tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post6216494257914016987..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: The largest geopolitical project in living memoryRob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-61246717014674139072009-09-01T21:41:51.678+01:002009-09-01T21:41:51.678+01:00Off topic, but you might like to hear that my son ...Off topic, but you might like to hear that my son ran off with The Rule Book a few days ago. He told me tonight that he enjoyed it very much, and promised to bring it back soon so his dad can read it.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-86801409720099146582009-09-01T19:20:40.501+01:002009-09-01T19:20:40.501+01:00Thanks, Uriah. I'll add those to the 'to ...Thanks, Uriah. I'll add those to the 'to read' pile. The Isle of Man story is fascinating, but I haven't found a really good straightforward history book of the internment there. Brian Garfield's book - The Thousand Mile War - on the Aleutians is really excellent. Fortress Malta isn't a bad book either. I'd love to get good books about all the Baltic countries - I have gaps there.Rob Kitchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-61358971149793783482009-09-01T18:34:31.302+01:002009-09-01T18:34:31.302+01:00Rob, part of John Lawton's Second Violin deals...Rob, part of John Lawton's Second Violin deals with the internment of refugees on the Isle of Man. <br />Mark Mills The Information Officer is set on Malta during the war, and crime writer Dashiell Hammett part authored a book called The Battle of the Aleutians when stationed at Adak, Alaska in 1944. He wrote the captions for the photographs.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.com