>My son should study much history, and meditate upon it, for it is the only true philosophy.
ITT post and discuss history books you’re reading or have read. Ask for requests and other anons try to help you out. Everything from pop history on beaten to death wars to journal articles on niche facts. Let’s discuss knowing the past.
The books I’m currently going through are quite pop history-esq, but it’s what I got for cheap:
>The Fall of Napoleon: the Final Betrayal by David Hamilton-Williams
This is one of the most unashamedly pro-Napoleon book I’ve ever read. Not that being pro-Napoleon is a bad thing. The bias is very strong and it makes me wonder how accurate it really is. It’s also not very polished and hard to follow sometimes.
>The English Civil War: A People’s History by Diane Purkiss
I didn’t like this book. It’s way too long and takes so many detours to talk about random assholes while not talking about some major aspects of the war in the detail I would like. I need a better book on the English Civil Wars, or Cromwell.
>Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
Great book, well written. Touches on everything you could want to know about the Mayflower, the first settlers, and King Philip’s War. I appreciate the balanced tone it seemed to strike, considering how politicized the colonization of North America is. It felt honest.
> A History of the Habsburg Empire: 1526-1918 by Robert A. Kann
I thought this was an excellent book that I read a while ago. It gives each ethnicity of the empire its due and is organized very well to that effect. Discussing their national developments occupies a good chunk of this book, but it also touches on the general history of the empire moving forward as well.
Currently reading:
>The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople by Jonathan Phillips
Too early to judge it, although it seems very pop history-like. However, it’s well written so far, but with a lot of prefaces relating to modern middle eastern conflicts. It’s understandable since it’s very much a pop history book, but I just want to get through that and to the meat of what happened.
