Biden was just the tip of the iceberg...

Everything you know about WWI is wrong! Okay... maybe not everything, but some things definitely.

Forgotten Victory: The First World War: Myths and Realities

By: Gary Sheffield
Published: 2001
318 Pages

Briefly, what is this book about?

An apologetic work directed at British leadership during WWI. It refutes the claim that the British Army was composed of “lions led by donkeys”, and instead lays out a case for increasing competence, the necessity of offensives, and a string of victories in 1918.

What's the author's angle?

Sheffield is a noted member of the revisionist school. He wants to revise the vision of futility most commonly associated with the British participation in WWI.

Who should read this book?

Someone who wants a more complete view of WWI, and who is wary of simplistic tales of strategic idiocy.

Specific thoughts: WWI was horrible for the British, but it couldn’t have been won any other way

Forbes magazine, the bastion of conservative American business journalism, called it "a filth-spattered lens of depravity and dysfunction".

Crisis Zone

By: Simon Hanselmann
Published: 2021
296 Pages

Briefly, what is this book about?

A very non-traditional household navigates the pandemic using violence and porn production.

Who should read this book?

I would not recommend this book to anyone. It is without a doubt the grossest, crudest work I have ever read. Though Forbes reviewed it and said:

In the deluxe and beautifully designed Fantagraphics edition, Crisis Zone ends up looking like a children's book produced in an institution for the criminally insane. Assuming we have a future ahead of us, Crisis Zone will be the keepsake to remind us what we became in [2020].

But even they had to admit that it was “a filth-spattered lens of depravity and dysfunction”.

Specific thoughts: A strong case against a certain lifestyle.