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Cape Cod and the Civil War
by Stauffer Miller • 2010
A peninsula voted its morals over its money, then became the Union's lifeline at sea.
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🏛️ Civil War Microhistory📜 Massachusetts History⚓ Naval History
Cape Cod and the Civil War Summary
Cape Cod and the Civil War 93%
A peninsula voted its morals over its money, then became the Union's lifeline at sea.
by Stauffer Miller 2010
4.14
7 ratings
🏛️ Civil War Microhistory📜 Massachusetts History⚓ Naval History
1776
by David McCullough • 2005
How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.
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250k+
🦅 American Revolution⚔️ Military History🏰 18th Century Warfare
1776 Summary
1776 93%
How a year of defeats and desertions almost ended the American Revolution before it began.
by David McCullough 2005
4.10
250k+ ratings
🦅 American Revolution⚔️ Military History🏰 18th Century Warfare
Founding Brothers
by Joseph J. Ellis • 2000
The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.
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🏛️ Early American Republic📜 Founding Fathers🤝 Political Compromise
Founding Brothers Summary
Founding Brothers 93%
The American founding hung on private dinners, personal feuds, a duel, and one last letter.
by Joseph J. Ellis 2000
3.95
48k+ ratings
🏛️ Early American Republic📜 Founding Fathers🤝 Political Compromise
Colossus
by Niall Ferguson • 2004
America has always been an empire. Refusing to admit it is the root of its failures.
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🇺🇸 American Hegemony🏛️ Comparative Empires🏗️ Nation-Building
Colossus Summary
Colossus 92%
America has always been an empire. Refusing to admit it is the root of its failures.
by Niall Ferguson 2004
3.58
2k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Hegemony🏛️ Comparative Empires🏗️ Nation-Building
Tried by War
by James M. McPherson • 2008
How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.
4.09
6k+
🎖️ Civil War History🏛️ Presidential Leadership⚔️ Military Command
Tried by War Summary
Tried by War 92%
How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.
by James M. McPherson 2008
4.09
6k+ ratings
🎖️ Civil War History🏛️ Presidential Leadership⚔️ Military Command
The March of Folly
by Barbara W. Tuchman • 1984
From Troy to Vietnam, power makes governments ignore the warnings right in front of them.
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📜 Political History⚔️ Military History🤦 Political Folly
The March of Folly Summary
The March of Folly 92%
From Troy to Vietnam, power makes governments ignore the warnings right in front of them.
by Barbara W. Tuchman 1984
4.03
7k+ ratings
📜 Political History⚔️ Military History🤦 Political Folly
George Washington
by James MacGregor Burns • 2004
How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.
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🏛️ Presidential Biography🔔 Founding Era📜 Constitutional Origins
George Washington Summary
George Washington 92%
How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.
by James MacGregor Burns 2004
3.97
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential Biography🔔 Founding Era📜 Constitutional Origins
The Pioneers
by David McCullough • 2019
Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.
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🇺🇸 Early American Republic🪓 Frontier Settlement🌄 Westward Expansion
The Pioneers Summary
The Pioneers 92%
Before the Constitution, one land deal doubled the country and banned slavery in every future state.
by David McCullough 2019
3.82
28k+ ratings
🇺🇸 Early American Republic🪓 Frontier Settlement🌄 Westward Expansion
Fiasco
by Thomas E. Ricks • 2006
A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.
4.09
8k+
🇮🇶 Iraq War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🪖 Counterinsurgency
Fiasco Summary
Fiasco 92%
A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.
by Thomas E. Ricks 2006
4.09
8k+ ratings
🇮🇶 Iraq War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🪖 Counterinsurgency
Attack and Die
by Grady McWhiney • 1982
Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.
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⚔️ Military History🇺🇸 American Civil War📜 Military Doctrine
Attack and Die Summary
Attack and Die 92%
Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.
by Grady McWhiney 1982
3.56
157 ratings
⚔️ Military History🇺🇸 American Civil War📜 Military Doctrine
Crisis and Command
by John Yoo • 2010
America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.
3.64
132
🏛️ Executive Power📜 Constitutional History🇺🇸 Presidential History
Crisis and Command Summary
Crisis and Command 92%
America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.
by John Yoo 2010
3.64
132 ratings
🏛️ Executive Power📜 Constitutional History🇺🇸 Presidential History
A Patriot's History of the United States
by Larry Schweikart • 2004
The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.
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🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🦅 Patriotic History📈 Economic History
A Patriot's History of the United States Summary
A Patriot's History of the United States 92%
The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.
by Larry Schweikart 2004
4.11
4k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🦅 Patriotic History📈 Economic History
John Adams
by David McCullough • 2001
Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.
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👔 Founding Fathers🇺🇸 Presidential Biography⚔️ Revolutionary War Era
John Adams Summary
John Adams 92%
Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.
by David McCullough 2001
4.09
379k+ ratings
👔 Founding Fathers🇺🇸 Presidential Biography⚔️ Revolutionary War Era
The Jungle Grows Back
by Robert Kagan • 2018
The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.
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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Liberal Internationalism🕊️ Pax Americana
The Jungle Grows Back Summary
The Jungle Grows Back 91%
The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.
by Robert Kagan 2018
4.09
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Liberal Internationalism🕊️ Pax Americana
The Situation Room
by George Stephanopoulos • 2024
Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.
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🏛️ Presidential History🏠 White House History⚡ Crisis Decision Making
The Situation Room Summary
The Situation Room 91%
Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.
by George Stephanopoulos 2024
4.33
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential History🏠 White House History⚡ Crisis Decision Making
Cobra II
by Michael R. Gordon • 2006
How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.
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🏜️ Iraq War🛡️ Defense Policy🌐 Us Foreign Policy
Cobra II Summary
Cobra II 91%
How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.
by Michael R. Gordon 2006
3.97
2k+ ratings
🏜️ Iraq War🛡️ Defense Policy🌐 Us Foreign Policy
Island Infernos
by John C. McManus • 2021
Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.
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703
🏝️ Pacific Theater🚢 Amphibious Warfare⚔️ Operational History
Island Infernos Summary
Island Infernos 91%
Behind every Pacific island invasion: a hidden war of logistics, codebreaking, and command feuds.
by John C. McManus 2021
4.46
703 ratings
🏝️ Pacific Theater🚢 Amphibious Warfare⚔️ Operational History
Team of Rivals
by Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005
Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.
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👤 Presidential Biography🏛️ Political Leadership⚔️ Civil War Era
Team of Rivals Summary
Team of Rivals 91%
Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005
4.29
201k+ ratings
👤 Presidential Biography🏛️ Political Leadership⚔️ Civil War Era
The Last Stand
by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2010
Custer chased glory; Sitting Bull saw it coming. The collision and the myth it made.
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🪖 Military History🏞️ American Frontier🏹 Native American History
The Last Stand Summary
The Last Stand 91%
Custer chased glory; Sitting Bull saw it coming. The collision and the myth it made.
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2010
4.05
12k+ ratings
🪖 Military History🏞️ American Frontier🏹 Native American History
The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam • 1969
How Washington's most brilliant men led America into Vietnam, and could not stop themselves.
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🥶 Cold War History🇻🇳 Vietnam War🎭 Political Hubris
The Best and the Brightest Summary
The Best and the Brightest 91%
How Washington's most brilliant men led America into Vietnam, and could not stop themselves.
by David Halberstam 1969
4.27
13k+ ratings
🥶 Cold War History🇻🇳 Vietnam War🎭 Political Hubris
The South Was Right!
by James Ronald Kennedy • 1991
The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.
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482
🏴 Lost Cause🏡 Southern Identity📜 Historical Revisionism
The South Was Right! Summary
The South Was Right! 91%
The South legally seceded. The North invaded for economic gain. The rest is propaganda.
by James Ronald Kennedy 1991
3.93
482 ratings
🏴 Lost Cause🏡 Southern Identity📜 Historical Revisionism
Woodsong
by Gary Paulsen • 1990
A secret room tracked the U-boat; the Lusitania never received a warning.
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🚢 Maritime Disaster🌍 World War I🌊 Submarine Warfare
Woodsong Summary
Woodsong 91%
A secret room tracked the U-boat; the Lusitania never received a warning.
by Gary Paulsen 1990
3.93
4k+ ratings
🚢 Maritime Disaster🌍 World War I🌊 Submarine Warfare
Confronting the Presidents
by Bill O'Reilly • 2024
Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.
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🏛️ Presidential History👤 Character Studies🗣️ Opinionated History
Confronting the Presidents Summary
Confronting the Presidents 91%
Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.
by Bill O'Reilly 2024
4.26
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential History👤 Character Studies🗣️ Opinionated History
To Risk It All
by James G. Stavridis • 2022
Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.
3.98
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⚓ Naval Leadership📜 Naval History🚨 Crisis Decision Making
To Risk It All Summary
To Risk It All 91%
Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.
by James G. Stavridis 2022
3.98
684 ratings
⚓ Naval Leadership📜 Naval History🚨 Crisis Decision Making
The Wrath of Cochise
by Terry Mort • 2013
One bungled arrest, five executed hostages, and the single spark that ignited a decade of war.
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217
🏹 Apache History🪶 American Indian Wars🌵 Southwest Frontier
The Wrath of Cochise Summary
The Wrath of Cochise 91%
One bungled arrest, five executed hostages, and the single spark that ignited a decade of war.
by Terry Mort 2013
3.73
217 ratings
🏹 Apache History🪶 American Indian Wars🌵 Southwest Frontier
Overthrow
by Stephen Kinzer • 2006
America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.
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🌎 American Foreign Policy🔄 Regime Change💰 Economic Imperialism
Overthrow Summary
Overthrow 91%
America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.
by Stephen Kinzer 2006
4.18
5k+ ratings
🌎 American Foreign Policy🔄 Regime Change💰 Economic Imperialism
The Price of Greatness
by Jay Cost • 2018
The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.
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🔔 Founding Era📜 Constitutional Debates💰 Hamiltonian Economics
The Price of Greatness Summary
The Price of Greatness 91%
The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.
by Jay Cost 2018
3.71
245 ratings
🔔 Founding Era📜 Constitutional Debates💰 Hamiltonian Economics
The Next Decade
by George Friedman • 2011
America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.
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🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting
The Next Decade Summary
The Next Decade 91%
America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.
by George Friedman 2011
3.84
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting
A New Foreign Policy
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018
The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.
3.88
337
🦅 American Exceptionalism🏛️ Us Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolarity
A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy 91%
The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018
3.88
337 ratings
🦅 American Exceptionalism🏛️ Us Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolarity
Grant
by Ron Chernow • 2017
Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.
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📖 Civil War History🏛️ Presidential Biography📜 Military Strategy
Grant Summary
Grant 91%
Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.
by Ron Chernow 2017
4.50
45k+ ratings
📖 Civil War History🏛️ Presidential Biography📜 Military Strategy
Sea of Glory
by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2001
The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.
4.04
7k+
🚢 Maritime Exploration🧊 Antarctic Exploration💀 Doomed Voyages
Sea of Glory Summary
Sea of Glory 91%
The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2001
4.04
7k+ ratings
🚢 Maritime Exploration🧊 Antarctic Exploration💀 Doomed Voyages
The Great Contradiction
by Joseph J. Ellis • 2025
To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.
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🏛️ Founding Era📜 Constitutional History⛓️ Slavery And The Founders
The Great Contradiction Summary
The Great Contradiction 91%
To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.
by Joseph J. Ellis 2025
4.20
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Founding Era📜 Constitutional History⛓️ Slavery And The Founders
To End All Wars
by Adam Hochschild • 2011
A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.
4.14
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🪖 World War One🎖️ Military History📖 Narrative History
To End All Wars Summary
To End All Wars 91%
A general led Britain's army. His sister led its pacifists. The Great War as family feud.
by Adam Hochschild 2011
4.14
9k+ ratings
🪖 World War One🎖️ Military History📖 Narrative History
The Storm Before the Calm
by George Friedman • 2020
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
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🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal
The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm 91%
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
by George Friedman 2020
4.05
3k+ ratings
🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal
My Fellow Soldiers
by Andrew Carroll • 2017
Pershing built an American army; the soldiers' letters reveal a victory that shattered the world.
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📜 World War I🎖️ Military Biography✉️ Primary Source History
My Fellow Soldiers Summary
My Fellow Soldiers 91%
Pershing built an American army; the soldiers' letters reveal a victory that shattered the world.
by Andrew Carroll 2017
4.22
379 ratings
📜 World War I🎖️ Military Biography✉️ Primary Source History
Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs
by Ulysses S. Grant • 1885
Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.
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🏛️ Civil War Campaigns🎖️ Military Memoir🗺️ Strategic Command
Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Summary
Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs 91%
Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.
by Ulysses S. Grant 1885
4.14
10k+ ratings
🏛️ Civil War Campaigns🎖️ Military Memoir🗺️ Strategic Command
Covert Regime Change
by Lindsey A. O'Rourke • 2018
64 covert regime changes, a 39% success rate, and blowback that erased the gains.
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🥶 Cold War History🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🕵️ Covert Operations
Covert Regime Change Summary
Covert Regime Change 91%
64 covert regime changes, a 39% success rate, and blowback that erased the gains.
by Lindsey A. O'Rourke 2018
4.14
85 ratings
🥶 Cold War History🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🕵️ Covert Operations
Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger • 1994
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
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🏛️ International Relations📜 Diplomatic History🌍 Geopolitics
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy 91%
Europe balanced power; America chases ideals. Three centuries of diplomatic collision.
by Henry Kissinger 1994
4.25
10k+ ratings
🏛️ International Relations📜 Diplomatic History🌍 Geopolitics
War on Peace
by Ronan Farrow • 2018
Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.
4.14
9k+
📜 Us Foreign Policy🕊️ American Diplomacy🛡️ National Security State
War on Peace Summary
War on Peace 91%
Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.
by Ronan Farrow 2018
4.14
9k+ ratings
📜 Us Foreign Policy🕊️ American Diplomacy🛡️ National Security State
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
by Walter Russell Mead • 2004
America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.
3.67
108
🗽 American Foreign Policy🧭 Grand Strategy💡 Soft Power
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War 90%
America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.
by Walter Russell Mead 2004
3.67
108 ratings
🗽 American Foreign Policy🧭 Grand Strategy💡 Soft Power
World Order
by Henry Kissinger • 2014
Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.
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🌍 International Order⚖️ Balance Of Power📜 Diplomatic History
World Order Summary
World Order 90%
Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.
by Henry Kissinger 2014
4.04
14k+ ratings
🌍 International Order⚖️ Balance Of Power📜 Diplomatic History
Day Of Deceit
by Robert B. Stinnett • 1999
FDR provoked Japan into attacking, then hid the intercepted warnings from Pearl Harbor.
3.68
489
🛳️ Pacific War📋 Revisionist History📡 Wartime Intelligence
Day Of Deceit Summary
Day Of Deceit 90%
FDR provoked Japan into attacking, then hid the intercepted warnings from Pearl Harbor.
by Robert B. Stinnett 1999
3.68
489 ratings
🛳️ Pacific War📋 Revisionist History📡 Wartime Intelligence
The Imagineers of War
by Sharon Weinberger • 2017
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
3.69
565
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
The Imagineers of War Summary
The Imagineers of War 90%
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
by Sharon Weinberger 2017
3.69
565 ratings
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
The Afghanistan Papers
by Craig Whitlock • 2021
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
4.25
7k+
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
The Afghanistan Papers Summary
The Afghanistan Papers 90%
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
by Craig Whitlock 2021
4.25
7k+ ratings
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
Washington's Spies
by Alexander Rose • 2006
Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.
3.82
6k+
🦅 American Revolution🕵️ Espionage History🎖️ Military Intelligence
Washington's Spies Summary
Washington's Spies 90%
Washington's spies weren't professionals. They were neighbors who took their secret to the grave.
by Alexander Rose 2006
3.82
6k+ ratings
🦅 American Revolution🕵️ Espionage History🎖️ Military Intelligence
Strong Men Armed
by Robert Leckie • 1961
The Marine Corps' Pacific campaign stripped of myth: chaos that no map could prepare them for.
4.38
1k+
🏝️ Pacific Theater🦅 Marine Corps History⚓ Amphibious Warfare
Strong Men Armed Summary
Strong Men Armed 90%
The Marine Corps' Pacific campaign stripped of myth: chaos that no map could prepare them for.
by Robert Leckie 1961
4.38
1k+ ratings
🏝️ Pacific Theater🦅 Marine Corps History⚓ Amphibious Warfare
Revolutionary Characters
by Gordon S. Wood • 2006
Not demigods but Enlightenment thinkers who had to turn philosophy into a working republic.
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🏛️ Founding Fathers👥 Collective Biography💡 Enlightenment Thought
Revolutionary Characters Summary
Revolutionary Characters 90%
Not demigods but Enlightenment thinkers who had to turn philosophy into a working republic.
by Gordon S. Wood 2006
3.96
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Founding Fathers👥 Collective Biography💡 Enlightenment Thought
American Lion
by Jon Meacham • 2008
How an orphan's fury for the elite built the modern presidency by breaking every established rule.
3.86
57k+
🏛️ American Presidency🏞️ Jacksonian Era🗳️ Jacksonian Democracy
American Lion Summary
American Lion 90%
How an orphan's fury for the elite built the modern presidency by breaking every established rule.
by Jon Meacham 2008
3.86
57k+ ratings
🏛️ American Presidency🏞️ Jacksonian Era🗳️ Jacksonian Democracy
Drift
by Rachel Maddow • 2012
No grand conspiracy drove America to endless war. A series of small, reversible decisions did.
4.07
21k+
🏭 Military-Industrial Complex🏛️ Executive Overreach🎖️ Civilian-Military Divide
Drift Summary
Drift 90%
No grand conspiracy drove America to endless war. A series of small, reversible decisions did.
by Rachel Maddow 2012
4.07
21k+ ratings
🏭 Military-Industrial Complex🏛️ Executive Overreach🎖️ Civilian-Military Divide
George Washington's Secret Six
by Brian Kilmeade • 2013
Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.
3.86
21k+
🏴 American Revolution🕵️ Espionage History🔍 Wartime Intelligence
George Washington's Secret Six Summary
George Washington's Secret Six 90%
Six civilians ran Washington's spy ring in occupied New York. Their names stayed hidden 150 years.
by Brian Kilmeade 2013
3.86
21k+ ratings
🏴 American Revolution🕵️ Espionage History🔍 Wartime Intelligence
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