Request and recommend quality history books, no subject or period excluded>The Patriarch by David Nasaw>Nasaw—the only biographer granted unrestricted access to the Joseph P. Kennedy papers in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library—tracks Kennedy's astonishing passage from East Boston outsider to supreme Washington insider. Kennedy's seemingly limitless ambition drove his career to the pinnacles of success as a banker, World War I shipyard manager, Hollywood studio head, broker, Wall Street operator, New Deal presidential adviser, and founding chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. >His astounding fall from grace into ignominy did not come until the years leading up to and following America's entry into the Second World War, when the antiwar position he took as the first Irish American ambassador to London made him the subject of White House ire and popular distaste.last thread >>23896131
>>23944679I have studied a bit of international political economy in university and have recently taken a look at Michael Hudson. His book Superimperialism seems very good as it captures vital aspects of how American power and hegemony is built upon and weilds the international economic system. Pic related seems awesome as well, as it delineates how pro-creditism leads to plutocracy and rentier parasites which undermined Rome, only for pro-credit legal frameworks to be handed down to the west till today.
What are some good podcasts or audiobooks you guys recommend?
I’m looking for books on post-Cold War US foreign policy. I own A World Transformed by George eichdubya Bush and Brent Scowcroft and Second Chance by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Preferably something scholarly, well informed and deeply researched.>>23944935Check out the Fall of Civilizations Podcast. I enjoyed the episodes on Byzantium. Interesting stuff.
>>23944963I own the latter, not exactly what you’re looking for but Walter Russel Mead “Special Providence” and Richard H. Immerman “Empire For Liberty” might help you.
Any good books on the history of astronomy and/or astrophysics discoveries?
Pls no more American """"history""""" slop Pls no WW2 slop Pls no more Rome slop. Read and recommend something else for a change
>>23945324You start
>>23944679Anyone have any good books on recent American foreign policy? Preferably not marxist/socialist/anticolonial/antimperialism crap but I'm open to anything.
>>23945324> Pls no more American """"history""""" slopCope. We run the world, Achmed.
>>23945563>>23945007
>>23944679What are some good history books on Ancient Rome, America, or World War II?
>>23945256The Syntopicon of Mortimer Adler has a section titled Astronomy which lists important astronomical texts all the way from antiquity to now. I remember it had Chaucer's astrolabe treatise on it
>>23944935the audiobook of catastrophe 1914 is great
looking for a book about how America's entry into WWII solidified it's status as the modern Rome
Measuring America by Andro Linklater is pretty good if you're into maps.
>>23944679I remember when I read this as a teenager. It was a great book. But I ended up getting into a fight with my best friend's parents about Joseph P. Kennedy because of it, and my relationship with him was never the same again. It was also the moment when I realized that I had gone from "precocious youth" to "irritating nuisance", and I began to resent people.
>>23944700>In 1984, Hudson joined Harvard's archaeology faculty at the Peabody Museum as a research fellow in Babylonian economics.Why is this sentence so funny to me.And so you recommend his works, or at least Super Imperialism even if published back in 1972?
>>23944679On the subject of Kennedys.
>>23944679Good meta-biographies?
>>23945256there's Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy.I can share a good djvu if you need>>23945324Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu & Robinson was interesting.
>>23945256Duhem
>>23944679Reading pic rel right now and it's good.>>23947431>Why Nations FailGuns, Germs, and Steel tier.
>>23947480>reading the abridged version
>>23947480>Guns, Germs, and Steel tier.you are wrong. In the 2nd chapter they're saying that GGS is shit and this perfectly aligns with what 4chan taught me
>>23944679Good history books that are also travelogues?
>>23944679I want to read about unbiased european history prior to the 19th century
After a long time searching I found a book on italian history from the fall of rome to the unification by a swiss historian from the 19th century 800 pageshttps://archive.org/details/historyofitalian00sismuoft/page/n15/mode/1up
>>23947500NTA, but where would you even get the full 3 volume Peloponnesian War by Kagan?
>>23948018Never read them but iirc Louis Theroux's dad was a good travel writer in this vein
Any less conventional histories of Alexander and his Empire. I'm not looking for a biography on the man since there are plenty as it but books covering aspects of the Empire itself or less obvious stuff.
>>23948773Thanks
Just finished this. It was well enough written and went into good detail on the inquisition and the Cathars themselves. It was a good overview for me, having not read about this crusade before. If anyone cared to learn about the Albigensian Crusade, I’d recommend it.
>>23949556If I ever want to read about the Albigensian Crusade, I would read Sumptions book, simply because of him and I dont care how outdated it is
Some intellectual biographies that talk about a betrayal conscience like The Last Man Takes LSD would be nice.
>>23947480Why is GGS actually bad though
The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry Into the Fall of France in 1940 - William L. Shirer>On June 17, 1940 William L. Shirer stood in the streets of Paris and watched the unending flow of gray German uniforms along its boulevards. In just six lovely weeks in the spring and summer of 1940 a single battle brought down in total military defeat one of the world's oldest, greatest, and most civilized powersthe second mightiest empire on earth and the possessor of one of the finest military machines ever assembled. How did it happen? After nearly a decade of research in the massive archives left from World War II and after hundreds of conversations with the Third Republic's leaders, generals, diplomats, and ordinary citizens, Shirer presents the definitive answer in his stunning re-creation of why and how France fell before Hitler's armies in 1940. His book is also a devastating examination of the confusion, corruption, and cynicism that drained the strength and toughness of a democracy which Thomas Jefferson once called "every man's second country."https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23763.The_Collapse_of_the_Third_Republic
Just started this gem. What am I in for bros?
rec me anything that IS NOT a dry read
>>23950624Posted this last thread, but sure. I'm about 300 pages in.
>>23944963I’d add that the Tides of History Podcast by the same host is also pretty good.>>23945324Sinews of Power by John Brewer. It’s about the development of Britain’s financial and bureaucratic apparatus in the 18th century, and its effect on British politics and its rise to Great Power status. Technically, some aspects involve the American Revolution because it’s about taxes, but the scope is much broader. Also, the title is based on a Cicero quote, but that’s the extent of what Rome has to do with it.>>23947521That’s probably because they’re drawing diametrically opposite conclusions.
>>23950055If that needs explaining you're not worth talking to
Any history books about the jungles in the US?
>>23950774I've never read it dude
>>23951296I'm sorry. Sometimes I forget not everyone here is terminally online like myself, and out to troll me.Basically, it's a book trying to explain, civilizational divergences, in particular why did Europeans come to dominate the world, have the industrial and scientific revolutions, why are they the most developed etc. The book works backwards: it starts at the conclusion that it was for purely geographical factors and that Europe more or less got lucky, and then works backwards, making unsourced or unfalsifiable claim after another in retarded chain of reasoning that nevertheless people will eat up. Again, from the outset, as in in the literal introduction, the author, J. Diamond, rejects any other explanations a priori, as that would be racist. However, he does not shy away from saying that he believes that Melanesians (and so by extension their cousins Aboriginies), are in fact more intelligent than Europeans, and uses his personal experience in Papa New Guinea, in particular how they seem better able to navigate terrain and have high visual-spatial intelligence.
>>23949101Th recent Cambridge companion to Alexander the Great fits best (also a good place to bibliography mine via the authors for moar reading)
>>23951372Couldn't you just use his logic to say that any genetic factors are long term results of environment?
>>23947355>>23949852Still waiting for an answer on these
>>23950624
>>23952410I'm not entirely sure what you mean by meta-biographies or intellectual biographies, could you elaborate
>The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 to c. 1580) is an account written in 1568 of the early Spanish colonization of Mesoamerica, specifically the conquest of the Aztec civilization in Mexico from 1519 to 1521 when Díaz was a member of the conquistador expedition led by Hernán Cortés (1485-1547).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernal_Díaz_del_Castillohttps://www.worldhistory.org/The_Conquest_of_New_Spain
>>23952797I would say an example of a meta-biography is the Lyndon B. Johnson series goes beyond the scope of the person and a portrait of the time period in which they livedIntellectual biographies are biographies that talk about a persons ideas over time, like the biography of Michel Foucault in “The Last Man Takes LSD”Hope that helps
>>23952907>Intellectual biographies I recommend pic rel. It's six mini-intellectual biographies of political conservatives who started out with leftist/liberal politics but became gradually disillusioned. People discussed:>Whittaker Chambers>James Burnham>Ronald Reagan>Norman Podhoretz>David Horowitz>Christopher HitchensIt's an American neocon genesis story, essentially, though admittedly I've only read the chapters on Chambers and Burnham since I already kind of knew the stories of the rest.
>>23953041Alright. I will consider that
>>23953041Also is there an example of the opposite?
>>23944679Good works of forensic history?
Is james burnham worth reading
>>23954348Yes
>>23944679I'm currently reading this:>Turkmenistan: Strategies of Power, Dilemmas of DevelopmentSebastian Peyrouse It goes into the formative periods of the regions culture and society, mentions the regions role during the great empires of the antique and pre-modern eras and then goes deeper into the history of Turkmenistan.Adeeb Khalid's great "Central Asia a new modern history" was a nice read overall, but I feel like it didn't delve into Turkmenistan enough. "Dictators without borders - Power and money in Central Asia" by John Heathershaw also talked about many of the Central Asian states through the lense of international business, shell companies, corruption and economic crimes, but pretty much just ignored Turkmenistan.I understand Turkmenistan is the most difficult one to actually grasp of the Central Asian states due to it's hermit-like governance, but to me it's also the most interesting.Please recommend me more books about Central Asia.
>>23954395>Central Asia a new modern historyBeen looking at this. Any other Central Asia reqs? I'm pretty interested but haven't read anything
>>23954496Khalid's Central Asia is "the" Central Asian history book right now. I'd also rec the Dictators Without Borders if you're interested to see how post-soviet regimes in CA started integrating into the global society.https://www.rferl.org/majlis-talking-asia-podcastThe Radio Free Europe Majlis-podcast is the best one discussing current and past events in the region that I've found so far.
Looking for a good book about the history of North Korea.Has to at least be a complete overview of the Kim Il Sung's reign.Hoping it takes a neutral tone, nothing that condemns or praises too much.
>>23954899Want a similar thing to this, a history of Communist China. Hopefully at least covers Mao and Deng's leaderships.
Any good books about social and microhistory of California and Florida in the last quarter of the 20th century? Something with the GTA vibes: crime, poverty, corrupt politics, great beaches and sunsets (beach culture, for example).
>>23952879>In this book, Álvaro Núñez Cabeza de Vaca narrates the experiences of the four sole survivors of Pánfilo de Narváez's expedition to Florida (1528), who lived among the Indians for eight years as slaves, traders and healers, and crossed the southwest of the current United States and northern Mexico on foot until they managed to return to the colony of Nueva Galicia. The book contains the first ethnographic observations on the indigenous populations of the Gulf of Mexico. Some words taken from North American languages also appear for the first time in Spanish. It is considered the first historical narrative on the current territory of the United States. It was published in 1542 in Zamora (Spain) and in a corrected and expanded edition (with the addition of the author's trip to the Río de la Plata) in 1555 in Valladolid.
>>23954899Victor Cha - The Impossible State
Any good and up-to-date book about the roman emperors and court drama?
>>23950624Recently finished this. The individuals profiled and interviewed in it add a lot to the overall history.
>>23955471>interviews>not even hiding that it is journalism by claiming to be an oral history.
>>23954899North Korea: Another Country by Bruce Cumings.
>>23955200You know this actually seems like a good request, have a bump. Maybe throw in some sociological insights as well.
>>23955200Also you might like this
can we talk about historical fiction here?
>>23957044Anons have done it before I dunno why you can’t
Any decent books about individual Silk Road Kingdoms that are not just a general overview of the entire region?Also any good books that deal with the internal intrigues, diplomacy, culture etc of Persia or Central Asian states in late antiquity/medieval periods?
>>23957166probably because i was gonna ask if the Last Kingdom books are worth iti know they are pure slop, but i'd like to read some medieval timewaster and i recently saw them on sale
>>23957209You seem to be asking for microhistory of some sort
>>23957241Dunno. Don’t read a lot of fiction because I’m autistic and it doesn’t truly interest me. One novel per year or every six months is good enough for me.
>>23953987Anyone care to answer this?
>>23957241Picrel is a good book as a companion. You can try it as an audiobook consentaneously with Cornwell.>>23957759I know only "The Great Courses" lectures about it: "Forensic History - Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals".https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=11695712
>>23958054>You can try it as an audiobook consentaneously with Cornwell.Oh, and listen til the chapter about Alfred the Great, then maybe stop because of spoilers.
Medieval Christianity by Kevin Madigan>Published January 13, 2015 by Yale University Press>History of medieval Christianity, spanning the period 500 to 1500 CE. Elements of novelty in the book include the relationships among Christians, Jews, and Muslims; the experience of ordinary parishioners; the adventure of asceticism, devotion, and worship; and instruction through drama, architecture, and art. Madigan integrates these areas of focus with more traditional themes, such as the evolution and decline of papal power; the nature and repression of heresy; sanctity and pilgrimage; the conciliar movement; and the break between the old Western church and its reformers.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21945058-medieval-christianityhttps://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Christianity-History-Kevin-Madigan-ebook/dp/B00RKVP8P4
>>23944679Conquest: The English Kingdom of France, 1417–1450>Following the Battle of Agincourt, Henry V’s second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would place the crown of France on an English head. By the time of Henry’s premature death in 1422, nearly all of northern France lay in his hands and the Valois heir to the throne had been disinherited. Only Joan of Arc—a visionary peasant girl who claimed divine guidance—was able to halt the English advance, but not for long. Just six months after her death, Henry’s young son was crowned in Paris as the first, and last, English king of France.>Henry VI’s kingdom endured for twenty years, but when he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. The dauphin whom Joan had crowned Charles VII would finally drive the English out of France. Juliet Barker recounts these stirring events—the epic battles and sieges, plots and betrayals—through a kaleidoscope of characters from John Talbot, the “English Achilles,” and John, duke of Bedford, regent of France, to brutal mercenaries, opportunistic freebooters, resourceful spies, and lovers torn apart by the conflict.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12881038https://www.amazon.com/Conquest-English-Kingdom-France-1417-1450-ebook/dp/B0BSLDJ5DB
>>23959056>Henry V’s second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would place the crown of France on an English head.Already the abstract is wrong since Henry V was never formally crowned in Reims with the traditional rites of the French monarchist dating back to Clovis, and neither was his son.
books about the medieval Crusades in English but from the perspective of other (non-Christian) sides
>>23959069Everything there seemed pretty retarded if you know even a bit about history>By the time of Henry’s premature death nearly all of northern France lay in his hands. Only Joan of Arc was able to halt the English advance, but not for long. But then again, its a female author, what else did you expect?
>>23959160The complete omission of the Burgundians in all this should also raise some eyebrows. I understand it’s focused on English rule in France following the battle of Agincourt but yes, “nearly of Northern lay in [Henry V]’s hands” is going to send anyone who knows anything about the period into an aneurysm. Especially since the reconciliation between the French crown and the Burgundian duchy is such a salient part of the reconquest of France, and Joan of Arc was fighting the Burgundians almost as much as the English.
>>23959160To be fair to her, this was probably editor shenanigans.>uhhh what do people know about the Hundred Years’ War >mmmm Agincourt and… Joan of Arc?>okay let’s just slap a painting of Joan of Arc on the cover even though she is the one that precipitates the end of the period that we’re trying to cover
This is the abstract for the Sumption volume that covers exactly the same time period. Its similiar and talks about the same historical figures and still feels more 'mature'. Though it also omits the vital Burgundian factor for some reason>In this final volume of his epic history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption tells the story of the collapse of the English dream of conquest, from the opening years of the reign of Henry VI until the loss of all of England's continental dominions except Calais thirty years later. This sudden reversal of fortune was a seminal event in the history of the two principal nation-states of western Europe, ending four centuries of the English dynasty's presence in France and separating two countries whose fortunes had once been closely intertwined, creating a new sense of national identity in both. The legacy of these events would influence their divergent fortunes for centuries to come.>Behind the clash of arms stood some of the most remarkable personalities of the age: the Duke of Bedford, the English Regent who ruled much of France; Charles VII of France, who patiently rebuilt his kingdom after the disasters of his early years; the captains populating the pages of Shakespeare - Fastolf, Montagu, Talbot, Dunois and, above all, the extraordinary figure of Joan of Arc who changed the course of the war in a few weeks at the age of seventeen.
>hmmm today I will read some history so I can get away from stupid modern culture war stuff like incels or gender war>oh for fuck’s sake
>>23959557Also hilariously, male feminist LARPing as woman (potentially for sexual gratification) has seemingly always been a thing.
I'm watching a history video about our war against the alien invasion of the mechs and skitters. Any books about it?
>>23953075No. Only retards go from right to left.
>>23960518You have to go back.
>>23959236I have yet to read the final volume (waiting for the paperback to fit) but the Burgundians are basically the most focused on group in his 4th volume. But in any case there is almost no need for any other narrative of the hundred years war at this point since Sumption absolutely smashed it, unless you were researching something very specific where a minor error might appear like with dating of where somebody was.
This is the only thread I still visit on this entire godforsaken basket weaving forum. Does anyone have recommendations concerning the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70? (other than Josephus)
>>23960793For the Freedom of ZionBasically covers Herod, his successors and the war. I'm sure there are more specific works concerning each thing but I found this a good narrative and analysis of Judea and the revolt.
>>23960812Oh wow, a 700+ page retelling of the Jewish Revolt sounds interesting, but I'm a bit concerned with this conclusion>Rogers contends that while the Romans won the war, they lost the peace. When the Romans destroyed the Jerusalem Temple, they thought that they had defeated the God of Israel and eliminated Jews as a strategic threat to their rule. Instead, they ensured the Jews’ ultimate victory. Does he imply the Rise of Christianity or does he mean something else? I mean, where do the Jews triumphed over the Roman Empire? Judea itself would remain a christian/arab region for millenia after the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Jews would be a persecuted diaspora without rights for just as long.
>>23960916His idea is basically the survival of Jewish faith with the refocus of religious leaders being to Rabbi's instead of the Priests of the Temple and the handful of clans which contributed to them as religious leaders. It isn't so much about Christianity but the enduring survival of a transformed Jewish faith. Like obviously it's hard to say the Jews won against the Romans with even the majority of them being Romanised in the end, but that's not really his focus, it's just about the survival of Judaism.It is clear he does have some love in his heart for Israel but you really only see a bit of it in the introduction and conclusion where he effectively puts it as 'wow Israel exists today with that tradition, isn't that cool huh?'
>>23960812Thanks for the rec, anon. Will check it out
>>23959107>The Crusades: An Islamic PerspectiveI've been meaning to read this but never got around to it
>>23958054>Great CoursesI guess that’ll do, but any other recommendations I’d be open to as well
>>23944679Beginning Brand Luther by Andrew Pettegree. It claims to fuse religious history, history of printing, and history of capitalism into one story.
>page 10 OH NO. YOU NOT GONNA 404 ON MY WATCH But for the topic: I finished pic related last month and it was great, though not an easy read. There seriously needs a lot more books on the Mamluks, they are pure kino. Its meritocracy taken to its very extreme conclusion. I combined the book with "The Rise and Fall of a Muslim Regiment: The Mansuriyya in the First Mamluk Sultanate" which is even more dry but went into more historical details
>>23963767>There seriously needs a lot more books on the MamluksWere they really a Turkic slave caste that rebelled and eventually made themselves the masters of Egypt, or do I only think that because I don’t know the history well enough?I remember it being really funny having them show up out of nowhere in the Crusades.
Anyone else got any forensic history recs?
>>23960929Not that anon but that's kinda like saying zoroastrianism survived the islamic invasion of iran. Technically it did, but as a culture it's a fucking petrified fossil.
>>23959557It’s always been the same for ages…
>>23963800>but as a culture it's a fucking petrified fossilZoroastrianism is nothing like its 7th century self
>>23947182>This gets you into Harvard back in the day
Is there a good book that details the "day to day of a war" in the early modern period? From recruitment to training to actual battles. I've already read "Renaissaince Armies" by George Gush, but the book mostly just gives an overview of different militaries. Alternatively, If no such book exists, is there a diary or some memoirs of an Commander from said time period? Something that would let me know how war looked like from the viewpoint of a Commander during the early modern period.
Must read historical books from the mid 1800s to early 1900s? From not about
>>23964593The most famous ones I can roll off the top of my head are:>Jules Michelet’s “History of France” and “History of the French Revolution” - probably one of the most influential historical accounts of the French Revolution, in historiographical terms. Not a “light” read though>Alfred Thayer Mahan’s “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History” - greatly impact on naval strategy for the early XIXth century, supposedly read by the German Kaiser too and contributed greatly to the Naval Arms Race>Jacques Bainville’s “History of France” / “History of two peoples (i.e. France and Germany) - personal favorite of mine. History of France from a nationalist perspective (though he wasn’t wrong either)
>>23964218>Is there a good book that details the "day to day of a war" in the early modern period? From recruitment to training to actual battles.Can't personally attest to the books he uses, but check out SandRhoman History's bibliography on YouTube, which he puts in the description of his videos. Yeah, it's a YouTube channel, but the guy goes deep into precisely this topic. He draws from a lot of German historians, but I've seen him cite some books available in English.>Alternatively, If no such book exists, is there a diary or some memoirs of an Commander from said time period? Something that would let me know how war looked like from the viewpoint of a Commander during the early modern period.Gotz von Berlichingen's autobiography. I don't know if there's a full English translation, but there are translated excerpts of it online. He was a small-time mercenary captain, but if you want a colorful first-hand account of the period, it fits the bill. Goethe wrote a play about him based on his account.
>>23963792>Were they really a Turkic slave caste that rebelled and eventually made themselves the masters of Egypt, or do I only think that because I don’t know the history well enough?Caste is the wrong word, but yes they were (semi-freed) slaves that took over and created a whole state structure based on military slaves, where each new Mamluk Sultan and everyone of their top commanders had their own ring of military slaves, who were usually intriguing against each other and murdering the sultan all the time. This made for a very messy succession, but on the other hand ensured that ideally the most competent guy ended on top.But mamlukes/military slaves were not something specific to that time or to Egypt, they were an aspect of Islamic societies from India to Iran to the Levant for centuries before and after.In one of the two books there was a very interesting discussion how it was so prevalent in the east and essentially unknown in Europe and the west. It had something to do with Islam prohibiting the establishment of proper military discipline and how that was best done by creating an elite corps out of non-islamic, enslaved foreigners , who you could order around at free will and who were absolutely loyal to their master on the battlefield and in key national offices (on paper, obviously it didnt work out so well in reality)
>>23955200somewhat related. jewish kids in Florida, microhistorical regarding the US military industrial complex during the Middle Eastern wars.and very entertaining
>>23964939>Can't personally attest to the books he uses, but check out SandRhoman History's bibliography on YouTube, which he puts in the description of his videos. I've seen his videos, while they do describe stuff, there's no continuity. To put it simply, I want to be able to see how the an army would go from being formed and trained to battle. I want to be able to write from the viewpoint of one said Commander.
Any recommendations for histories of Archaic Greece that really go into gritty details about cultural and political developments?
>>23966260https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17015092-a-companion-to-archaic-greece?from_search=true>>23964593Theodor MommsenThomas Carlylehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:19th-century_history_books
>>23964966I appreciate the detailed follow-up. It still boggles my mind that a warrior slave caste would ever seem like a good idea, but people have relied on mercenaries for even longer, and those don’t even have the mental conditioning / blockers like was probably beaten into a slave soldier. Though every so often you get a Mamertines situation.Were they in a state of constant civil war or am I correct in remembering that they eventually were able to lead expeditions out of Egypt and insert themselves into the counter-Crusade effort?
>>23944679Reading picrel and chapter 5 mentions psychiatry was wondering if there is a detailed history of psychiatric classifications out there? Probably something as objective as possible with little ideology.
>Salari, Sottosviluppo, Imperialismo; by Arghiri Emmanuel>released in Italian in 1973>translated to French (Salaires, sous-développement, impérialisme) in 1975>no English (or other language) versionI am trying to find a digital version of the Italian book. French is available but I'm not as proficient in French, also I'm iffy about simply dumping it on a translator as I'd be getting the editorless translation of a translation.
>>23944679What are some well-written scholarly books about the American revolutionary war and the war of 1812?
>>23963800 >>23964090 Islamic Sharia, Apostasy laws, praying five times a day, barbaric punishments, and so on all have precedence in Sassanian era Zoroastrianism, retards. If most of you read the Vendidad, you would drop your overly romantic views on "le based Aryan Zoroastrianism"!Sick and tired of you morons.
>>23967773>the American revolutionary war John Ferling>A Leap in the Dark and Almost a Miraclehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607413.A_Leap_in_the_Darkhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6372196-almost-a-miracleDavid Hackett Fischer>Paul Revere's Ride and Washington's Crossinghttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32080.Paul_Revere_s_Ridehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1206073.Washington_s_Crossing>the war of 1812Pierre Berton>The Invasion of Canada/Flames Across the Borderhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12976693-pierre-berton-s-war-of-1812George Daughan>1812: The Navy's Warhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17290740-1812
Anyone have any recs on anything historically finance related?
>>23968342>Anyone have any recs on anything historically finance related?Like Unbound Prometheus, or Capital III, or Hammond & Hammond Skilled Labourer, or what aspect of finance?
>>23948018Otto Rahn
>>23944679Histories of the Britany peninsula or the Breton peoples?
>>23968342Pic related deals a lot with government borrowing and spending.
>>23968342>The Ascent of Money - Niall Ferguson
The Persian Expedition - Xenophon>n The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitness account of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - The Ten Thousand - to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persian throne. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persian employers, they were forced to march home through hundreds of miles of difficult terrain - adrift in a hostile country and under constant attack from the unforgiving Persians and warlike tribes.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9642703-the-persian-expedition
>>23970296If there is anything I can say about Xenophon is that he wears his heart on his sleeve when he writes. He's nowhere near as good as Thucydides or Herodotus and you can very easily tell when he is biased or when he casually ommits nearly everything to do with Thebes in his history despite them being one of the main actors of the period because he just doesn't like them but he's fun for it in any case.
>>23944679best books about the italian city states?
Anything else like this?
>>23968342Just try "financial history books" in google.Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century - J. Bradford DeLongDevil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation - Edward ChancellorThe Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway: A Chronological Analysis of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger’s Conglomerate Masterpiece - Adam J MeadThe House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance - Ron ChernowBoom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles Debt: The First 5,000 Years - David Graeberetc>>23970667Inventing the Middle Ages - Norman F. Cantor
>>23944679Can somebody recommended me a good book on pre-Imperial China, specifically the zhou and the spring and autumn period. I can't seem to find a book in English for it. And also a book on historical naming practices of any culture.
>>23970686>a good book on pre-Imperial China, specifically the zhou and the spring and autumn period. Maybe this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cambridge_History_of_China>And also a book on historical naming practices of any culture.That's toponymy. For example:Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for over 5000 Natural Features, Countries, Capitals, Territories, Cities and Historic Sites - Adrian Room
>>23970690No I meant like a book about historical naming conventions of people. I was searching for a book about names after reading the means of naming, specifically greek or roman.
>>23970683I bought Hindmost only to return it because the book was formatted like horseshit.
>>23970224QRD on pic related? Bought with what you mentioned. I think one of the books I’m reading Vargas is a co-author.
>>23966577David Healy's book on Mania is a good but dry and methodical rundown on the history of Mania, from the greeks to present day. Not sure if there's one that encompasses all of psychiatry
Books about your favourite Roman emperors? I've done a total of 0 research into any of them but I think I'd like to learn.
>>23972680Augustus
>>23944679Bump
>>23972680Failure of Empire by Noel LenskiIt's about Valens, probably not a great first read for anybody who knows fuck all since it's also academic but I liked it never the less.
>page 10Oh no you don’t. This thread is better than of all /his/ now sadly.
Any recs for books on the knight templars and the crusades for a catholic who's never studied them ?
>>23975004better than any other thread on /lit/, too
>>23975602Malcolm Barber's 'The New Knighthood'
>>23964208before a billion jeet niggers were all trying to get in
>>23954348yes then go on to Leviathan and its Enemies
>>23959557>He didn't already know about Fourier from browsing incel wiki
Excellent book on the history of the western conquest of Central Asia
>>23975674I’m going to have to pirate this someday.I asked already but is there any good books on the history of economic ideas? Not just general ideas but even stuff on specific practices.
Looking for recs on Calvin's Geneva and the influence of Calvinist ideas across history. I've already read Weber's The Protestant Ethic
>>23975832Protocols
>>23944679Requesting a book on the wars of the roses, for someone who finds it very confusing. Not really good at history but I find it an interesting period
>>23975853Rude
>>23975889Check out The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones.
Is this the best Napoleon Biography?
Is this the best book for an overview of the history of modern Russia or should I look somewhere else? I know Service is well-regarded for his biographies at least.
>>23976721I own this and I can say that it is very good, but I haven't really read any other bios of him. What I will say is that Roberts is very pro-Napoleon, which is also my opinion. So if you want a more balanced view you may want to read another biography as well. But although Roberts is pro-Napoleon, he does criticize him when necessary.
>>23944679Is Braudel's capitalism and civilization series any good?
>>23977586Yeh what are some good biographies that are as critical. Imo, he didn't do much wrong besides Spain and Russia (the coalition almost always were the ones to declare war on him and the 'Napoleonic Wars' can arguably be seen as continuations of the wars that started as a consequence of the French revolution)
>>23951926The problem is, this would very clearly show civilization and technology progress to directly correlate with access to fertile lands and trade routes. Obviously we haven't seen this, so you need a different lie to tell that fits more with the general development of different nations, rather than a model that only fits a few systems.
>>23977583>Robert ServiceRobert isn't very well regarded in Soviet historiography. I have not read discussions of his merit as a historian outside of Soviet historiography, so I will limit my comments there. Conquest is better received for his attempts at honesty.
>>23944679Anyone read Gershom Scholem’s book on Kabbalah or Sabbatai Sevi? Reading a books strongly connected to them and it’s something I’m totally unfamiliar with, Jewish mysticism and the Jewish messiah, but I’m finding it fascinating. I believe Princeton University Press publishes both those Scholem books
>>23977734are you trolling or fr? from these titles i can assume he's pretty biased against the soviets and russia in general, unless the contents of the books themselves are more balanced. I'm not a raging commie or anything but I'd like something more balanced than the typical American propaganda line we've all known since grade school.
>>23944679Good books on the history of logic?
I've read that many myths about how people lived in the middle ages were created by the anti-aristocratic revolutionaries. Is there any book on this?Also, if anybody has a book about Russian colonisations beyond Urals, I'd appreciate it.
>>23944679Best comparative history of Park Chung Hee’s leadership and reforms?
The spam filter on this site sucks total ass now.Not sure why this place has such animosity towards Durant but, after taking a break, I came back to The Story of Civilization and plan on finishing it all this time. Grand narration at its finest.
>>23979255Pic related. God this site sucks now.
>>23979255>Not sure why this place has such animosity towards DurantIt's one anon who thinks nothing is worth reading unless it's on JSTOR.
>>23979255>>23979260>>23979264Enjoy your fantasy novels. See Ranke for why Durants are rejected.
>>23979255I dislike all general histories because by nature they are shallow. I already know what I want to know about so there is no need for a shallow survey when I would be better off reading something else
>>23980176The Story of Civilization is a pretty good cultural history series though.
>>23980176I think it depends. If you don’t know dick about a country’s history, then a general history is a good starting point, i.e. A Short History of England. It gives you an idea of everything that happened there before going into more specific topics, like the English Civil War. I don’t really care for something like Durant’s work, however. For very broad history on a civilizational, with the aim being a general idea that some events happened, you might as well read a shorter textbook, some wikipedia pages and watch some videos. It’ll be faster and then you can get a book more targeted in an area you really want to know about.
Any books that succeed at humanizing ancient Egypt, or at least in making it feel real?
>>23979892This is just contrarianism for the sake of contrarianism. I spent a considerable about of time and effort diving into ancient Roman history and Durant's narration hits the high notes with excellent accuracy. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. Durant critics expect a flawless execution in a body of work that unfurls over thousands and thousands of pages. The man dedicated his life to sharing his knowledge of history so it deserves a glance at the least.But, go ahead, pull out the usual misquotes and nitpicky semantic critiques, and declare your shallow victory.
>>23977610I’ve only read “Out Of Italy” and I enjoyed it
>>23951372Graeber and Wengrow's argument on this front is a lot more convincing. If there's anything that's destiny, it's not geography, but politics.
>>23958054I think this is the first time I've opened a historical thread and someone has posted my current read by pure coincidence I've been reading that one, about half way throughgood taste anon, so far I'm really enjoying itmy cover art looks nicer tho
>>23977586I've read it and agree, I didn't get the sense that Roberts let his love of Napoleon interfere too much with the facts
>>23970686Early China: A Social and Cultural History by Li Feng. It's not specifically focused on the Zhou, but the earlier sections (especially the chapters in the Shang) provide useful context for what came after. >>23964966How did Islam prohibit the establishment of proper military doctrine?
>>23944679Good intellectual history, specifically of ideas relating to individuals and identity?
