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Robert Evans’s book recommendations in 2018

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Part Two: The Accidental Genocide of the Andaman Islands

Behind the Bastards · 2018-12-13

Bible by Bible · discussed · at 32:19

Part One: The Accidental Genocide of the Andaman Islands

Behind the Bastards · 2018-12-11

The Lonely Island by Robert Michael Ballantyne · discussed · at 42:57

Part Two: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism

Behind the Bastards · 2018-12-06

The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein · critiqued · at 43:59

Part One: Phrenology: The Bastard Science of Racism

Behind the Bastards · 2018-12-04

Politics by Aristotle · discussed · at 6:03
Crania americana by Samuel George Morton · discussed · at 39:35

Part One: Oregon is a Bastard: The History of a White Supremacist State

Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-28

A Hundred Little Hitlers by Elinor Langer · discussed · at 33:00

Jair Bolsonaro: The President Who Promised to Kill 30,000 People

Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-20

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt · discussed · at 13:15

Part Two: The Russian Scientist Who Helped Kill 30 Million People

Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-14

Hungry Ghosts by Jasper Becker · discussed · at 6:09
Creating Miracles by Carolyn Godschild Miller · discussed · at 15:19
The Lysenko Affair by David Joravsky · discussed · at 56:04

Part One: The Russian Scientist Who Helped Kill 30 Million People

Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-13

Stalinist Genetics by Dmitri Stanchevici · discussed · at 31:12
Hungry Ghosts by Jasper Becker · discussed · at 50:40

Part Two: The Birth of American Fascism

Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-08

Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart · discussed · at 8:55
The Color of Fascism by Gerald Horne · discussed · at 45:04

Part One: The Birth of American Fascism

Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-06

Is Capitalism Doomed? by Lawrence Dennis · discussed · at 10:28
The Coming American Fascism by Lawrence Dennis · discussed · at 13:37
Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart · discussed · at 15:40
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Victor, E Marsden · discussed · at 40:52
Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski · discussed · at 51:45
Swastika Nation by Arnie Bernstein · discussed · at 1:03:27
The Death of Democracy by Benjamin Carter Hett · discussed · at 1:07:59

The Bastards of the 2018 Midterm Election

Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-01

The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail · discussed · at 58:34

Why Ted Cruz S*cks: A Comprehensive Biography

Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-30

The Wilderness by Liam OʼFlaherty · discussed · at 14:57
Was Karl Marx a Satanist? by Richard Wurmbrand · discussed · at 46:56

Part Three: L. Ron Hubbard's High Sea Adventures With His Private Cult Navy

Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-25

Bare-faced Messiah by Russell Miller · discussed · at 28:47
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Victor, E Marsden · discussed · at 37:22

Part Two: L. Ron Hubbard: The Greatest Con-Man In History

Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-24

Bare-faced Messiah by Russell Miller · discussed · at 30:12
Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard · discussed · at 33:53
A History of Man by L. Ron Habbard · discussed · at 49:57
Scientology 8-80 by L. Ron Hubbard · critiqued · at 54:51

Part One: How L. Ron Hubbard Lied His Way to Godhood

Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-23

Bare-faced Messiah by Russell Miller · discussed · at 8:20
Mission into time by L. Ron Hubbard · discussed · at 11:43
Dianetics, the modern science of mental health by L. Ron Hubbard · discussed · at 1:07:07

Part One: Steven Seagal Is So Much Worse Than You'd Ever Imagine

Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-16

Live From New York by Tom Shales · discussed · at 45:43

Part Two: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis

Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-11

Right to Live Right to Die by C Everett Koop, M.D., SC.D. · discussed · at 13:33
After the Wrath of God by Anthony M. Petro · discussed · at 15:03

Part One: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis

Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-09

After the Wrath of God by Anthony M. Petro · discussed · at 41:06
And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts · discussed · at 1:01:34

Part Two: Rodrigo Duterte: The Hitler of the Philippines

Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-04

Fire by Kristin Cashore · discussed · at 10:07

Part One: Duterte: The Mass Murdering Mayor

Behind the Bastards · 2018-10-02

Rise by Brigitte Gabriel · discussed · at 24:39
The Rise and Fall of Ferdinand Marcos by Unknown · discussed · at 24:39

Part Two: Blackwater's Erik Prince Wrote A Book About How Much He Sucks

Behind the Bastards · 2018-09-27

Civilian Warriors by Erik Prince · discussed · at 9:35
Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill · discussed · at 35:17

Part One: Alex Jones: The Godfather of Fake News

Behind the Bastards · 2018-09-18

None dare call it conspiracy by Gary Allen · discussed · at 8:29
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer · discussed · at 17:32

Part Two: How Hollywood Helped The Nazis

Behind the Bastards · 2018-09-13

The Collaboration by Ben Urwand · discussed · at 17:33
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis · discussed · at 53:23

Part One: How Hollywood Helped The Nazis

Behind the Bastards · 2018-09-11

Taking Fame to Market by B. King · discussed · at 10:53
The Collaboration by Ben Urwand · discussed · at 17:44
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque · discussed · at 21:18

Part Two: The Most Evil Company In History

Behind the Bastards · 2018-09-06

The East India Company and the Natural World by V. Damodaran · discussed · at 16:35
Return of a King by William Dalrymple · discussed · at 37:58

Part One: The Most Evil Company In History

Behind the Bastards · 2018-09-04

The honorable company by Douglas MacKay · discussed · at 10:05

Children of Dictators

Behind the Bastards · 2018-08-28

Children of Monsters by Jay Nordlinger · recommended · at 4:29
Gorilla by Ted Gott · discussed · at 6:46
The Prisoner in His Palace by Will Bardenwerper · discussed · at 17:31

Does Punching Nazis Work? A Conversation From Unite The Right 2.0

Behind the Bastards · 2018-08-23

The Invention of the White Race by Theodore W. Allen · recommended · at 1:24:02

The Silly Bastards Behind the Modern Fascist Movement

Behind the Bastards · 2018-08-22

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer · recommended · at 1:10:44
The Death of Democracy by Benjamin Carter Hett · recommended · at 1:10:44

The Congo After Leopold

Behind the Bastards · 2018-08-21

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz by Michela Wrong · discussed · at 16:12
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo De Witte · discussed · at 1:04:20
The devil's chessboard by David Talbot · critiqued · at 1:16:10

Part Two: Charles Koch: The Luke Skywalker of Rich People

Behind the Bastards · 2018-08-16

Dark Money by Jane Mayer · discussed · at 5:35
The Science of Success by Charles G. Koch · discussed · at 13:43

Part One: Charles Koch: The Luke Skywalker of Rich People

Behind the Bastards · 2018-08-14

Dark Money by Jane Mayer · discussed · at 5:59
Sons of Wichita by Daniel Schulman · discussed · at 12:57
Tribe by Sebastian Junger · discussed · at 15:02
Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin · discussed · at 36:55
The Libertarian Reader by David Boaz · discussed · at 58:04

Descendant of the Original Boogeyman: Albert Fish

Behind the Bastards · 2018-08-07

Deranged by Harold Schechter · discussed · at 5:52
Depraved by Harold Schechter · discussed · at 35:09

No Matter How Much You Hate Paul Manafort, You Should Hate Him More (And Here’s Why)

Behind the Bastards · 2018-07-31

Weapons of Democracy by Jonathan Auerbach · discussed · at 21:14
Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy by Harlan Jonathan Lewin · discussed · at 21:14

The Astrologer Who Managed The Reagan Presidency

Behind the Bastards · 2018-07-26

For the Record by Donald T. Regan · discussed · at 12:37
What Does Joan Say? by Joan Quigley · discussed · at 16:01
My Turn by Nancy Reagan · discussed · at 16:56

The Non-Nazi Bastards Who Helped Hitler Rise To Power

Behind the Bastards · 2018-07-24

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer · discussed · at 38:03
The Death of Democracy by Benjamin Carter Hett · discussed · at 38:43
Rule of the Inferiour by Edgar Julius Jung · discussed · at 44:09
1924 by Peter Ross Range · discussed · at 49:56

Part Two: Qaddafi: His Bizarre Sci-Fi Stories, Childhood Hate Crimes and Amazonian Bodyguard Fetish

Behind the Bastards · 2018-07-12

Libya by Alison Pargeter · discussed · at 14:12
Escape to hell and other stories by Muammar Qaddafi · discussed · at 21:26

Part One: Qaddafi: His Bizarre Sci-Fi Stories, Childhood Hate Crimes and Amazonian Bodyguard Fetish

Behind the Bastards · 2018-07-10

Libya by Alison Pargeter · discussed · at 16:29
Libya by John Oakes · discussed · at 19:17
The Green Book by Muammar Gaddafi · discussed · at 42:34

Part Two: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot

Behind the Bastards · 2018-07-05

Anatomy of Terror by Andrew Sinclair · discussed · at 10:28
Pol Pot by Philip Short · discussed · at 13:57

Part One: The Film Directing Playboy King Who Handed His Country to Pol Pot

Behind the Bastards · 2018-07-03

Pol Pot by Philip Short · discussed · at 2:38
Catalogue of the Preparations of Comparative Anatomy in the Museum of Guy's Hospital by Philip Henry Pye-Smith · discussed · at 37:07

Concentration Camps Are Back, So Let's Talk About Their History

Behind the Bastards · 2018-06-26

British Concentration Camps by Simon Webb · discussed · at 17:20
The War with Spain by Charles Morris · discussed · at 18:32
Adolf Hitler by John Toland · recommended · at 50:27

Part One: The Child Molester Whose Sex Cult Taught Women Friendship

Behind the Bastards · 2018-06-19

Guinness Book of World Records by Unknown · critiqued · at 23:27

Part Two: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard

Behind the Bastards · 2018-06-14

King Leopold's ghost by Adam Hochschild · discussed · at 18:45

Part One: King Leopold II: The First Modern Bastard

Behind the Bastards · 2018-06-12

Leopold II., King of Belgium, Sovereign of the Congo Free State, Vindicated ... by A. A. Notebaert · discussed · at 7:25
King Leopold's ghost by Adam Hochschild · discussed · at 8:20
Java by James William Bayley Money · discussed · at 16:03

The Cocaine Queen of Miami

Behind the Bastards · 2018-06-05

Queenpin by Megan Abbott · discussed · at 59:45

Hitler: Y.A. Fiction Fan Girl

Behind the Bastards · 2018-05-22

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper · discussed · at 9:20
Winnetou by Karl May · discussed · at 10:17
On War by Carl von Clausewitz · discussed · at 25:04
Old Surehand by Karl May · discussed · at 41:56
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler · discussed · at 49:08
Winnetou und Old Shatterhand. by Karl May · discussed · at 51:11

Secrets of Osama Bin Laden's Hard Drive

Behind the Bastards · 2018-05-15

The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright · discussed · at 4:37
Osama Bin Laden by Michael Scheuer · discussed · at 10:30
Prophets and Princes by Mark Weston · discussed · at 13:05

Saddam Hussein: Erotic Novelist

Behind the Bastards · 2018-05-01

Zabiba and the King by Saddam Hussein · discussed · at 49:06
The Prisoner in His Palace by Will Bardenwerper · recommended · at 1:06:48

Stalin: After Dark

Behind the Bastards · 2018-05-01

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin · discussed · at 10:31

Episode 0: Farting Hipster Hitler

Behind the Bastards · 2018-04-24

Hitler by Ian Kershaw · discussed · at 8:05

Other mentions in 2018 (55: passing, ad reads, own books)