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
Goliath
The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy
History
Economics
Politics
The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
History
American History
New York
A More Beautiful and Terrible History
The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
History
Race
Politics
The Assault on Truth
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism
Politics
History
Dystopia
Wright Brothers, Wrong Story
How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
History
Biography
Science
The Dope
The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
History
True Crime
Crime
Drift
Politics
History
War
Paper Soldiers
How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order
Economics
History
Finance
Case Closed
Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
History
True Crime
American History
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
Politics
History
Military Fiction
Grant
History
Biography
Civil War
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
History
Politics
Social Justice
Blind Ambition
The White House Years
History
Politics
Biography
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
The Founding Fathers on Leadership
Classic Teamwork in Changing Times
Leadership
History
Business
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
Politics
History
Biography
A Renegade History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
Rogue State
A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Politics
History
War
Blood and Thunder
An Epic of the American West
History
American History
Biography
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
History
Africa
Politics
America's Bank
The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve
History
Economics
Finance
Washington's Spies
The Story of America's First Spy Ring
History
American History
American Revolution
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
History
Economics
Politics
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
Public Enemies
America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
History
True Crime
Crime
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
Politics
History
Sociology
The Republic for Which It Stands
The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
History
American History
Politics
The Afghanistan Papers
A Secret History of the War
History
Politics
War
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
History
Politics
American History
The Injustice of Place
Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
History
Politics
Sociology
Butler
The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland
Politics
History
American History
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Politics
The Age of Entitlement
America Since the Sixties
History
Politics
Cultural
The Earth Is Weeping
The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
History
American History
Native American
Blackbeard
America's Most Notorious Pirate
History
Pirates
Biography
The American Presidency
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
American History
Thomas Jefferson
The Art of Power
History
Biography
Presidents
The Frontiersmen
History
American History
Historical
Devil's Bargain
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
Politics
History
Biography
Capitalist Punishment
How Wall Street Is Using Your Money to Create a Country You Didn't Vote For
Politics
Economics
Business
Days of Fire
Bush and Cheney in the White House
History
Politics
Biography
Wilmington's Lie
The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
History
Politics
Race
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
Biography
Politics
History
City of Women
Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
History
American History
Gender
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
Politics
History
Sociology
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
Black Flags, Blue Waters
The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
History
Pirates
American History
The First Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
History
American History
Biography
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
The Real West
History
Westerns
Biography
