American History
The stories of America unfold through pivotal moments, legendary figures, and the complex forces that shaped a nation - from Revolutionary spies and Civil War commanders to modern presidents and cultural transformations. These compelling accounts illuminate the triumphs, struggles, and decisions that echo through time, revealing how determined individuals and powerful ideas have steered the American experiment.
American History Book Summaries
One Nation Under Blackmail
The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, Vol. 2
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
The Cold War
A New History
History
Politics
War
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
History
Biography
Politics
Titan
The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Biography
History
Business
Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
Biography
History
American History
Appetite for America
Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time
History
Biography
American History
Albion's Seed
Four British Folkways in America
History
American History
American
1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
History
American History
Anthropology
The House of Morgan
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
History
Biography
Business
The Jakarta Method
Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
History
Politics
Asia
From Poor Law to Welfare State
A History of Social Welfare in America
Social Work
History
Politics
A People’s History of the United States
1492 - Present
History
Politics
American History
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
History
Science
American History
Alexander Hamilton
History
Biography
American History
Killing Hope
U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II
History
Politics
War
The Demon of Unrest
A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
History
Civil War
American History
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Politics
History
Political Science
Tried by War
Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
History
Civil War
Biography
Leadership
History
Leadership
Biography
The Storm Before the Calm
America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Politics
History
Economics
Five Families
The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
History
True Crime
Crime
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
History
Politics
Race
Common Sense
History
Classics
Philosophy
How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
History
Race
Social Justice
The Best and the Brightest
History
Politics
War
The Second Founding
How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
History
American History
Civil War
Destiny of the Republic
A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
History
Biography
American History
Fight
Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House
Politics
History
American History
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
History
Politics
World History
When the Clock Broke
Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
History
Politics
American History
1776
History
American History
Historical
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
History
Race
Book Club
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
Politics
History
American History
Capitalism in America
An Economic History of the United States
Economics
History
Business
The Tycoons
How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
History
Biography
Business
The Great Crash 1929
Economics
History
Finance
The Situation Room
The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
History
Politics
American History
The Robber Barons
A Definitive History of the Gilded Age Titans Who Transformed the American Economy
History
Business
American History
A Fever in the Heartland
The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
History
True Crime
Book Club
The Bridge
The Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Biography
Politics
History
Empire of the Summer Moon
Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
History
American History
Biography
Freedom from Fear
The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
History
American History
Politics
Suicide of a Superpower
Will America Survive to 2025?
Politics
History
Cultural
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
History
Military Fiction
War
Democracy in America
History
Politics
Philosophy
John Adams
History
Biography
American History
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
Politics
History
Sociology
Our Declaration
A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
History
Politics
Philosophy
Colossus
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
History
Politics
American History
Best Evidence
History
Conspiracy Theories
Politics
