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
Attack and Die
Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage
Civil War
History
American Civil War
Devil's Bargain
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
Politics
History
Biography
The Assault on Truth
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism
Politics
History
Dystopia
Stolen Pride
Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
Politics
Sociology
History
Blood and Thunder
An Epic of the American West
History
American History
Biography
The Dope
The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
History
True Crime
Crime
The Ones We've Been Waiting for
How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America
Politics
History
Leadership
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
History
Africa
Politics
Blackbeard
America's Most Notorious Pirate
History
Pirates
Biography
Decline and Fall
The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America
Politics
History
Economics
September 11
An Oral History
History
American History
Terrorism
Founding Brothers
The Revolutionary Generation
History
American History
Biography
The Liberal Tradition in America
Politics
History
American History
Wyatt Earp
The Life Behind the Legend
History
Biography
Westerns
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
History
Economics
Politics
Blackbeard
The Birth of America
History
Pirates
Amazon
Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies
The Real West
History
Westerns
Biography
Lucky
How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
Politics
History
American History
Cobra II
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
History
Military Fiction
Military History
The Man Who Ran Washington
The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
Biography
Politics
History
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President—and Why It Failed
History
Politics
Biography
The Lies of the Land
Seeing Rural America for What It Is―and Isn’t
History
Urbanism
Politics
A Renegade History of the United States
History
Politics
American History
The Fall of the House of Bush
The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future
Politics
History
American History
The Black History of the White House
History
American History
Politics
Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies
The Patriots
History
Historical
American History
The End of the Myth
From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
History
Politics
American History
The Wrath of Cochise
The Bascom Affair and the Origins of the Apache Wars
History
American History
Biography
Black Flags, Blue Waters
The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
History
Pirates
American History
The Frontiersmen
History
American History
Historical
Blood on the Moon
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
History
Civil War
American History
My Fellow Soldiers
General John Pershing and the Americans Who Helped Win the Great War
History
Biography
War
The Long Alliance
The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama
Politics
History
Biography
Shot All to Hell
Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape
History
True Crime
American History
Barnum
An American Life
Biography
History
Biography Memoir
Bobby Kennedy
The Making of a Liberal Icon
Biography
History
Politics
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
History
Biography
Westerns
The Injustice of Place
Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
History
Politics
Sociology
Washington's Spies
The Story of America's First Spy Ring
History
American History
American Revolution
A Great Place To Have A War
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
History
War
Politics
Impounded
Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment
History
Photography
World War II
Fire in the Lake
The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
History
War
Asia
City of Women
Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
History
American History
Gender
Killing the Dream
James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
History
American History
True Crime
The Case for Trump
Politics
History
Biography
America Last
The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators
Politics
History
American History
Renegade
The Making of a President
Politics
Biography
History
Whatever Happened to the Metric System?
How America Kept Its Feet
History
Science
Mathematics
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
History
Psychology
Sociology
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
History
American History
Westerns
