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 mention. 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.
Britain
The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
Cambodia
A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People by Zhou Daguan
China
Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux
Swimming to Freedom: My Untold Story of Escaping the Cultural Revolution by Kent Wong
Iran
Mission to Tehran by Robert Huyser
Laos
Escape from Laos by Dieter Dengler
Mexico
Radio in Revolution: Wireless Technology and State Power in Mexico, 1897-1938 by J. Justin Castro
Nicaragua
The Sandinista Legacy: Lessons from a Political Economy in Transition by Ilja A. Luciak
Russia/USSR
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport
Jews in the Russian Army, 1827-1917: Drafted into Modernity by Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia? by Karen Dawisha
The Russian Revolution: A New History by Sean McMeekin
Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine, 1921-1933 by Anne Applebaum
Lenin the Dictator by Victor Sebestyen
Russia-EU Relations and the Common Neighborhood: Coercion vs. Authority by Irina Busygina
Russia’s Turn to the East: Domestic Policymaking and Regional Cooperation edited by Helge Blakkisrud & Elana Wilson Rowe
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
Revolutionary War for Independence & the Russian Question: Czechoslovak Army in Russia, 1914-1918 by Victor M. Fic
Life and Death Under Stalin: Kalinin Province, 1945-1953 by Kees Boterbloem
Spain
Castilian Days by John Hay
Tibet
The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
United States
Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Man and His Letters by Robert Seager II
Life in a Tank by Richard Haigh
Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam by Lewis Sorley
1775: A Good Year For Revolution by Kevin Phillips
Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson
Trumped Up: How Criminalization of Political Differences Endangers Democracy by Alan M. Dershowitz
Henry Clay: The Man Who Would Be President by James C. Klotter
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power by Lou Cannon
The Tormented President: Calvin Coolidge, Death, and Clinical Depression by Robert E. Gilbert
Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled his Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk
Vietnam
The Village by Francis J. West Jr.
Vietnam Style by Bertrand de Hartingh, Anna Craven-smith-Milnes & Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
Vietnam’s Economic Policy Since 1975 by Vo Nhan Tri
People/Events/Ideas/Regions
Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches edited by Lindsay Guarino and Wendy Oliver
Throwback: A Big League Catcher Tells How the Game Is Really Played by Jason Kendall and Lee Judge
The Romance of Aircraft by Lawrence Yard Smith
Mr. Hockey by Gordie Howe
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution that Saved Virtual Reality by Blake J. Harris
Unmasked: A Memoir by Andrew Lloyd Webber
A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle by Randy W. Roberts & Johnny Smith
Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service by Gary Sinise
Baseball Goes West: The Dodgers, the Giants and the Shaping of the Major Leagues by Lincoln A. Mitchell
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