📚 5 Books mentioned in "Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism" of The Ben & Marc Show
Podcast: The Ben & Marc Show
Episode: Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Published on August 2, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Tempest
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Whitaker Chambers tells this amazing story in his book about how he tried to out himself to the U.S. government as a Soviet military intelligence recruiter and it took him six years to be taken seriously by the FBI and the Justice Department.
In this segment, Marc highlights a book by Whitaker Chambers, where Chambers narrates his struggles to inform the US government about his involvement as a Soviet military recruiter, detailing how it took him six years to finally be acknowledged by the FBI and the Justice Department.
The Man in the High Castle
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Also, there's this great book that Ben and I have read called The Man from the Future, the Von Neumann book, and it does a very good job of telling Norman's side of the story.
Marc mentions that he and Ben have read 'The Man from the Future', a book that focuses on John von Neumann and does an excellent job of presenting Norman's perspective.
When Reason Goes on Holiday
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There’s a new book out that goes through this called 'When Reason Goes on Holiday,' and it goes through in detail Einstein's statements in the 20s and 30s, in particular, that were sort of very kind of staunchly pro-communist.
Marc discusses a new book titled 'When Reason Goes on Holiday,' which explores Einstein's pro-communist statements from the 1920s and 1930s in detail.
When Reason Goes on Holiday
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The book 'When Reason Goes on Holiday' goes through this in detail, but the information was available to anybody who wanted to see it.
Marc discusses the book 'When Reason Goes on Holiday' as a detailed source that elaborates on events happening in Russia, suggesting that the information contained within was largely accessible to the public.
Ὀδύσσεια
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There's actually this great book; there's an economist named Alexander Field who's done this; he's done a pair of great books in the 1930s and 1940s, but he talks in great detail about how the American military production machine basically spun up in 18 months.
Marc discusses a notable book by economist Alexander Field that explores the American military production machine during the 1930s and 1940s, highlighting Field's contributions to the subject.