Human smoke the beginnings of wwii the end of civilization was a life changing book for me using an all factual anecdote approach baker completely revised my thoughts on how wwii started especially casting churchill into a very gray figure and roosevelt into a much more gray light than had ever been aware of. Read an excerpt from human smoke the beginnings of world war ii the end of civilization by nicholson baker. Human smoke the beginnings of world war ii the end of civilization nicholson baker simon schuster 2008 566 pgs the neoconservatives are already in hot pursuit of human smoke in the march 2008 issue of commentary david pryce jones called it a mendacious book from this review one might have thought that nicholson baker had written a . This item human smoke the beginnings of world war ii the end of civilization by nicholson baker paperback 1887 in stock ships from and sold by amazoncom