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Jan 10, 2021
Every time I set out to visit a country in the NATO alliance when I was Supreme Allied Commander, I’d try to read a book that could help me understand the history, culture and zeitgeist of the place. It could be a novel by a native writer, a history or a work of historical fiction. Can you really understand France without reading Camus and Sartre? To comprehend Russia, including the mindset of Vladimir Putin, I’ve found more illumination in Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and above all Gogol than in most CIA reports, with all due respect to the agency.
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Every time I set out to visit a country in the NATO alliance when I was Supreme Allied Commander, I’d try to read a book that could help me understand the history, culture and zeitgeist of the place. It could be a novel by a native writer, a history or a work of historical fiction. Can you really understand France without reading Camus and Sartre? To comprehend Russia, including the mindset of Vladimir Putin, I’ve found more illumination in Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and above all Gogol than in most CIA reports, with all due respect to the agency.
It was a good year to read a book: Steve Pfarrer’s favorite reads of 2020
Published: 12/30/2020 9:29:52 AM
I jumped on that “Best of” bandwagon a few years ago when I started compiling my 10 favorite books of the year for the Gazette. But in 2020, the list has grown: With the pandemic shutting down many other entertainment options, I ended up reading more than usual.
And with regional libraries my primary source of new books shuttered a good chunk of the year, I also turned to my own collection to investigate titles I’d never gotten to. So this list, which is in no particular order, includes books from 2020, a few from more recent years, and others from a good bit further back.
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