An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
69. England v Ukraine
July 02, 2021
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Francis Fukuyama
Context:
Dominic mentions interviewing Francis Fukuyama after the England-Germany match, explicitly identifying him as the 'author of The End of History'
Author: George MacDonald Fraser
Context:
Dominic explicitly identifies this as 'The great Crimean War book' when discussing the Crimean War, noting that Flashman is involved in the action including the Charge of the Light Brigade
Author: Fintan O'Toole
Context:
Referenced in discussion about British attitudes toward military disasters, with the phrase 'There's a book, isn't there, Heroic Failure in the British'
Author: Timothy Snyder
Context:
Explicitly mentioned as 'the historian Timothy Snyder has this book, Bloodlands' in the context of discussing Ukraine's violent 20th century history and its position as a blood-soaked territory