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.
Albania
The Accursed Mountains: Journeys in Albania by Robert Carver
Armenia
Modern Armenia: People, Nation, State by Gerard J. Libaridian
Costa Rica
Costa Rica: A Geographical Interpretation In Historical Perspective by Carolyn Hall
Costa Rica: Politics, Economics & Democracy by Bruce M. Wilson
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic: A National History by Frank Moya-Pons
The Dominican Republic: A Caribbean Crucible by Howard J. Wiarda and Michael J. Kryzanek
Ecuador
Indians, Oil, and Politics: A Recent History of Ecuador by Allen Gerlach
In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995 by Steve Striffler
Philippines
A Soldier in the Philippines by Needom N. Freeman
The Moro War: How America Battled a Muslim Insurgency in the Philippine Jungle, 1902-1913 by James R. Arnold
Romania
Echoes of Communism by Ileana Johnson
Russia/USSR
Inside the Kremlin’s Cold War: From Stalin to Khrushchev by Vladislav M. Zubok
Putin’s Life: Life in a Failing Democracy by Anna Politkovskaya
Russia and the Russians by Geoffrey Hosking
A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924 by Orlando Figes
The Russian Constitutional Experiment: Government and Duma, 1907-1914 by Geoffrey Hosking
The Russian Civil War by Evan Mawdsley
The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05 by Denis Ashton Warner & Peggy Warner
The Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926 by Jonathan Coopersmith
United States
America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 by George Herring
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg
Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter by Theodore Rosengarten
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan by Nancy Reagan and William Novak
On To Berlin by James M. Gavin
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. Wood
Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community by Jon Hunner
The Key to Failure by Norman B. Hannah
The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush by David Frum
When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan by Peggy Noonan
Vietnam
Vietnam: Past and Present by D.R. SarDesai
Agent Orange: Collateral Damage in Vietnam by Philip Jones Griffiths
People/Events/Ideas/Regions
Second Treatise of Government by John Locke
Medieval Philosophy edited by John Marenbon
The Scramble for Africa: The White Man’s Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 by Thomas Pakenham
The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy – What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss & Neil Howe
Edouard Manet: Rebel in a Frock Coat by Beth Archer Brombert
Indians Illustrated: 100 Years of Cleveland Indians Photos by Mark Stang
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig
The Aviation Careers of Igor Sikorsky by Dorothy Cochrane
Why I Fight: The Belt is Just an Accessory by B.J. Penn w/ Dave Weintraub
Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids’ Brains and What Schools Can Do About It by Eric Jensen
The Modern Historiography Reader: Western Sources edited by Adam Budd
Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis by James Rickards
Leadership by Linda L. Neider
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