American History
The stories of America unfold through pivotal moments, legendary figures, and the complex forces that shaped a nation - from Revolutionary spies and Civil War commanders to modern presidents and cultural transformations. These compelling accounts illuminate the triumphs, struggles, and decisions that echo through time, revealing how determined individuals and powerful ideas have steered the American experiment.
American History Book Summaries
Undaunted Courage
The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
History
Biography
American History
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
Politics
History
Military Fiction
Drift
Politics
History
War
Blind Ambition
The White House Years
History
Politics
Biography
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
History
Biography
Science
The Founding Fathers on Leadership
Classic Teamwork in Changing Times
Leadership
History
Business
The Liberal Tradition in America
Politics
History
American History
The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
History
Biography
Politics
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
Paper Soldiers
How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order
Economics
History
Finance
The Assault on Truth
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism
Politics
History
Dystopia
Grant
History
Biography
Civil War
Case Closed
Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
History
True Crime
American History
The Dope
The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
History
True Crime
Crime
America's Bank
The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve
History
Economics
Finance
A Renegade History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
Politics
History
Biography
Rogue State
A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Politics
History
War
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
History
American History
Politics
Blood and Thunder
An Epic of the American West
History
American History
Biography
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
The Apache Wars
The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
History
American History
Native American
In My Time
A Personal and Political Memoir
Biography
Politics
History
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
History
True Crime
Crime
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
History
Africa
Politics
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
History
Politics
Social Justice
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
History
Politics
American History
The American Presidency
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
American History
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
Politics
History
Sociology
Blackbeard
America's Most Notorious Pirate
History
Pirates
Biography
Washington's Spies
The Story of America's First Spy Ring
History
American History
American Revolution
The Earth Is Weeping
The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
History
American History
Native American
Thomas Jefferson
The Art of Power
History
Biography
Presidents
Days of Fire
Bush and Cheney in the White House
History
Politics
Biography
The Injustice of Place
Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
History
Politics
Sociology
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
History
Economics
Politics
The Afghanistan Papers
A Secret History of the War
History
Politics
War
Capitalist Punishment
How Wall Street Is Using Your Money to Create a Country You Didn't Vote For
Politics
Economics
Business
Wilmington's Lie
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
History
Politics
Race
The First Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
History
American History
Biography
Making It in America
The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A.
Economics
Business
Politics
City of Women
Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
History
American History
Gender
Den of Spies
Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House: A Provocative History with Deep Political Revelations, ... the High-Stakes Political Games of the 1980s
History
Politics
American History
Devil's Bargain
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
Politics
History
Biography
National Security Cinema
The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood
Politics
Film
History
In the Enemy's House
The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies
History
Espionage
Russia
Personal Memoirs
History
Biography
Civil War
The Frontiersmen
History
American History
Historical
COUNSELOR
A Life at the Edge of History
History
Biography
Politics
