Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Joseph J. Ellis
4.5 on Amazon
2 HN comments
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000
Lee Kuan Yew
4.8 on Amazon
2 HN comments
An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa (1942-1943): The Liberation Trilogy, Volume 1
Rick Atkinson, George Guidall, et al.
4.6 on Amazon
2 HN comments
Why We're Polarized
Ezra Klein
4.6 on Amazon
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The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor, Revised Edition
Susan Wise Bauer
4.7 on Amazon
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Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives
Dana Canedy, Darcy Eveleigh, et al.
4.8 on Amazon
2 HN comments
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
Anne Frank , Otto M. Frank, et al.
4.8 on Amazon
2 HN comments
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy, 2)
Rick Atkinson
4.7 on Amazon
2 HN comments
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
Adam Makos and Larry Alexander
4.8 on Amazon
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Farewell to Manzanar
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
The Hill: A Memoir of War in Helmand Province
Aaron Kirk
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Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century
Charles King
4.6 on Amazon
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Fast Food Nation (The Dark Side of the All-American Meal)
Eric Schlosser
4.5 on Amazon
1 HN comments
U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook
Army
4.6 on Amazon
1 HN comments
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Vol. 1) (Pacific War Trilogy): War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942
Ian W. Toll
4.8 on Amazon
1 HN comments
adventuredonApr 19, 2018
David McCullough has several tremendous US history books, including John Adams, 1776, The Wright Brothers, The Path Between the Seas.
lkrubneronJuly 3, 2019
It's an unusual decision, because most countries base their holidays around when the first battles occur. The French celebrate Bastille Day, which is July 14th. But in the USA there are no celebrations on April 19th, which is a bit surprising. The heroism shown at the battles of Lexington and Concord are forgotten, whereas a bunch of men signing a document is raised to the level of something epic. And it is said that the USA began in 1776, instead of 1775. If the French followed such reasoning, they would say that the French Revolution began on September 20th, 1792, because of the Battle of Valmy.
To suggest that the USA begins on July 4th of 1776 represents a victory for Thomas Jefferson, and for the factions associated with him. The key thing is that Jefferson's factions were very popular during the 1810s and 1820s, when Americans were making up their minds about how they should understand the origin of the country.
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