This is yesterday's post. Really. Got to make this one short but it is important. I have a stack of books that I want to read, and I need to know which one to start with. Here are the choices, give your suggestions in the comments section.
1. Back to Our Future (David Sirota): How the 1980's explain our world today
2. The Hawk and the Dove (Nicholas Thompson): A look at the Cold War years through the lives of two of its architects, Paul Nitze and George Kennan
3. The Castro Obsession (Don Boening): Our many plots against and confrontations with Fidel
4. The Fifties (David Halberstam): What many consider to be the definitive look at that decade
6. The Real History of the Cold War (Alan Axelrod): A detailed look at the period
7. Alexander Hamilton, American (Richard Brookhiser): a relatively succinct biography
8. Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters (Meg Meeker): Advice for men raising daughters
9. The Happiest Toddler on the Block (Harvey Karp): A discipline strategy for raising a toddler
OK, so which one?
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They all seem worthwhile. I've heard that The Hawk and the Dove is solid.
I feel like you could read one of the parenting books along with a history book. Don't imagine they would interfere with each other too much.
Alexander Hamilton. Although you should probably get to the toddler book before it's no longer relevant. But John's right, I think you could read both at the same time. (Or, see what Hamilton has to say about raising children--try to do a crossover, as it were).
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