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Born in 1948 Michael Dobb was Chief of Staff and later Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. He has a doctorate in nuclear defense studies. Dobbs has also been Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, he presented the BBC TV current affairs program Despatch Box and was a columnist for The Mail on toon meer Sunday. Dobbs recently penned the hugely acclaimed theatre play, 'The Turning Point'. He is also the author of the Harry Jones Thrillers, Churchill Novels, and the Parliamentary Novels Series. The immensely popular Netflix series House of Cards is based on book 1 of the Parliamentary Novels by the same name. Michael became Lord Dobbs of Wylye in December 2010 after a long career in and around politics. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Journalist Michael Dobbs at the 2019 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84377173

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I'm a relative of one of the people who was involved with the Saboteurs. When I was 12 years old, I read my relative's own, unpublished account of these events. But now that I've read Michael Dobbs' excellent novelized retelling of these historical events, I know for certain why my relative's "memoirs" (which I'm currently re-reading) have never been accepted by any publisher; they sympathize with the one and only real Nazi among the Saboteurs.

Naturally I knew the ending of the book from the memoirs, but despite that the book never gets boring. On the contrary - reading about how the FBI screwed this case up makes you doubt their entire credibility.

Six of the saboteurs were executed, two were imprisoned. Only one of them still believed in Nazi ideology, none of them had the slightest intend to fulfill their sabotage plans - they all viewed "Operation Pastorius" as a means to escape the corrupted fatherland and continue their former lives in the USA. But for publicity's sake they were executed nevertheless, and even those who ratted them out, those who were the only reason why the FBI even caught the saboteurs, were imprisoned instead of being treated as the heroes they should have been.
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adastra | 6 andere besprekingen | Jan 15, 2024 |
Ever since my AP Gov. teacher made us watch ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN back in 1983, I have been fascinated by all things Watergate. I even read the book ATPM at least a dozen times! In this book, I enjoyed the point of view of the last 100 days of Nixon's second term, for it allowed the reader to be inside the White House (and the EOB; who knew Nixon actually preferred his office over there than in the oval one) as if one were privy to the conversations (which we were, thanks to Nixon's flawed idea of having all dialogue secretly taped). Fifty years later, and I still can't believe what happened and am even more stunned by the Jan. 6th hearings and what has been discovered there (way worse than Watergate, IMHO). What people will do for power and what they will do to hang on to that power is a stunning study in the psyche of certain individuals. I now have to read more and even delve into reading about the Vietnam War, something I did not pay as much attention to in high school as I should have. Mr. Dobbs, thank you for leading me to other interesting historical avenues through this book.… (meer)
 
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crabbyabbe | 6 andere besprekingen | Jul 31, 2022 |
Great, entertaining narrative of Nixon from 2nd Inauguration on.... the slow drip drip drip of the scandal. Seemingly based closely on John Dean's recollections, as it is almost a birds-eye view from him of this remarkable year. Concludes with the public revelation of the WH tapes makes this a very accessible, almost narrow story enabling the viewer to follow the core closely. One can envision a sequel - as the story has much left to tell. (ala President's men/ final days).
 
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apende | 6 andere besprekingen | Jul 12, 2022 |
Nokkuð góð yfirferð yfir atburðarrásina frá fundi Stalíns, Churchills og Roosevelts í Yalta á Krímskaga í febrúar 1945 þar til Bandaríkjamenn sprengja kjarnorkusprengjurnar í Japan í ágústmánuði. Dobbs bendir m.a. á hve stóran þátt mismunandi hugmyndafræði átti í ágreiningi stórveldanna og einnig tvöfeldni vestrænu ríkjanna þegar þau ívilnana af hendi Sovétríkjunum sem þau töldu sig ekki þurfa að standa sjálf við, s.s. sjálfstæði ríkja í A.-Evrópu á meðan Indland var nýlenda Breta og BNA áskyldi sér rétt til að ráðskast með Suður og Mið Ameríku. Þau gagnrýndu einnig rán Sovétmanna á verksmiðjum og verðmætum í Þýskalandi um leið og þau stálu þýskum vísindamönnum og þekkingu til eigin nota. Umdeilanlegir þættir en engu að síður siðferðislega vafasamir.… (meer)
 
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