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

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story Summary

Wright Brothers, Wrong Story

How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight

by William Hazelgrove 2018 332 pages

by Ron Chernow 2017 1074 pages

Paper Soldiers Summary

How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order

by Saleha Mohsin 2024 304 pages

Blind Ambition Summary

The White House Years

by John W. Dean 1976 416 pages

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young Summary

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young

Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

by Harold G. Moore 1991 480 pages

Military Fiction

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Summary

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

by Thomas Frank 2004 332 pages

Political Science

Undaunted Courage Summary

Undaunted Courage

The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

by Stephen E. Ambrose 1996 592 pages

American History

America's Bank Summary

The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve

by Roger Lowenstein 2015 368 pages

Stolen Pride Summary

Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024 400 pages

Rogue State Summary

A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

by William Blum 2000 393 pages

Case Closed Summary

Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK

by Gerald Posner 1993 640 pages

American History

The American Presidency Summary

The American Presidency

A Very Short Introduction

by Charles O. Jones 2007 192 pages

American History

The Liberal Tradition in America Summary

The Liberal Tradition in America

by Louis Hartz 1955 348 pages

American History

Thomas Jefferson Summary

Thomas Jefferson

The Art of Power

by Jon Meacham 2012 759 pages

Public Enemies Summary

America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

by Bryan Burrough 2004 640 pages

The Power Broker Summary

The Power Broker

Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

by Robert A. Caro 1974 1246 pages

The Apache Wars Summary

The Apache Wars

The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History

by Paul Andrew Hutton 2016 514 pages

American History

Native American

The Dope Summary

The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade

by Benjamin T. Smith 2021 464 pages

In My Time Summary

A Personal and Political Memoir

by Dick Cheney 2011 576 pages

House of Bush, House of Saud Summary

House of Bush, House of Saud

The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties

by Craig Unger 2004 384 pages

The Origins of Woke Summary

The Origins of Woke

Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics

by Richard Hanania 2023 270 pages

The Republic for Which It Stands Summary

The Republic for Which It Stands

The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896

by Richard White 2017 928 pages

American History

Days of Fire Summary

Bush and Cheney in the White House

by Peter Baker 2013 816 pages

A Renegade History of the United States Summary

A Renegade History of the United States

by Thaddeus Russell 2010 400 pages

American History

The Assault on Truth Summary

The Assault on Truth

Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism

by Peter Oborne 2021 251 pages

Capitalist Punishment Summary

Capitalist Punishment

How Wall Street Is Using Your Money to Create a Country You Didn't Vote For

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2023 236 pages

Making It in America Summary

Making It in America

The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A.

by Rachel Slade 2024 352 pages

Blood and Thunder Summary

Blood and Thunder

An Epic of the American West

by Hampton Sides 2006 460 pages

American History

White Malice Summary

The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa

by Susan Williams 2021 651 pages

Wildland Summary

The Making of America's Fury

by Evan Osnos 2021 465 pages

Un-Trumping America Summary

Un-Trumping America

A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again

by Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pages

The End of the Myth Summary

The End of the Myth

From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

by Greg Grandin 2019 369 pages

American History

COUNSELOR Summary

A Life at the Edge of History

by Theodore C. Sorensen 2008 556 pages

National Security Cinema Summary

National Security Cinema

The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood

by Matthew Alford 2017 265 pages

The Afghanistan Papers Summary

The Afghanistan Papers

A Secret History of the War

by Craig Whitlock 2021 368 pages

Tocqueville Summary

A Very Short Introduction

by Harvey C. Mansfield 2007 124 pages

The Earth Is Weeping Summary

The Earth Is Weeping

The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

by Peter Cozzens 2016 544 pages

American History

Native American

Den of Spies Summary

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

by Craig Unger 2024 368 pages

American History

Wilmington's Lie Summary

Wilmington's Lie

The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

by David Zucchino 2020 426 pages

Freak Kingdom Summary

Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism

by Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pages

Blackbeard Summary

America's Most Notorious Pirate

by Angus Konstam 2006 336 pages

The Big Change Summary

America Transforms Itself, 1900-50

by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages

American History

Personal Memoirs Summary

Personal Memoirs

by Ulysses S. Grant 1885 702 pages

The First Conspiracy Summary

The First Conspiracy

The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

by Brad Meltzer 2019 413 pages

American History

Devil's Bargain Summary

Devil's Bargain

Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency

by Joshua Green 2017 302 pages

Amexica Summary

War Along the Borderline

by Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 pages

George Washington Summary

George Washington

by James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pages

The Mammoth Book of the West Summary

The Mammoth Book of the West

The Making of the American West

by Jon E. Lewis 1996 544 pages

American History

The Spymasters Summary

How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future

by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages

In the Enemy's House Summary

In the Enemy's House

The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies

by Howard Blum 2018 352 pages

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