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by arca_vorago
3194 days ago
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The ones that cut through the stale version taught in schools. Mostly Carroll Quigley's works like Tragedy and Hope, Anglo-American Establishment, or The Evolution of Civilizations. Another I consider at the level of Quigley is Anthony Sutton. There are quite a few less academically accurate books that are good eye openers anyway like Howard Zinn's A Peoples History of the United States. As a combat vet a couple that speak to the issue of war are God's War: A New History of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman and The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History by Philip Bobbitt (some really good stuff about the future of nation-states in a post nuclear world.) Those are just a few key ones off the top of my head. Personally, what I find one of the best ways is to find a more narrow interest and find books written by or about the key players at the top. I often find that tidbits across various sources add up to very interesting insights. Also, a must in my opinion for an American is the Norman Dodd interview about his investigations on the Reece Committee and how history was targeted as being needed to be controlled. |
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https://archive.org/details/TragedyAndHope_501
Oh, and BTW, don't get spooked by the length or the Bill Clinton endorsement. Quigley transcends mainstream ideology, and this book is a real page-turner!