14 Books like Postwar

Modern Times

by Paul Johnson • 1983

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

4.29

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📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History

Modern Times 94%

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

by Paul Johnson 1983

4.29

3k+ ratings

📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History

Why the Germans Do it Better

by John Kampfner • 2020

Germany caused history's worst war. Seventy years on, it may be the West's best-run country.

3.93

4k+

🏗️ Post-War Reconstruction 🕯️ Collective Memory 🌹 Social Democracy

Why the Germans Do it Better 93%

Germany caused history's worst war. Seventy years on, it may be the West's best-run country.

by John Kampfner 2020

3.93

4k+ ratings

🏗️ Post-War Reconstruction 🕯️ Collective Memory 🌹 Social Democracy

The Berlin Wall

by Frederick Taylor • 2006

A midnight operation sealed a nation inside. The Wall bought the GDR time, not survival.

4.08

2k+

🥶 Cold War History 🇩🇪 Post-War Germany 🧱 The Iron Curtain

The Berlin Wall 93%

A midnight operation sealed a nation inside. The Wall bought the GDR time, not survival.

by Frederick Taylor 2006

4.08

2k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War History 🇩🇪 Post-War Germany 🧱 The Iron Curtain

Contesting Democracy

by Jan-Werner Müller • 2006

It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.

4.00

159

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Thought 🛑 Totalitarianism

Contesting Democracy 93%

It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.

by Jan-Werner Müller 2006

4.00

159 ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Thought 🛑 Totalitarianism

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1975

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

4.27

5k+

🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 92%

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1975

4.27

5k+ ratings

🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism

The Picnic

by Matthew Longo • 2024

August 1989: a picnic on the Hungarian border. The gate opened, and hundreds ran.

4.22

608

🔴 Cold War History 🏢 Eastern Bloc 🧱 Iron Curtain

The Picnic 92%

August 1989: a picnic on the Hungarian border. The gate opened, and hundreds ran.

by Matthew Longo 2024

4.22

608 ratings

🔴 Cold War History 🏢 Eastern Bloc 🧱 Iron Curtain

The Age of Entitlement

by Christopher Caldwell • 2020

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

4.04

2k+

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis

The Age of Entitlement 91%

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

by Christopher Caldwell 2020

4.04

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis

The Dark Valley

by Piers Brendon • 2000

The 1930s: a single global story of economic collapse, appeasement, and terror feeding the next war.

4.18

624

🌍 Interwar Europe 🏛️ Rise Of Totalitarianism 📉 Great Depression

The Dark Valley 91%

The 1930s: a single global story of economic collapse, appeasement, and terror feeding the next war.

by Piers Brendon 2000

4.18

624 ratings

🌍 Interwar Europe 🏛️ Rise Of Totalitarianism 📉 Great Depression

The Treaty of Versailles

by Captivating History • 2020

The treaty that ended World War I did not end war. It scheduled a bigger one.

4.16

🏛️ Versailles Treaty 🕰️ Interwar Period 🇩🇪 German History

The Treaty of Versailles 91%

The treaty that ended World War I did not end war. It scheduled a bigger one.

by Captivating History 2020

4.16

94 ratings

🏛️ Versailles Treaty 🕰️ Interwar Period 🇩🇪 German History

The Dialectical Imagination

by Martin Jay • 1973

After the revolutions failed, a circle of Marxists turned their critique from capital to culture.

4.07

423

🏫 Frankfurt School 🧠 Intellectual History ⛏️ Western Marxism

The Dialectical Imagination 91%

After the revolutions failed, a circle of Marxists turned their critique from capital to culture.

by Martin Jay 1973

4.07

423 ratings

🏫 Frankfurt School 🧠 Intellectual History ⛏️ Western Marxism

The Age of Abundance

by Brink Lindsey • 2007

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

3.51

134

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture

The Age of Abundance 91%

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

by Brink Lindsey 2007

3.51

134 ratings

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

by William L. Shirer • 1960

An American in Berlin watched it rise. The captured Nazi archives told the rest.

4.23

150k+

🏴 Nazi Germany 🏛️ Weimar Republic 📈 Rise Of Fascism

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 91%

An American in Berlin watched it rise. The captured Nazi archives told the rest.

by William L. Shirer 1960

4.23

150k+ ratings

🏴 Nazi Germany 🏛️ Weimar Republic 📈 Rise Of Fascism

A World Undone

by G.J. Meyer • 2006

One assassination, a web of rigid plans, and leaders who couldn't stop what they started.

4.37

9k+

💣 Trench Warfare 📜 Great War Origins 💢 Diplomatic Failures

A World Undone 90%

One assassination, a web of rigid plans, and leaders who couldn't stop what they started.

by G.J. Meyer 2006

4.37

9k+ ratings

💣 Trench Warfare 📜 Great War Origins 💢 Diplomatic Failures

Free

by Lea Ypi • 2021

Communism collapsed. Freedom arrived. The pyramid schemes began, and a nation tore itself apart.

4.31

26k+

🏛 Post-Communist Transition 🌍 Balkan History 👧 Coming Of Age Memoir

Free 90%

Communism collapsed. Freedom arrived. The pyramid schemes began, and a nation tore itself apart.

by Lea Ypi 2021

4.31

26k+ ratings

🏛 Post-Communist Transition 🌍 Balkan History 👧 Coming Of Age Memoir

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