Ed Kugler's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Manufactured Crisis is non fiction. It is a deep analysis of what is happening to America. The author, Jim Simpson, is very experienced on the subject and very detailed in his research. He takes you on disturbing journey of how we got to where we are today. You don't read this in one sitting. It is a lot to take in and digest. He outlines it by subject and lots of links to his research. It is something every thinking American should read to understand what is leading to our demise.

One of the more interesting books from an unlikely source. The author was a missionary in Russia where she served two years as a young lady. She was struck by the pain in the lives of the Russian people and discovered the source was the years of Communism told to her from the mouths of those who lived it. The sub-title, The Communist Takeover of Culture in the USSR & Parallels in Today's America, describes what the book is about. She returned home to life in America but could not shake what she knew of her Russian friends and what she began seeing here in America. To her credit she wrote her first book and turned in into a movie by the same name. Another book American's should read to understand what is taking place here.

Mao's America is written by a Chinese lady who lived through Mao's Revolution beginning to end. As a college student after Mao she had the opportunity to come to America. She did, stayed, married, raised a family and lived happily ever after in Virginia. That is until 2020 when she discovered she was living in Mao's revolution inside America. She was a homemaker, had never spoken in public but went to a city council meeting to express her feelings on recent woke decisions they had made. They made it hard on her but she persisted and the public gave her a standing ovation. That springboard had her an unlikely speaker something she wasn't comfortable doing. That led to her outstanding book that is up close and personal from first hand experience. She does a great job of tying what happened in China under Mao to what is happening in America today. One of the best books I've read in years and I read a lot.