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32 books recommended · 13 episodes
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“I was reading my Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army by Donald W. Engels, and he said that the you know trip was made by the persians in like 48 days…”
Why: Offers deep scholarly insight into the overlooked science of ancient military supply and logistics.
Alexander The Great And The Logistics Of The Macedonian Army by Donald W. Engels
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“I like the way that historian Ian Worthington in By the Spear sort of sets up the Halicarnassus challenge here, and he writes about it by saying, quote,…”
Why: Provides a vivid and well-researched picture of the historical challenges Alexander faced at Halicarnassus.
By the Spear by Ian Worthington
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“Adam Tews' The Wages of Destruction did that. I remember, I mean, I spent the next three years, I think in a daze continually thinking about how now this new overlay of my perspective…”
Why: It completely changes your perspective and makes you think about history in a new way.
The Wages of Destruction by J. Adam Tooze
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“many other people i became aware of him after his book with the old breed at pelelu in okinawa first appeared in the 1980s…”
Why: Described as one of the best war memoirs in American history.
With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge
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“It's a little like reading Paul Fussell's book, Wartime, where he talks about all the different ways you die in this war that nobody ever even talks about.”
Wartime by Paul Fussell
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“ian worthington in by the spear says that alexander ordered him to do this which may be the case no matter what happens though alexander's three-headed hydra problem just…”
Why: It clarifies specific strategic commands during the Balkan campaign.
By the Spear by Ian Worthington
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“From my landmark Arian, The Campaigns of Alexander, translated by Pamela Mench, Arian says, quote, In the spring, he, Alexander,…”
Why: It gives a detailed, frontline historical account of Alexander's military campaigns.
The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian
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“Elizabeth Carney in her wonderful book, Olympias, breaks down that whole point. Did she do it? Didn't she do it? If she did do it, what did they think about it?”
Why: It breaks down whether Olympias's actions were considered normal for the time period.
Olympias by Elizabeth Carney
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“And Green, in his famous Alexander of Macedon biography, writes, quote, one of the qualities which most clearly distinguishes Alexander from the common run of competent field commanders…”
Why: It offers deep psychological insights into Alexander's military genius.
Alexander of Macedon by Peter Green
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“adrian goldsworthy in his book philip and alexander sort of lays out the situation pointing out that trying to disengage from an enemy you're in contact with is one of the most difficult things…”
Why: It offers clear tactical analysis of ancient military maneuvers and retreats.
Philip and Alexander by Adrian Goldsworthy
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“Here's the way Alexander historian, the late great A.B. Bosworth, put it in conquest and empire. He said, quote, The first few days of Alexander's reign must have…”
Why: It provides authoritative historical detail on the chaotic succession period.
Conquest and Empire by A. B. Bosworth
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“I have a book that I'm enjoying quite a bit. It's not really a book. It's a compilation of sources called Alexander the Great, historical sources in translation and they have a newer version of a plutarch translation…”
Why: It is a helpful compilation of ancient sources and translations.
Alexander the Great by Waldemar Heckel
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“the funny part about it is alexandrian historian voldemar heckle in his book in the path of conquest resistance to alexander the great points out that this whole encounter as transmitted by Arian…”
Why: It provides critical modern analysis of Alexander's interactions with foreign tribes.
In the Path of Conquest by Waldemar Heckel
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“In his book days of rage author brian burrow wrote this quote few gatherings illustrated the dark borderlands between the end of the 60s and the onset of the 70s more clearly than the one weathermen held in the days between christmas 1969 and New Year's 1970.”
Why: To illustrate the dark borderlands and extreme rhetoric between the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough
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“and in his book, By the Spear, Philip II, Alexander the Great and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire, historian Ian Worthington sort of draws this distinction.”
Why: It provides a clear distinction between the rugged upbringing of Macedonians and the lifestyle of Athenians.
By the Spear by Ian Worthington
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“in his book, The Life of Greece. And he says, quote, He had all the virtues except those of civilization.”
Why: Durant gives a quick rundown describing how amazing Philip was, both in pros and cons.
The Life of Greece by Will Durant
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“There's a book called Alexander the Great, The Invisible Enemy by historian John Maxwell O'Brien. And it's all about this connection between Alexander and this particular god, Dionysus.”
Why: It describes Dionysus and his relationship with the subconscious and the darker sides of human character.
Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy by John Maxwell O'Brien
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“there's a book that i bought in the 1980s i think it's still viable although the numbers are a little wrong by a professor named r.j rummel it's called death by government and the shorthand explanation of what the book is about is the dangers of extreme governments…”
Death by Government by R. J. Rummel
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“This is the mystical side of Nazism, and it's discussed in historian Stefan Malinowski, who was born in Berlin, by the way. He's at the University of Edinburgh now. Historian, he describes it in his book Nazis and Nobles.”
Nazis and Nobles by Stephan Malinowski
Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryEP28 Superhumanly Inhuman
“In the book Soldaten by Sanka Nietzsche and Harold Welzer, they quote German Major General Walter Brunn's description, his eyewitness account of one of these, as he says, lining up for death sort of incidences…”
Soldaten by Sönke Neitzel
Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryEP28 Superhumanly Inhuman
“in a book written about genocide called Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder. The authors Daniel Chirot and Clark Macaulay run down the reasons for some of this idea connected to what the Nazis believed in about…”
Why Not Kill Them All? by Daniel Chirot
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“i mean when heinrich himmler as recounted in norah levin's book the holocaust tells his underlings who are setting up these annihilation camps, that he expects them to act in a superhumanly, inhuman way,…”
The Holocaust by Nora Levin
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“Several books came out of these museum exhibitions, by the way. One was called War of Extermination, the German Military in World War II, 1941 to 1944, with every chapter written by a different expert on the chapter of the killings that went on,…”
War Of Extermination by Heer Naumann
Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryEP28 Superhumanly Inhuman
“In the book, German Voices, Memories of Life During Hitler's Third Reich, Frederick C. Tubach quotes Huss talking about this.”
German Voices by Frederic C. Tubach
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“in his fantastic book economic historian adam twos in the wages of destruction talks about a very famous meeting between the nazis when they first come to power and the great industrial firms in germany on february 20th 1933…”
Why: It is a fantastic book detailing financial backing of the Nazis.
The Wages of Destruction by J. Adam Tooze
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“in his classic work, The Age of Faith, historian Will Durant in a condensed and edited account from a, it appears, monk in southern France, gives a sense of the feeling…”
The Age of Faith by Will Durant
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“It is explained very well in German historian Christian Raffensperger's book, Reimagining Europe, Kiev and Rus in the Medieval World, when he says, quote,…”
Reimagining Europe by Christian Raffensperger
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“and as Tom Holland in his wonderful book The Forge of Christendom points out perhaps the greatest threat looming on the horizon for Christians in 900 AD…”
Forge of Christendom by Tom Holland
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“In his book, The Children of Ash and Elm, historian Neil Price talks about these burqa burials and the fact that the Eastern Vikings were starting to look well, very Eastern indeed.”
Children of Ash and Elm by Neil Price
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“and in his book Powers and Thrones, Dan Jones writes, quote, the creation of Normandy was directly linked to the dramatic siege of Paris…”
Powers and Thrones by Dan Jones
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“many of these beings constituted what historian Neil Price in his book The Viking Way refers to as the invisible population.”
The Viking Way by Neil Price
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“the best ones that I found are actually in a book called The Perfect Storm. Now you might have seen the movie based on the book but the book is a very different animal…”
Why: It combines historical accounts, firsthand remembrances, and the science of the ocean and waves.
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
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“I remember reading a wonderful book called China Marches West, which was talking about the, because you alluded to it earlier, the Chinese conquest of the steppe to their west…”
Why: It provides valuable historical context on the conquest of the steppe.
China Marches West by Peter C. Perdue
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“I have one called Empire of Horses by John Man that came out recently.”
Why: It details the massive scale and scope of ancient burial sites on the Eurasian steppe.
Empire of Horses by John Man
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“It's called Uncovering the Past, a History of Archaeology by William H. Stebing, Jr.”
Why: It covers the history of archaeology and the actions of early explorers and treasure hunters.
Uncovering the Past by William H. Stiebing
Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryEP26 Dig This!
Their own books, or books they discussed with the author. Not counted as recommendations.
“The book is called The Most Awful Responsibility, Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age by Professor Alex Wellerstein. And he joins us right now.”
Why: It is a fascinating story that makes you rethink everything you thought you knew about the subject.
Most Awful Responsibility by Alex Wellerstein
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“His new book, The Most Awful Responsibility, Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age, is great i love books that don't just educate you on the subject that they're writing about…”
Why: It educates you and forces you to rethink everything you thought you knew.
Most Awful Responsibility by Alex Wellerstein
Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryEP34 Atomic Accountability
“which brings me to a new book by investigative reporter pulitzer prize finalist annie jacobson that she did called nuclear war a scenario when i got this book i didn't think it was going to be for me…”
Why: It provides a realistic and dramatic wake-up call about the terrifying reality of nuclear war rather than dry history.
Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryEP29 The Handmaidens of the Apocalypse
“one of the books that's recently come out is by a Tulane professor who's an expert on this subject named Kenneth W. Harrell it's called Empires of the Steps a history of the nomadic…”
Why: It is a wonderful addition to your library that fills in dark areas with new information.
Empires of the Steppes by Kenneth W. Harl
Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryEP27 More Steppe Stories
“Her new book is called An African History of Africa from the Dawn of Humanity to Independence. It is already a number one international bestseller.”
Why: It covers the history of Africa from the beginning to just recently, top to bottom, side to side, and adds critical perspectives.
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi
Host on Dan Carlin's Hardcore HistoryEP31 Kushite Conversations
Named without an opinion attached.
“The last part of his speech, as Alexander comparing his army to Xenophon's famous army of a previous era. If you've ever read Xenophon's Anabasis, the 10,000 Greeks who were in Persian service…”
Anabasis by Xenophon
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“I like the way historian Ian Worthington in his book By the Spear does it, and Worthington also reminds us of how…”
By the Spear by Ian Worthington
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“A.B. Bosworth, the late grace Australian Alexandrian expert, A.B. Bosworth in his book, Conquest and Empire, points out that Alexander is operating…”
Conquest and Empire by A. B. Bosworth
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“Valdemar Heckel in his book, In the Path of Conquest, has a little mention, which just sort of puts it into perspective, too.”
In the Path of Conquest by Waldemar Heckel
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“and historian hans van weise in his book greek warfare myths and realities really helps me see better the idea that this…”
GREEK WARFARE: MYTHS AND REALITIES by HANS VAN WEES
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“So if you go read Mein Kampf, by the way, which is Hitler's, let's call it a manifesto, written when he was in prison.”
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
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“william shirer in his book the rise and fall of the third reich says that hitler said on many occasions that his whole philosophy was rooted in something called the volksgemeinschaft…”
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
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“in Winston Churchill's history of the Second World War. And if you really are interested in that series, by the way, don't buy one of the abridged versions.”
Why: Read the original unabridged work to include all the appendixes and letters.
History of the Second World War by Winston Churchill
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“In his History of the Second World War, in the first edition of the series of books, The Gathering Storm, Winston Churchill tried his hand at describing the philosophy of the Nazis as outlined in Mein Kampf, and Churchill wrote,…”
The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill
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