Reading summary for July

Reading summary for  July:

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo - Excellent thought provoking book on racism and White fragility. I highly recommend this one for incite into recent reaction to the murder of George Floyd and protests that exploded in it’s aftermath. It was helpful for me to begin to understand my own place in it.

The Fifties by David Halberstam - I had been on a reading journey of sorts regarding the 1960’s but wanted to look back into the 1950’s to see what influenced the turbulent 1960’s. It covers issues such as the development of the hydrogen bomb(AKA: “The Super” in the book), Korean War, MacDonald’s, Eisenhauer, Nixon, French War in Vietnam( which turned into our problem a decade later, Brown versus Board of Education, Little Rock, Rosa Parks, Rev, Martin L. King Jr, Elvis Presley, Joseph McCarthy and so on. Some of the beginning was a bit dry but got more interesting as it went along. It’s not just a chronological history but one in which many of the stories intertwined with each other. Each one of them could be a book onto itself (which most have I imagine). It’s sort of a book that can be a good starting point or reference for the decade. 

Books in progress:

Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump PH.D. - I’m about ¾ of the way through this and it’s certainly one of the better books on the subject of the current President. 

Enduring Vietnam by James Edward Wright - An interesting look at the American War in Vietnam. It’s neither a political or military historical but an overall look at how it affected society and how it had been different from our other wars, especially World War 2.

Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden - It’s seemed I was over saturating with Trump books so I thought I’d take a look at who will hopefully be our next President. In short Joe is a complete 180 from the current White House occupant as far just being a decent human being. The book is set around the time his son Beau was diagnosed with the cancer that would eventually take his life. It is very good so far.