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Is it me or is he just not objective? He states opinion as fact. He omits real analysis. He contradicts himself. He wants to prove something. What is it? I am at chapter 2. Already finding him annoying. Ok I get it you are a socialist. Where are your sources? Where is the analysis? Where is the logic? I will drop it. Does it get interesting later on? Does he actually state facts? Explain with logic and reasoning?
Kaelan Ratcliffe � كايِلان راتكِليف Honestly, I found there simply is no such thing as objectivity. He is very open in his analysis of choosing to make this a view of history from a marx…mǰHonestly, I found there simply is no such thing as objectivity. He is very open in his analysis of choosing to make this a view of history from a marxist perspective. This, at least for me, is more honest than many so called 'Objective' historians, journalists etc who present a side of history from the perspective of kings and rulers. This book is a small drop of defiance in an ocean of one sided establishment cuddling books that tell history from a very typical perspective. Perhaps it's his honesty that's surprising, but maybe ask why you find that honesty so crazy? I enjoy reading people who don't try to hide their views behind objectivity. Please stick it through! It has its issues but is incredibly readable and interesting. As for the sources, there are many at the back of the book? Depends what sources you mean?(less)
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BMR, LCSW What? The sources are listed in page after page at the back of the book. Just because you disagree doesn't mean he made it up.

Except when he said JFK …mǰWhat? The sources are listed in page after page at the back of the book. Just because you disagree doesn't mean he made it up.

Except when he said JFK was killed in 1962. THEN I was done with this book. (less)
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