(Part 2) Top products from r/OldSchoolCool

It was a confluence of influences: post-war access to higher education made "manual arts" (i.e. blue collar labor) less appealing to the growing middle class, unions declined from the 1970s forward (further undercutting such work), the trades in general have been devalued through emphasis on white collar work, machines/robots replaced many line jobs in factories, we stopped making "stuff" domestically, and probably most importantly, all those white-collar dads among the Boomers were simply unable/uninterested in teaching their kids any of the skills once reflected in "shop" classes.

Add in major liability concerns about letting kids handle real tools, the cost of insurance, the cost of facilities, and in more recent years the pernicious influence of No Child Left Behind (which only values "skills" that can be assessed through standardized tests) and you see the end of shop class in general.

There's a great discussion of these general trends and the value of manual labor in the book Shopcraft as Soulcraft that I highly recommend.

for anyone interested in the Pilar years, I got 'Hemingway's Boat' by Paul Hendrickson in a very generous Reddit book exchange - highly recommended! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hemingways-Boat-Everything-Loved-1934-1961/dp/0099565994/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373978995&sr=8-1&keywords=hemingway%27s+boat

Great book. Antony Beevor has an excellent reputation and is VERY highly regarded in the historical community. Definitely worth a read:

http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-The-Fateful-Siege-1942-1943/dp/0140284583

This is historical fiction, and it's...difficult to read. Not because it isn't well-written (it is marvelous), but because of how disturbing it is. Worth a look if you are interested:

http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-Theodore-Plievier/dp/0881841080

Haha.

If you want something more interesting to read on the subject I would suggest

-https://www.amazon.com/Israels-Clandestine-Diplomacies-Clive-Jones/dp/0199330662

-https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1405175389/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Written by actual real life historians and everything!

Gallipoli by Peter Hart 100%%%%%!!!!!

https://www.amazon.com/Gallipoli-Peter-Hart/dp/0199361274

Great book about the Eastern Front of WW1.

http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Lets-Play-House-Presley/dp/0061699853

A great summer book.

There is a fascinating book called "Street Gang" that tells how Sesame Street got started.

>How did they ruin the economy?

Oh I dunno, maybe by forcing inflation on the country and then trying to shore it up by ransacking, pillaging and having many of the able bodied workers sent off to die.

>but the Weimar Republic had a torched economy.

It wasn't great, sure.

> Hitler brought unemployment from a high of 35% in 1932 to below 1% by the time Paul von Hindenburg died (1934).


Hitler and his cronies cooked the books on employment figures. That's Nazi Politics 101.

Of course, Global economic recovery was a pretty good thing for the whole world.

>. How does that qualify as 'ruining' the economy? Lol

Unsustainable industries

No ability to import goods

No ability to produce important domestic goods

Large numbers of people removed from employment record

Certain leaders, scientists and professionals barred from further work

>You have every excuse in the book.

Yes, [this book] (https://www.amazon.ca/Wages-Destruction-Making-Breaking-Economy/dp/0143113208)

Do your homework champ

>The Rothschilds: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family

Where's the evidence?

>Ludwig Wittgenstein: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein

Where's the evidence?

>You should know the Rothschilds. They are probably the richest family the world has ever known. Trillionaires. Of course, not so much anymore, but the story was different a few decades ago.

and?

The Mad Playboy of Art is about Elder and it's a great book, highly recommended. Out of print, but the second hand prices aren't too bad.

It seems one came out about Jaffee recently titled Al Jaffee's Mad Life: A Biography. Into the shopping cart it goes.

Funny he should come up again so soon. I recently posted this on another thread as well, but I recently finished reading Epitaph, a novel on the gunfight at the OK Corral. Let me first say that I'm no historian but the author stated she researched the heck out of his story to create this book. It's really good and if you're interested in his life and the notorious gun fight be sure to check it out. It humanizes all the characters a lot more than the movies, and the events in the book are at times much different than what is normally depicted. It even follows Wyatt through to his death where he and Josephine went from San Fran to Alaska and back before settling and living rather simply in Los Angeles.

Whoever said that had selective memory or rose-tinted glasses. People cursed just as much back then.

If you doubt me, read Wartime, by Paul Fussell (who served as an infantry officer in Europe). There's an entire chapter devoted to cursing (and another devoted to drinking).

And for those who prefer a realistic view of the actual lives of Samurai, read Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai or Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan (The Past and Present Book Series)

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Here you go.

This will help

It's a real book

Beatles 66

his biography

Well, I disagree that this is demonstrating "teenage angst". Retort isn't unjustified: having serious epithets levels at one's self can be seriously concerning, especially when they appear to be a compulsive ascription.

Take me seriously? No one has even responded my initial comment. They're just tried to invalidate me (excellent book on this issue). It sounds less like they are saying that I'm a racist, but rather, they're trying to say that they aren't racists.

The Battle is famous for the extreme difference in results for the Marine and Army participants, both on different sides of the reservoir.

The marine commander Chesty Puller had saw they were overextended and prepared, creating multiple stockpile temporary bases. When the Chinese attacked, they were able to create an ordered withdrawal with multiple defense points.

The army was not as fortunate and less prepared, and suffered horrendous losses. It's really a textbook example on preparing for all situations. I learned all about this from the book The Generals

EDIT As u/Dis_mah_mobile_one pointed out, the majority of credit for the Marine's success in the battle goes to Oliver P. Smith, who commanded the 1st Marine's at Chosin

http://www.amazon.com/Breakout-Chosin-Reservoir-Campaign-Korea/dp/0140292594

Talk about hell on Earth.