The book list below contains much more than just what I’ve read for this month of this year. Rather, it is a loose collection of books I’ve either used for research on this site or books I’ve found interesting enough to write about. There are many more which cannot be included due to time and length which we may get to the in the future, but for now, there are a select number below. I’ll add that all are affiliate links which aid the growth of this channel at no cost to you.
Note that I’ll include more in the next few weeks. Additionally, I can’t include everything due to either volume, rarity or actual impossibility of obtaining certain texts.
China
Manchu Chinese Colonial Rule in Northern Mongolia by M. Sanjdorj
Ecuador
Ecuador the Unknown by Victor Wolfgang von Hagen
Darwin in the Galapagos by K. Thalia Grant and Gregory B. Estes
Social and Economic Reform in Ecuador by Ronn F. Pineo
Ecuador and the United States by Ronn Pineo
Jamaica
The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica 1770-1820 by Kamau Brathwaite
Laos
Before the Quagmire: American Intervention in Laos 1954-1961 by William J. Rust
Mexico
Tijuana: The History of a Mexican Metropolis by T.D. Proffitt
Baja California by Lisa Lindblad and Sven-Olof Lindblad
Peru
Travels in Peru During the Years 1838-1842 by Johann Jakob Von Tschudi
Russia/Soviet Union
The Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
or if you prefer something more concise: A Concise History of the Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
Khruschev’s Double Blind by James G. Richter
Russian Sideshow by Robert L. Willett
Revelations of a Russian Diplomat by Dmitrii I. Abrikossow and George A. Lensen
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum
United States
The Bay of Pigs by Howard Jones
A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution by J. David Dameron and Theodore P. Savas
We Band of Angels by Elizabeth Norman
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier by Joseph Plumb Martin
The Reagan Diaries by Ronald Reagan
Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck
The Reshaping of Everyday Life 1790-1840 by Jack Larkin
Decision Points by George W. Bush
An Empire Divided by Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy
Vietnam
Shallow Graves: Two Women and Vietnam by Wendy Wilder Larsen & Tran Thi Nga
Vietnam Under Communism, 1975-1982 by Van Canh Nguyen
Personality/Events/Ideas
The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Point of It All by Charles Krauthammer
The Spirit of Flamenco by Nicolasa Chavez
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women by Thomas H. Pauly
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