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That looks interesting. I'm definitely interested in all kinds of reform. This is a book I enjoyed which had more practical ideas:
https://www.amazon.com/Its-Time-Fight-Dirty-Democrats-ebook/dp/B073YT8P8S

A lot of the ideas are about increasing democracy but it's interesting in that the whole book could play out in real life, everything in there could be accomplished by democrats with 1 person majorities in the house, Senate, and the president. That's interesting to me because it's a more pragmatic look at changing the system as is.

Like I said before, once we get to the point where changes are unconstitutional I tend to get less interested in reforming democracy in a way that's more effective, and more interested in eliminating it. Since at that point it's all impossible anyway barring a revolution, but I might as well dream big.

Do you know if the authors of your book make an effort to keep their reforms constitutional or possible within our current system as is?

EDIT: I don't mean to get too partisan. I'm not a republican, but I have to admire their gamesmanship in manipulating the system to achieve their ideological goals. Vote suppression, gerrymandering, changing legislative rules or norms, politicizing the courts. It's all directed towards outcomes I couldn't disagree more with, but unlike others I can't condemn attacks on democracy or minority rule when I'd do it in a heartbeat if I could.

While they're more historical fiction, I absolutely adored the Myth-o-Mania! series by Kate Mcmullan when I was a kid. I credit them with facilitating my interest in antiquity and Greece in particular. For a young reader they are written with enough humor to keep them interested and entertained while also providing an enough baseline information on greek mythology to still be educational.

On a second note, I took a children's literature class in college and decided to my make my final project a lesson plan to make history more interesting for child readers. In many ways I was piggy backing off Dan's approach to tell the 'interesting' side of history.
Inspired by the book Mau5 which I loved reading in high school, I tried to find a chronology of history using graphic novels. I think graphic novels are an interesting way to get children interested in reading, especially when they are so young.

Here is the list of graphic novels. Maybe you will find one interesting. If you want, I can PM you the whole project with my summaries of the books.

Ancient Egypt

Cleopatra- Haggard, H. Rider, Alfred Sundel, and Norman Nodel

Dark Ages

*The Dark Ages and the Vikings-Jeffrey, Gary, and Nik Spender.

Crusades

Crusades-Jeffrey, Gary, and Terry Riley.

Civil War

Gettysburg: The Graphic History of America's Most Famous Battle and Turning Point of the Civil War. Vansant, Wanye

Congo Civil War (Child Soldiers)

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War - Humphreys, Jessica Dee, Michel Chikwanine, and Claudia Dávila.

World War 1

True Stories of World War 1 - Nelson Yomtov and John Proctor

Civil Rights Movement

Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography - Helfer, Andrew and Randy Duburke

The Holocaust*

Maus: A Survivor's Tale* - Spiegelman, Art

If you want to just get a taste of imperial Japan and some pretty interesting firsthand accounts, check out "inventing Japan" by Ian Buruma.

https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Japan-1853-1964-Library-Chronicles/dp/0812972864



If you want to get a bigger view of the condition japan was in before beginning their empire building, check out "Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes: The Underside of Modern Japan" by Mikiso Hane


https://www.amazon.com/Peasants-Rebels-Women-Outcastes-Underside/dp/0742525252


If you want an even bigger view of how and why Japan was treated differently from Germany after the war check out, "the wages of guilt" by Ian Buruma


https://www.amazon.com/Wages-Guilt-Memories-Germany-Japan-ebook/dp/B00YLQU0GS

I would recommend these three books if you want to get a better idea of the everyday life of what everyday life was like pre-war, mid-war, post-war.

If you want to get into the psychology of Japanese people, I would recommend "the Japanese self in cultural context" by Takie Sugiyama Lebra

https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Self-Cultural-Logic/dp/0824828402/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?keywords=the+Japanese+self&qid=1571829682&sr=8-12


Another interesting book to add after reading these would be, "multiethnic Japan" by John Lie. It points out the ripples of what Japan's empire building brought.

https://www.amazon.com/Multiethnic-Japan-John-Lie/dp/0674013581/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=multiethnic+Japan&qid=1571829847&sr=8-1


Check em out!

After listening to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History series on the Mongols, his talks about how incredible the Chinese fortifications and cities were I decided to do some research. I read the following:

https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Heaven-Chinas-Mongol-1209-1370/dp/1848326602

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Song_dynasty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_technology_of_the_Song_dynasty

Defending Heaven is a very good read. It is unbelievable the technology the Song had (especially their navy) and their fortification and gunpowder technology was just amazing.

It's they thought they were free, I posted this way to early in the morning.

They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078HVYH88/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_f4aMDbYKP3Z96

Agreed! This is a great book btw: https://www.amazon.com/Six-Frigates-Epic-History-Founding/dp/039333032X

A World Undone and The World Remade, both by G J Meyer, are fantastic. Dam recommended the former in his Blueprints series which is how I discovered it.

https://www.amazon.com/World-Undone-Story-Great-1914/dp/B0085ZHQ3Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523014129&sr=8-1&keywords=a+world+undone

https://www.amazon.com/World-Remade-America-War/dp/B06XC4N123/ref=pd_sim_129_15?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B06XC4N123&pd_rd_r=9YC5VCQA1C63RS7H5133&pd_rd_w=ny3t5&pd_rd_wg=XUTQz&psc=1&refRID=9YC5VCQA1C63RS7H5133

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Thanks. This is what I was referring to: https://www.amazon.com/dancarlin-com-Hardcore-History/dp/B01N8TOMI9/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1518135339&sr=8-2&keywords=dan+carlin

If you're interested in the topic of Japan's recovery post-WW2 you should check out Jared Diamond's new book Upheaval.

He discusses pre-modern Japan in one chapter and post-WW2 Japan in another at length.

Looks like he narrates the audiobook too: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07WDD6PXD/ref=tmm_aud_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1570684245&sr=8-2

Thank you! The Kindle version on that link appears to be the original, but the paperback seems to be the much-later translated version. Since I’m not a fan of ebooks I opted forthis paperback version.

Specifically he was referring to US naval power. In a previous episode he mentioned by name that "Jane's Fighting Ships" was source for his information. Pretty expensive.

I just googled and found this site which only begs more questions. How is North Korea rated to have double America's naval firepower. Anybody know whats up with this?

If you just go to Wikipedia you can sort by descending and see the US compared to the world total which is what Dan was talking about.

This is what came to my mind when I read your question.

I read this book a few years ago and if memory serves there is the story of a civilian airline pilot (not a commercial one, but one guy in a tiny aircraft thing) who is flying through some fog and swoops down to get his bearings. As he descends through the fog he sees a couple hundred men marching along an empty road and as he gets closer he sees they're dressed as Roman legionaries. He circled around them a few times and followed them but eventually they just disappeared into the mist.

According to the pilot he did check with local reenactment groups in the area to see if they were operating in the locality but apparently nobody was. The place where this happened, Cheshire in England, was the site of a large Roman garrison at one point and there's a few tales like this where people have reported seeing either individual Roman soldiers or, like the pilot, whole groups of Roman soldiers. Believe it or not, it's pretty cool to read about.

If you want a short introduction or a documentary its all up to you. But Luther is a 10 0000 word journey. A journey into a unique insight into the world that were before us, and indeed shaped the world that is today. Brand Luther is also a start.