tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post8142960310481708495..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: DownfallAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-91573763479830493032012-07-17T17:42:51.993-07:002012-07-17T17:42:51.993-07:00Thanks Ana--I quite enjoyed your post THE WAY WE W...Thanks Ana--I quite enjoyed your post THE WAY WE WHERE by the way, and I fully agree with the comments of your readers Mark English, Colonial Boy, and Anthony into the bargain . . . belated good wishes for your birthday as well--Best, ChrisChris Coffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599801901347194290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-74805130826311010522012-07-17T17:34:53.148-07:002012-07-17T17:34:53.148-07:00Chris, it's a good review in the sense of bein...Chris, it's a good review in the sense of being comprehensive and thoughtful. It certainly gives me no added confidence in the ability of Wilson, who clearly over-publishes dreadfully.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-55552961443051926902012-07-15T15:55:24.659-07:002012-07-15T15:55:24.659-07:00I have not, Chris. I'll have a look and let y...I have not, Chris. I'll have a look and let you know what I think.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-53671383215948116652012-07-14T00:34:20.306-07:002012-07-14T00:34:20.306-07:00Hi Ana, did you see this? How generous is James S...Hi Ana, did you see this? How generous is James Shapiro being to A.N. Wilson . . . ? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/books/review/the-elizabethans-by-a-n-wilson.html?smid=pl-shareChris Coffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599801901347194290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-24581416812441367882012-06-11T16:11:40.392-07:002012-06-11T16:11:40.392-07:00Wonderful!Wonderful!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-19352100513330579052012-06-09T15:52:11.804-07:002012-06-09T15:52:11.804-07:00It was at the Betjeman Society annual, Bevis Hilli...It was at the Betjeman Society annual, Bevis Hillier asked the late Kenneth Pinnock what he thought of the trick upon A. N. Wilson. We all laughed at how amazing it was for it to have worked, Bevis himself said he hadn't expected Wilson to fall for it. The letter in question wasn't even postmarked the South of France!Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-38375656466280117232012-04-23T15:14:27.423-07:002012-04-23T15:14:27.423-07:00Oh, Rehan, tell me more, tell me more! How was th...Oh, Rehan, tell me more, tell me more! How was the letter planted?Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-17025347453432390582012-04-23T04:53:33.136-07:002012-04-23T04:53:33.136-07:00A. N. Wilson doesn't really cut my academic mu...A. N. Wilson doesn't really cut my academic mustard. I've enthused over his ambitious projects such as <i>The victorians</i>, <i>After the Victorians</i>, <i>The Elizabethans</i>, <i>Dante on Love</i> in bookshops almost dribbling at the titles. Oh yes, and his biographies of Jesus and Paul, only to be truly and utterly dismayed at their lack of substance. Being a Betjemanian, I did buy and read his biography of Betjeman, no skin off the 3-volume Hillier authorised. Being a member of the Betjeman Society and welcomed as part of Hillier's "inner circle" I was in on the splendid hoax and surprised at Wilson's sheer stupidity to fall for it! I, for one, would at least substantiate something like that.Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-26308726982127609092012-04-12T19:39:38.201-07:002012-04-12T19:39:38.201-07:00@ Wilson: The political climate in 1945 Argentina ...@ Wilson: The political climate in 1945 Argentina was not the same as the present, Do you remember the Dirty War? and now you have a socialist Government.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-59306611395058149832012-04-12T19:29:23.189-07:002012-04-12T19:29:23.189-07:00Do you believe the warren commissions findings on ...Do you believe the warren commissions findings on the assassination of the american president JFK?anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-88607466082307848182012-04-12T16:50:10.481-07:002012-04-12T16:50:10.481-07:00Chris, it's really quite impressive, quite dif...Chris, it's really quite impressive, quite different from the standard histories. Yes, I know Stern's book. Alas, I hear those same rapids.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-81069524409382820212012-04-12T16:46:38.249-07:002012-04-12T16:46:38.249-07:00That's true, Anthony, but the weight of eviden...That's true, Anthony, but the weight of evidence, including the depositions of his own entourage and a subsequent autopsy, falls heavily on the Berlin suicide.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-50296721037033342392012-04-12T04:36:44.931-07:002012-04-12T04:36:44.931-07:00Hi Ana, I don't know the Stern book, but the o...Hi Ana, I don't know the Stern book, but the one review on Amazon.com which I've just read is high praise indeed--apparently it's better in its way than the Klemperer diaries and the Ott biography of Heidegger . . . I'll check it out, thank you for the recommendation. <br /><br />Judging from what you and the Amazon.com reviewer write about the Stern book, in addition to the Haffner books, you may be interested--should you ever circle back for further investigation of the dismal Black Hole subject of Hitler and the rise of National Socialism--in Fritz Stern's THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL DESPAIR . . . <br /><br />I agree with you and Calvin that studies of the preconditions for periods of blood and iron (and yes, I do blame Bismarck, as much as I admire him, for helping to craft the preconditions for the Nazis)--or as Calvin expresses it, "the terrible, gradual slide into tyranny and mass murder"--are the most urgent and apposite research projects of our time . . . I seem to hear the roar of unseen rapids ahead on our apparently tranquil stream of the early 21st century . . .Chris Coffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599801901347194290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-51216299459674217322012-04-11T17:37:50.473-07:002012-04-11T17:37:50.473-07:00Hitler had children.Hitler had children.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-82158190045346859552012-04-11T17:12:43.427-07:002012-04-11T17:12:43.427-07:00Where is the conclusive proof that Hitler committe...Where is the conclusive proof that Hitler committed suicide in the Bunker in Berlin? Many a secret has been taken to the grave.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-613595183856946892012-04-10T17:52:26.811-07:002012-04-10T17:52:26.811-07:00Sure Anthony, we were more than happy to have such...Sure Anthony, we were more than happy to have such a reputable figure live out his twilight years among us.<br />I even found a video proving conclusively that he was here, have a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shJ8_3oumBI" rel="nofollow">look!</a>Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10051940336626953487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-9502078542293458222012-04-10T15:55:43.064-07:002012-04-10T15:55:43.064-07:00You are very kind, dear Richard. Yes Fest is good...You are very kind, dear Richard. Yes Fest is good though I think Kershaw trumps him. Oh, I'm really enjoying <i>Mr Glamour</i>. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-11876086324676127742012-04-10T15:52:43.515-07:002012-04-10T15:52:43.515-07:00Thanks, CWB. Not in the review. I have no intent...Thanks, CWB. Not in the review. I have no intention of reading the book to find out for certain! Maybe I'll glance at the index the next time I'm in a bookshop.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-33903614713471268172012-04-10T15:50:10.487-07:002012-04-10T15:50:10.487-07:00Hey, David, you are way behind! Actually, if you ...Hey, David, you are way behind! Actually, if you really want to take up the subject, Kershaw's double decker is a lot more up to date than Bullock.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-60173992820330906352012-04-10T15:47:56.073-07:002012-04-10T15:47:56.073-07:00He is risen indeed! Thanks, Chris, who is not Ric...He is risen indeed! Thanks, Chris, who is not Richard. :-) Have you come across J. P. Stern's <i>Hitler: the Führer and the people</i>? It was published in the 1970s, if I remember correctly. It's more wide-ranging in a philosophical sense than most of the other studies. I've not read Haffner.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-14882113963656397352012-04-10T15:40:11.048-07:002012-04-10T15:40:11.048-07:00I have no disagreement whatsoever, Anthony, with y...I have no disagreement whatsoever, Anthony, with your final point. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72319793465393851862012-04-10T15:39:16.633-07:002012-04-10T15:39:16.633-07:00Calvin, I absolutely agree. The focus has been al...Calvin, I <i>absolutely agree</i>. The focus has been all wrong. Hitler, like Lenin, Stalin, Mao and the rest was a symptom, not the disease itself. It may take generations to understand the catastrophe that gripped humanity after 1917, by which time, as you suggest, it may be too late.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-91360911286656716542012-04-10T08:27:34.587-07:002012-04-10T08:27:34.587-07:00Ana you're the only reviewer I pay any attenti...Ana you're the only reviewer I pay any attention to, the rest of them are far too dim. I think Joachim Fest's biography of Hitler still stands up well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-79011809007644261572012-04-10T03:38:06.410-07:002012-04-10T03:38:06.410-07:00thanks Ana - looks like one to comfortably avoid....thanks Ana - looks like one to comfortably avoid. Presumably the speculative babble at the end is to distinguish this work from all it's precedents..<br /><br />Anything about 'Son of Hitler' mentioned?Clean White Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852235098268083634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-59131733443500033932012-04-10T02:52:12.855-07:002012-04-10T02:52:12.855-07:00Happy Easter to you. I haven't got around to ...Happy Easter to you. I haven't got around to reading Alan Bullock's biography yet, so Wilson's offering is not at the top of my list.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833152757060762914noreply@blogger.com