A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block

Dark Fire by CJ Sansom

The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation by Robert Rand

Stasi Child by David Young

The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich

Geiger by Gustaf Skördeman

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

The Devil Knows You're Dead by Lawrence Block

October 14, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

I’ve read some interesting stuff lately and I wish I had made more time to document it but life gets in the way that life sometimes does. Not all bad, just life. To Start A War**** I had a long thing here about connecting this to the 2024 election but I don’t want to talk current electoral politics on here, at least the specifics of them. A good book if you want to know the intelligence (ha) perspective of how we wound up in a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Religion, Suspense Tagged With: #Henry VIII, #history, 9/11, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Afghanistan, Berlin, Chris Pavone, Christian mysticism, Christianity, CIA, CJ Sansom, Colin Powell, Condolezza Rice, Dan Fesperman, Dark Fire, David Young, East Germany, espionage, Forever Wars, Geiger, George W. Bush, Germany, Ghost Wars, Gustaf Skördeman, Hamburg, historical fiction, horror, Julian of Norwich, Karin Muller, lawrence block, London, Matthew Scudder, Matthew Shardlake, medieval england, mick herron, mystery, New York City, Osama Bin Laden, Rachel Harrison, Religion, Revelations of Divine Love, Robert Draper, Robert Rand, Sara Nowak, Slow Horses, So Thirsty, Stasi, Stasi Child, Steve Coll, Sweden, The Cover Wife, The Devil Knows you're Dead, The Travelers, Thomas Cromwell, To Start a war, Tudor England, vampires, War in Iraq

Jake's CBR16 Review No:168 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Religion, Suspense · Tags: #Henry VIII, #history, 9/11, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Afghanistan, Berlin, Chris Pavone, Christian mysticism, Christianity, CIA, CJ Sansom, Colin Powell, Condolezza Rice, Dan Fesperman, Dark Fire, David Young, East Germany, espionage, Forever Wars, Geiger, George W. Bush, Germany, Ghost Wars, Gustaf Skördeman, Hamburg, historical fiction, horror, Julian of Norwich, Karin Muller, lawrence block, London, Matthew Scudder, Matthew Shardlake, medieval england, mick herron, mystery, New York City, Osama Bin Laden, Rachel Harrison, Religion, Revelations of Divine Love, Robert Draper, Robert Rand, Sara Nowak, Slow Horses, So Thirsty, Stasi, Stasi Child, Steve Coll, Sweden, The Cover Wife, The Devil Knows you're Dead, The Travelers, Thomas Cromwell, To Start a war, Tudor England, vampires, War in Iraq ·
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J’Accuse

To Start A War: How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq by Robert Draper

September 12, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

When Dick Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris this past week, I blanched. I understand the political appeal of Cheney’s endorsement. And I’m on board for whatever it takes to win this election. I am a single issue voter and that issue is my deep desire to not have Donald Trump involved in any aspect of my life. But it’s still disheartening to watch people who want Trump held accountable cheer for Cheney because we let all of these folks off the hook. Robert Draper tries to […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, 9/11, Colin Powell, Condolezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Forever Wars, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Robert Draper, To Start a war, War on Terror

Jake's CBR16 Review No:134 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, 9/11, Colin Powell, Condolezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Forever Wars, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Robert Draper, To Start a war, War on Terror ·
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