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To Bomb Atomically

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

July 28, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

One of my all-time favorite movies is The Hunt for Red October. I can never get over one of those opening scenes where the Red October’s political officer is reading from a book owned by ship captain Marko Raimius, played by Sean Connery. The officer reads the line “I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.” I still recall their exchange, with Connery doing his parts in his typical gravelly patrician tone: Connery: It was said by an American. PO: American? Connery: Mmmhmm. He invented the atomic […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #biography, #history, American Prometheus, J Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, McCarthyism, nuclear war, red scare, Robert Oppenheimer, World War II

Jake's CBR15 Review No:74 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #biography, #history, American Prometheus, J Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, McCarthyism, nuclear war, red scare, Robert Oppenheimer, World War II ·
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Theater During the Red Scare

The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis

November 30, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I think it was either jomidi’s review of this novel specifically or Caitlin D’s more general review of Fiona Davis’s novels but I ended up downloading The Chelsea Girls a while back.  By the time I started reading it, I didn’t quite remember what the overall story line was beyond being set in New York during the mid-20th century and involving female friendships.  I was very pleasantly surprised when I realized this wasn’t simply a story about young women navigating life in a big city […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 1950s, Fiona Davis, McCarthyism, the chelsea girls

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:87 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1950s, Fiona Davis, McCarthyism, the chelsea girls ·
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It’s about the Monkey Trial but so much more

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

August 7, 2019 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr11bingo History/schmistory Inherit the Wind, the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, was inspired by the “Scopes Monkey Trial” of 1925. That real historic event brought the attention of the nation to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, as two titans — William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow — battled in a courtroom over the place of Darwin’s theory of evolution in the classroom. This matter, sadly, is still debated today, which makes the play as timely as ever. Yet, Inherit the Wind […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #history, cbr11, cbr11bingo, ElCicco, historical fiction, Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence, McCarthyism, Play, Robert E. Lee, Scopes Trial

ElCicco's CBR11 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #history, cbr11, cbr11bingo, ElCicco, historical fiction, Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence, McCarthyism, Play, Robert E. Lee, Scopes Trial ·
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The Golden Notebook: A Novel by Doris Lessing

February 14, 2014 by ElCicco 1 Comment

There is a part of me that feels brazen and shameless for daring to write reviews of literary classics. Who am I to judge Tolstoy’s War and Peace, for example (which I did for Cannonball Read 5)? The Golden Notebook is another such a book, but it is also one of those novels that I have wanted to read because it appears on so many “must read” lists, particularly among feminists. So I will boldly proceed with this review in the hope that I do […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 1956, alienation, Communism, communist party, Doris Lessing, ElCicco, feminism, McCarthyism, Stalin, The Golden Notebook, Women's LIberation, WWII

ElCicco's CBR6 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1956, alienation, Communism, communist party, Doris Lessing, ElCicco, feminism, McCarthyism, Stalin, The Golden Notebook, Women's LIberation, WWII ·
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