Sorry for the late reply, but I recently read Pacific Crucible by Ian Toll about WWII at sea in the Pacific. It is an excellent narrative telling of the entry of the United States into World War II with plenty of background information about naval sea power and the wide reach of Alfred Thayer Mahan’s book, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History. He explains that naval battle strategies that had not changed significantly for hundreds of years were forced to be reconsidered after the rise of the airplane. From there, we arrive at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which Toll paints in vivid detail. Like the subtitle says, Toll very closely follows the “War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942” without a single misstep. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

It usually doesn’t give me any trouble. I have run into issues where I was reading non-fiction about the Napoleonic Wars and also a historical fiction book about naval warfare during the Napoleonic Wars. As one might guess, I had trouble remembering what actually happened and what was fiction. As long as I avoid situations like that I’m usually okay, hah.

I try to read a healthy mix of both. At any given time, I am usually reading at least one non-fiction and one fiction book simultaneously. These days I have been reading a lot of history and fantasy/science fiction.

Sure. I’ll happily stick around and see how Lemmy grows. Back in the day I used to be active on a ton of different forums on different sites, so I think there’s plenty of room to be a part of multiple communities on different platforms–for me at least.

I have been on Reddit for 13+ years and it’s gone through a lot of changes. I do miss the old days when it felt like one big community. These days, I have found my niche pockets of Reddit where I can get a small semblance of that old community feel which I have been content with. There really isn’t a strong contender to genuinely replace Reddit, but I guess that’s just the way it goes. If Reddit does really go the way of Digg, I will still miss it. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. Happy to try out something new, though.