Can we get another /hislit/ thread going? I need a good book recommendation on WW1

Can we get another /hislit/ thread going? I need a good book recommendation on WW1.

Just finished A Place of Greater Safety, definitely recommend it to anybody interested in guillotines.

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Also recommend:
The Guns of August
The Sleepwalkers
The Myth of the Great War
A World Undone

Looks like the thread's going to die, but thanks, user.

Ordered two of your recommendations.

If you want a memoir you can't do any better than this. Pic related.

Has anyone read either:
- The Persians: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran; or
- A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind?
I'm looking for a book that gives me an overview of how Iran has developed, cause I've done some initial reading and found it an interesting topic

The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East

The Great War in Africa: 1914-1918

Looking for book reccs on English kings overviews from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth I, preferably contemporary books or from the last decade, as well as the Aztecs, the Conquistadors, Columbus, and Mexican history (heard the Hapsburgs set up shop but were driven out). Also, the Russian Revolution.

Read empire of the mind. Personally I prefer more depth, but it's a good rundown.

Did the book club ever go ahead?

Anytime user. Which ones?

>as well as the Aztecs, the Conquistadors, Columbus, and Mexican history
Conquistador by Buddy Levy is a fantastic book about Hernan Cortes' campaign.

1491 and 1493 are also great for what you want.

1914-1918 and The Guns of August

Does anyone know where I could get a scan of Otto Strasser's Structure of German Socialism? Or maybe the German version Der Aufbau des deutschen Sozialismus?

Easily my favorite book on the Vietnam War. Follows the lives of a bunch of different people, mostly soldiers in the 28th Infantry Regiment, but also some of their family back home as well as people in Madison during the DOW Chemical protests at the University of Wisconsin.

This is a short collection of essays on military advancements in Europe during the 15th-17th centuries. Used it for a research paper I wrote a few years back, but it's a fairly interesting and easy read for anyone interested in that era.

The definitive military history of the American Civil War. Shelby Foote is/was an American treasure and fuck you if you say otherwise.

Pros:
-Practically everything
Cons:
-No audio-book narrated by Shelby Foote

>a place of greater safety
Got me curious, OP. Why do you recommend it? What's good about it? I've read The ancient regime and the revolution by tocqueville recently and it was bretty good. I generally prefer reading contemporary sources when possible even if they lack the "whole encompassing" outcome you get from later historians. Wouldn't mind buffing my french revolution knowledge if "a place of greater safety" is any good though.

Reccomend the following to get a balanced view of the Holocaust and being able to hold an arguement with a /pol/lack besides meme chevrons

guys no one responded to my thread so i need to ask again.. i dont want to go to reddit.

what are some good in-depth history books about early civilizations, mainly during ancient Greek and Roman eras?

I'd recommend thucydides pelopolnesian war, herodotus histories and an abridged hellenica by xenophon. Modern sources are gay when it comes to antiquity and full of modern projections

do you have any particular city, culture, region, personalities or historical events in mind? cause that'd help us to give you recommendations

>Modern sources are gay when it comes to antiquity and full of modern projections
you mean that modern scholars, well versed in historical inquiry, primary sources, ancient languages and historiography, are more prone to project modern perceptions onto the past than us amateur Veeky Forumstorians? I don't mean to say that any of us on this board are not good at analysis, but i think by the principle of the division of labor someone who has dedicated years to their historical field is more likely to have a better idea of the ancient past than we do.

There is a really good book at my Library about Latin American Dictators, covering people such as Porfirio Diaz, Juan Peron, Getulio Vargas, and pinochet, but I for some reason have never been able to find it outside that library. It's like the only copy in the world is there.

Not sure if this is the good thread to ask but I want to learn about the Japanese history. Where should I start? What should I read?

>WW1

ancient egypt, classical greece, hellenistic greece (not sure about other greek eras), roman republic and empire, stuff about the rise and fall of rome, byzantine empire, their economies, wars,
also i'm most interested in how people lived day to day life, how the different classes lived, their customs, their beliefs, essentially what we understand from those cultures.

While you are at it may a recommend another book by Tuchman called "the proud tower" and and amazing book (my favourite) by Sydney Fay "origins of the world war"

>go to wikipedia
>go on "Roman Empire" or "Hellenistic Greece"
>scroll down
>read sources
>google the sources if they are actually good (if the author is actual historian) and if they are about what you want
>if yes, buy them
>if not, then go through other wiki more specific pages like "Roman clothing", "Athenes", "Thesian society" etc
>repeat the process
>repeat until you find something you will like
If you actually want a book and not just jerk off your ego about wanting to read about ancient histories on sumerian impressionist painting forum, then this is the simplest way.

can I get a recommendation for history books on the roman empire? preferably from the absolute beginnings until the fall of the byzantine empire.

>The Great War in Africa: 1914-1918
Mimi and Toutou Go Forth is a great book on WWI in Africa

Every single time we have the same questions about Roman Empire/ WW1 / WW2 and every time we get the same (right) answers and still it repeats every single new thread.

It's as if there is a huge number of individuals that don't always frequent /hislit/ threads. And if they come by, they often want some recommendations on some of the most interesting times of history. Who would have guessed?

Here you go fagola

*reads storm of steel once*

I've been reading this for the past couple of weeks. It's really good

idk if this is Veeky Forums approved but i loved it, what was great is that the authour put the declaration of the rights of man and the citizen in the end and some neat info, i also recommend:
For God and Kaiser by Richard Bassette for people who like Habsburg military
nice thx

damn forgot pic again

don't die

>The Sleepwalkers
Read this one. Very good description of the different political actors and how dysfunctional they were when collaborating.

France, Germany and Russia's foreign policy where all ruled by a mish mosh of ambassadors, ministers, civil servants and emperors


Thesis of the book is pretty much that the road to war was stupid and not inevitable

But Storm of Steel portrays war as horrifying and not at all glorious :(

Anthony Everitt has some good stuff

Dreadnought if it is still in print is the best history of the naval arms race leading up to the war ever written. Also the White War is a great history of the Italian front.

Tom Holland and Adrian Goldsworthy pretty good. Mary Beard's SPQR also worth a look.

He did a documentary on BBC4 recently about Vienna. Worth checking out.

I'd place this quite high from shit I've read recently.

If you want English monarchy then check out David Starkey.

Anything more on the Pacific naval war? I'm really interested in how the U.S. built massive bases from whole cloth at places like Ulithi.

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Max Hasting's Nemesis is ok. Not specifically on the US navy but it does tend to pull focus.

a personal preference of mine

in addition to what's been mentioned

Good overview on the development of financial institutions and their impact.

This is obscure af, but I'm looking for a book on the Pacific Theater of World War 1 (NOT 2), like the politics of seizing the German Pacific colonies, and the German East Asia Squadron. Pls halp

Idk, but it'd be hard to have a book club on a website where users treat each other so horribly.

Putting your reputation at risk is vital for basic civil discussion; that can't take place if anons are free to call each other moronic retards from the safety of their parents' basement.

You might just as well watch the documentary, it's pretty much word for word the same thing

Topical

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>Also, the Russian Revolution.
I'm reading A Concise History of the Russian Revolution and it's been good so far.

Pls respond

these seem interesting, what is the general context and how much are they?

The next one is even better.

ANOTHER FUKUYAMA FAN ON Veeky Forums YES

>why and how political institutions formed in the way they have and accounting for divergent development paths.
>what constitutes the basis for state formation

Covers a lot of territory.

Both are fascinating, and start with an examination of the Hobbesian idea of man against man vs Rossaeu's state of nature, and how these stack up against modern findings.

shit sounds heavy, thx user

this maybe?

Hew Strachan's The First World War: A New History also I remember had a decent amount on Reinhard Scheer.

>Scheer

sorry meant von Spee

those are good books but i would add "lying about hitler" about the irving trial to see how the denialists operate and why it's kind of a sisyphean task to argue with them. irving lost the trial so he simply started saying he won. when you have this level of commitment to lying being proven wrong barely slows you down.

Ive read this past semester a couple of books of political science about democracy such as the social contract from Rousseau, federalist and antifederalist essays and alexis toucqueville Democracy in America. Anything you guys can point out with a greater history integration about the birth of democracy in Europe?

'Couple' cause I remembered the third one later

penguinrandomhouse.com/series/PHE/the-penguin-history-of-europe

Thanks lad

anything contemporary about Mexico from when the Hapsburgs tried to take over to the Mexican Revolution?

Any contemporary books about Cromwell and the English Civil War? Elizabeth I? Catherine the Great? Henry VIII?

I am looking for books about the french revolution prior to napoleons takeover.
Thanks user

jeremy popkin, a short history of the french revolution
christopher hibbert, the days of the french revolution

Anyone have books on imperialism/colonialism in Africa? I'm mainly interested in life and government under colonial rule, how the native populations were treated is also a key interest

any colonial power in particular?

I don't really care, France and Britain would be nice, as I have a grasp of their history of the time, but it's not a deal breaker
I have one book about Leopold's actions in Africa to read though, just would like more

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Best book for history of math? Preferably with a rigorous mathematical treatment.

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I really enjoyed pic related so I'm requesting any other books about socialism and communism in the US, preferably about before the post-war era

looks interesting

Anyone got more of these charts? Dumping the few I have

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i'll post more if you want

go ahead

any recommendations on the founding fathers/american revolution?

I got a couple of these

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Personal favorite of mine

Thanks

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