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re: Best US history books by time period
Posted on 4/22/16 at 12:29 pm to I-59 Tiger
Posted on 4/22/16 at 12:29 pm to I-59 Tiger
They didn't really anchor this did they?
Posted on 4/23/16 at 12:25 am to Swoopin
A nice overview of American history with great illustrations.
The book was a companion volume to the great TV series of the same name (good luck finding that -- it might be at some libraries). Here's a 2 1/2 minute clip summing up Cooke's insights -- watch it if you dare:
Alistair Cooke Predicts America's Decline (1973)
The book was a companion volume to the great TV series of the same name (good luck finding that -- it might be at some libraries). Here's a 2 1/2 minute clip summing up Cooke's insights -- watch it if you dare:
Alistair Cooke Predicts America's Decline (1973)
Posted on 4/23/16 at 12:34 am to Kafka
D day by Ambrose
Pegasus Bridge by Ambrose (short read)
Young Men and Fire by Mc cClain ?
1776 by David Mc Culliugh has been mentioned already
Pegasus Bridge by Ambrose (short read)
Young Men and Fire by Mc cClain ?
1776 by David Mc Culliugh has been mentioned already
Posted on 4/23/16 at 1:09 am to AndyJ
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this is a great thread idea; so I just wanted to commend you for that.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 1:21 am to hawgfaninc
quote:you're welcome
this is a great thread idea; so I just wanted to commend you for that.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 5:46 am to Swoopin
New World:
1491
1493
Dust Bowl:
The Worst Hard Time
1491
1493
Dust Bowl:
The Worst Hard Time
Posted on 4/23/16 at 7:20 am to Kafka
Now imagine how difficult it will be to find a decent history book when today's college kids are writing them.
Posted on 4/23/16 at 7:40 am to gthog61
For those interested in the Revolutionary and Early Republic eras, you may want to check out Nancy Isenberg's Fallen Founder. Isenberg is a history professor at LSU and provides an alternative, more sympathetic, view of Aaron Burr. It's a good read
Posted on 4/23/16 at 7:45 am to PentagonTiger
Ardennes 1944 beevor
A war to be won Millett (wwii)
Paris 1919
Freedoms Forge. about production in wwii. Awesome book
A war to be won Millett (wwii)
Paris 1919
Freedoms Forge. about production in wwii. Awesome book
Posted on 4/23/16 at 7:52 am to Swoopin
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Great Depression
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Our Time by Mark Sullivan
USA by John Dos Passos
11. WWII
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The Second World War - John Keegan
12. Cold War & proxy conflicts incl Korea & Vietnam
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Mutual Contempt - Jeff Sheshol
I'm reading The Glory And The Dream by William Manchester right now. It's a two volume narrative history of American politics and culture from 1929 to Watergate and covers the Depression, WWII, the Cold War, the 50s, Civil Rights, the beatniks-turned-hippies, the Space Race, and Vietnam.
It's a long but fantastic read, and really gives you insight into our parents' and grandparents' world back then.
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Posted on 4/23/16 at 8:47 am to Swoopin
1491 by Charles C. Mann
If you want to learn about the Americas pre and during European settlement. Great book I'm currently reading. It will totally reshape the way you think about the "new world" and Indians in general, which isn't "new" at all actually.
If you want to learn about the Americas pre and during European settlement. Great book I'm currently reading. It will totally reshape the way you think about the "new world" and Indians in general, which isn't "new" at all actually.
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