D.A. Nygaard

History Exposed

Revisado: 09-08-21

Interesting historic account of how political calculations nurture bad policy. Escaping the gold standard was necessary, the US Treasury could no longer afford to exchange thirty-five US dollars for 1 ounce of gold. But to act by executive fiat, without consulting allies, without including Congressional leaders, to avoid limiting Big Government produced a decade of stagflation.

After the Trump and Biden administrations have made similar political calculations, early warnings of stagflation have increased. Pre-revolutionary French politicians never understood how money and finances worked; the aristocracy blithely bankrupted itself, believing the bill would never come due. 21st century American politicians display even less understanding of economics. ~

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First Person Warrior Story

Revisado: 07-23-18

As the book summary states, Panzer Ace is the first-person account of a soldier caught up by and thrown into the second world war. The book was composed in 2012, apparently from his personal journals. In Panzer Ace the reader rides along in German tanks invading Russia and fruitlessly trying to hold back the overwhelming material advantage of the Western allies. The story concludes in a Tiger tank fighting Russians in Hungary and then Austria before the wounded soldier's final battle against the bitter French occupation. Here is an account of actual industrial warfare--inhumane and indifferent. Here, too, is the story of the comradeship that perhaps only soldiers can know; because they've seen into the abyss ... and lived ~

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Excellent Performance

Revisado: 02-27-18

Classic, wonderful story excellently narrated. I should like to hear more of Ms Collins artistry. And yet, her requirement to add PC disclaimer denouncing the author’s own story left a unsavory aftertaste & cast a shadow over her work. Clearly Ms Collins was offended, but not too offended to cash her check ~

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