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Hitler (two-volume biography), Volume 2
Ian Kershaw
“I think it's an amazing bio and yeah like Ian Kershaw along with Richard Evans two of my favorite authors on the Third Reich”
“the reason I like Kershaw is obviously number one it's English which is actually hard right like in order to write that story”— Saagar Enjeti
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The Third Reich in Power
Richard Evans
“let me plug it by richard uh richard evans”
“third reich in power let me plug it by richard uh richard evans because that actually will tell you what was it like to live under the nazi regime”— Saagar Enjeti
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The Years of Lyndon Johnson (biography series)
Robert Caro
“these are like books I base my life on”
“I'm obsessed with these books um by robert carro the biographies of lyndon johnson he's written like 5 000 pages so far”— Saagar Enjeti
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The Power Broker
Robert Caro
“these books are up there with decline and fall of the roman empire by edward gibbon”
“this is the guy who wrote the power broker these books are up there with decline and fall of the roman empire”— Saagar Enjeti
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Blueprint for Armageddon (Hardcore History)
Dan Carlin
“I know you're a dan carlin fan so blueprint for armageddon yeah guaranteed”
“we gotta get you more into world war one because I think that's a rabbit hole which I know you're a dan carlin fan so blueprint for armageddon yeah guaranteed”— Saagar Enjeti
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William Shirer
“if you need a one volume rise and fall the third reich right I think you talked about that William Shire”— Saagar Enjeti
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Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler (inferred)
“as he was composing mineconf and because of the beer hall putch and all that had this like absolute ability to gather people around him”— Saagar Enjeti
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon
“these books are up there with decline and fall of the roman empire by edward gibbon in terms of how power works”— Saagar Enjeti
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The Apprentice
NBC (inferred)
“this is the guy from the apprentice yeah I'm like this is the dude yeah like because I'm like my dad and I used to sit and watch the apprentice”— Saagar Enjeti
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