Modern History
History since 1800 that is not mainly about the world wars.
Recommended
25 books someone recommended or argued with.
Powers and ThronesDan Jones
π 2 EndorsementsποΈ 1 Author PlugCited on Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Why Nations FailDaron Acemoglu
β‘ 1 CritiqueποΈ 1 Author PlugCited on EconTalk, Odd Lots (Bloomberg)
Condition of the Working Class in EnglandFriedrich Engels
π 1 EndorsementCited on Conversations with Tyler
- Death by Government
- Mutiny on the BountyMutiny on the Bounty
Nordhoff, Charles and Hall, James Norman
π 1 EndorsementCited on Conversations with Tyler
- The Death of Artemio Cruz
- The Mind of Napoleon
Also mentioned
Named in passing or by their own author.
Guns, Germs, and SteelJared Diamond
ποΈ 2 Author PlugsCited on Conversations with Tyler, EconTalk, Huberman Lab
- How Africa Works
Nuclear WarAnnie Jacobsen
ποΈ 2 Author PlugsCited on Conversations with Tyler, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
- An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to IndependenceAn African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Zeinab Badawi
ποΈ 1 Author PlugCited on Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
- Circles of Compensation
Melting Point : Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised LandRachel Cockerell
ποΈ 1 Author PlugCited on EconTalk
The Gathering StormWinston S. Churchill
Passing references onlyCited on Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
- The Savage Landscape
- Thicker Than Water : History, Secrets and Guilt
