/his/ reading thread

>>1565122
Bump

>>1565122
bumping.
OP, have you already read Guns of August?

>>1565129
Yeah, I thought it was a good read. Got any others?

>>1565132
The Sleepwalkers by Chris Clark is also good.

>>1565139
Thanks, I'll put that in the list. Any others?

>>1565122
Sean McMeekin's The Berlin-Baghdad Express is a good read for German politicking in the Middle East/Ottoman Empire before the outbreak of WW1. It also covers why the German attempts at getting a Jihad started failed.

James Barr's Setting the Desert On Fire is a good account of T. E. Lawrence's war in Arabia, and covers the origins of the Arab Revolt in some detail.

>>1565179
>It also covers why the German attempts at getting a Jihad started failed.
I thought the Sultan declared jihad when the Ottomans entered the war.
>James Barr's Setting the Desert On Fire is a good account of T. E. Lawrence's war in Arabia, and covers the origins of the Arab Revolt in some detail.
Thanks anon!

Isnt there a /his/ recommended books list?

>>1565191
I didn't see one in the sticky. Is there a pastebin?

>>1565122
The history of what led to WW1 is as if not more, interesting than the war itself. Dreadnought by Robert Massie is very detailed and thorough. I have not read The Sleepwalkers by Chris Clark but it covers much of the same time period.

>>1565198
theres a pastebin

http://pastebin.com/u/jonstond2

its pretty good stuff

>>1565203
>The history of what led to WW1 is as if not more, interesting than the war itself
Agreed. All of the politicking, imperialism, and colonialism is just surreal. Dreadnought is going in the reading list too. Thanks anon.

>>1565205

lit's wiki too
http://4chanlit.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading/Non-fiction#History

>>1565205
>>1565214
Thank you guys, that is really detailed stuff!

>>1565122
Is peace to end all peace a good book ?

>>1565217
If you're looking for details on Sykes-Picot and why the ME is so fucked, then absolutely. It's very thorough.

>>1565223
Yes it is what I wanted .thank m8

>>1565244
NP m80. Try The Fall of the Ottomans, it portrays the other side as well.

https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Ottomans-Great-Middle-East/dp/046502307X/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=NB5VM3VR1CVPYW565EXE

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Any good books on the Yugoslav Wars?

>>1565269
Susan Woodward - Balkan Tragedy is the best I can think of. I can look up more if you want.

>>1565262
Thanks again recently gained interest in the middle east situation

>>1565296
Ditto. It's pretty fascinating how a few leaders managed to reshape an entire region with echoes still being felt a century later.

>>1565282
Thanks, I know next to nothing about the topic so it will be enough to get me started. Im very cautious when reading such recent history and dont want to waste my time just reading propaganda.

>>1565332
Good, Woodward is about as nonpartial as you can get.

>>1565122
Although it is the Western Front, I recommend The Price of Glory: Verdun by Alistair Horne

>>1565361
I'll take it. Thanks

Bump for Franco- Prussian war material

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>>1566218
Base author, based books and based York the Fork Wartenburg.

>>1566226
Thanks

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Destroying most of the Caligula memes and it also teaches us how to work with senatorial historiography. It also has very fluent writing. Read it, it's cheap.

>>1565269
Not exactly about the wars but Todorova is based as fuck:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagining_the_Balkans

>>1566218
Although a fictional account, I recommend La Débâcle by Émile Zola as it has a historical basis, and is a classic.

>>1566274
>the Debacle
Sounds optimistic

I love how slow this thread is. Probably because it's about books and not about whether the mongols could have been the Zulu-nation or some shit.

>>1566286
Everyone's either off reading, or telling people what to read next. That makes for a very mellow thread.

>>1566286
People are too busy on the Hitler threads

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>>1566296
>>1566289
I am fine with both desu

>>1566316
I'm fine with it too since the thread will probably last a couple of days now.

>>1566296
>>1565173
>/his/

Any good books on the general history of China?

>>1566283
Oh it is.

Books on Royal Navy during first half of XX century?

>>1568231
https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Cruisers-Filson-Young-ebook/dp/B018MFSPMY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471555328&sr=8-1

>>1568265
Looking rather for something like Kaigun. Book with emphasis on tactics, weaponry and technology.

>>1568290
https://www.amazon.com/Royal-Navy-History-Since-1900-ebook/dp/B00JWRSZ0Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1471556447&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Dreadnought-Robert-K-Massie-ebook/dp/B0089EHK70/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1471556447&sr=1-3

Anyone read Battle for Spain, about the Spanish Civil War?

I'm trying to find a very good book on the war, not something too brief and cursory.

Any suggestions?

Er is een eland losse aboot het huis te doden voordat het van de baby eet .

I love and hate /his/ book threads, my reading list grows by another 10 books at least every time and I despair

Any good books on Papal/Catholic History?

Any good books on pre-19th century Russia/the Tsars?

>>1565122
That just looks really depressing.

Just read Adam Hochschild's Spain in Our Hearts about the american volunteers in the spanish civil war. got really invested in all the soldiers, was almost in tears by the end. Hochschild is a huge lefty tho, so be forewarned

Anyone got any books on the Republic of Rome? Or on Ancient to Modern Japan?

>>1565122
Luttwak's Coup d'Etat is a solid read on how to coup and where and why they happen.

>>1565122
The Legends and Myths of Hawai'i is pretty based. It's written by Hawai'ian King Kalakaua, which is pretty fucking cool. How many books do you have that are written by kings?

Anyone have anything good on Rhodesia or post-genocide Rwanda? I feel like reading about an African state with a hyper competent military.

>>1570919
A History of Zimbabwe

Anyone know any books about traditional, folk, or world music? Basically what I'm looking for is something about any music that is older than 150~ years and isn't formal classical music.

>>1568386
Not my subject but I'd rather post how I would search than posting nothing:
https://search.library.wisc.edu/search/catalog?catalog_filter%5Bfacets%5D%5Bdocument_types_facet%7EBooks%5D=yes&catalog_filter%5Bfacets%5D%5Blanguages_facet%7EEnglish%5D=yes&catalog_filter%5Bfacets%5D%5Bsubjects_facet%7EHistory%5D=yes&catalog_sort=newest&catalog_view=detail&keywords=Spanish%2BCivil%2BWar&match=All

>>1569746
Same for you:
http://opac.regesta-imperii.de/lang_en/suche.php?thes=Russland%3B+Mittelalter%3B+Politische+Geschichte
This seems good:
Medieval Russia, 980-1584
Martin, Janet. - Cambridge (2007)

>>1571486
What is folk to you and where?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music#Traditional_folk_music_2

>>1572769
I don't really know. Basically I want to read about the music people were writing and playing in any and all parts of the world before the industrial revolution to as far back as it goes (excluding classical since it's well documented and I already have reading and listening material for that). If I've misused the term "folk" or any other term then that will be my ignorance showing, which is why I want to read up. Thanks for that further reading list, I'll be looking through it now.

Collision of Empires: The War on the Eastern Front in 1914

For anyone that wants to read relatively recent speculation on Hoplige warfare, try A Storm of Spears by Christopher Matthew.
Even if you find his conclusions retarded (I don't) his book is titled after a Sophacles quote, which is bad ass.

>>1572838
Sophocles*
Shieeeet

>>1568386
Spanish Cockpit: An Eyewitness Account of the Spanish Civil War

>>1565122
Wilson by Berg.

>>1569790
Polybius - The Histories - Book Six

Can anyone recommend so stuff on Charlemenge/the Frankish Empire?

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The Great Game by peter Hopkirk.

1800s era cold war between Great Britain and Imperial Russia over a race to discover and counter each other in previously unknown central Asia.

The way its written is really gripping stuff

>>1565269
Check out my war gone by I miss it so, less of a historical piece though, more about a photojournalist's experiences in Sarajevo and Bosnia.

>>1568231
Look up dreadnought

>>1568386
I've read it. Best book I've read on the topic. Particularly how it explains all the parties on both sides of the war.

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If anyone wants to read about Russia during WW1 in English, you'll be hard pressed to do much better than this.

>>1574512
Thanks. Anyone have any on the other fronts? I'm really looking in particular for the action in the Pacific, e.g. the seizure of the German islands, New Guinea, von Spee, and Tsingtao.

>>1574589
I live in New Zealand and I've yet to see a book on the Pacific in WW1. Though Samoa is often mentioned.

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/capture-of-samoa

Sorry I can't help more.

>>1574608
Thanks anyway NZbro. I've always been interested in the unknown fronts of WW1.

>>1574620
No problem m8, tt's a shame much of the war outside Europe is poorly explored by writers.

doomp

>>1575294
This desu

How many pages can you read a day /his/?
How often does it take you to read the average History book?
Any tips on how to read faster?

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I cannot recommend this book enough. Started out as required reading for my Vietnam War history course, but once I started I couldn't wait to read more.

Even managed to somehow track down and interview one of the soldiers whom the book mentioned was from my hometown for my final paper.

I have been enjoying this book just got it anyone else read it? What is your opinion.

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>>1577315
I am huge tard with phone

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>>1577210
>How many pages can you read a day /his/?
Depending on the book, probably up into the rage of 200 pages, but that's an extreme case and only when I have loads of time on my hands (e.g. At the beach)
>How often does it take you to read the average History book?
I stop and start new ones all the time, picked it up from my dad I guess, so I personally don't have any answer for that.
>Any tips on how to read faster?
Well your primary focus should be on comprehension, but if you want to read faster, putting a marker underneath the words you're reading (e.g. A pen, or your finger) has been shown to help. Other than that however, reading fast isn't essentially something you *need*, though I understand why it would be preferable.
My pick for must read is The Civil War: A Narrative, by the GOAT of all Civil War historians, Shelby Foote.

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Any recs on celtic mythology/celts in general?
Also, have anybody here read pic related?
Just curious if the translation is any good.

>>1577304
What was the focus of the book, or was it just Nam in general?

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>>1577326
Give me details anon. What is it about?

>>1569705
I feel you :(

Btw

bookzz.org and mobilism.org are great for pirated epubs and pdfs

archive.org/details/texts for historical texts

abebooks.com is great for cheap books

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>>1577641
One half of the narrative follows the various men within the 28th Infantry regiment, spending some time talking about their past and their lives back home, along with their time initially fighting and then the infamous ambush that saw 61 of them killed.

The second narrative follows the lives of students, faculty, and residents of Madison, Wisconsin before, during, and after the Dow Chemical protests.

That's an incredibly simple synopsis of it all. The book is huge and it follows the lives of many more different people and events than I mention. Hell, the guy I interviewed was literally only mention in the book once or twice, but I digress, Madison and the 28th are the two main pillars of the story.

>>1577649
Obviously the Sea People fucking up the Ancient World

>>1570919
A Thousand Hills.
Covers the whole Huti/Tutsi deal, the genocide, the Congo Wars and how Rwanda recovered to what it is today. For my liking it sucked the dick of Kagame a bit too much and is whitewashing tutsi crimes in Congo, but its still a great book-

>>1577764
Thanks. I'll add that to my book list.
>>1577812
I understand.

Looking for a book on Imperial Germany.

>>1578814
Anything specific or just Imperial Germany in general?

>>1578864
Anything is good. General or specific, I just want to learn more.

Will give (You)s for book recs.

>>1578877
Here's every book that is related to Imperial Germany in my personal library and a small blurb about what they're about. My specialty is actually German colonialism, specifically German East Africa, and some of these books are a little antiquated but they're good nonetheless:

>Iron Kingdom by Christopher Clark
Technically, this is about Prussia. It's the entirety of Prussian history from 1600-1947. Since Imperial Germany was pretty much an expansion of Prussia, it's a good start for some background.

>German Colonization: Past, Present, and Future by Dr. Heinrich Schnee
This book is essentially a mouthpiece for German colonial apology. It was written in the 1920's by the final colonial governor of German East Africa (Modern Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi) and it details German colonial exploits and the reasoning by the Colonial Office for their actions. Take much of the consequences that Schnee talks about with a grain of salt. Take his reasoning at face value.

>German Colonialism in a Global Age with Bradley Naranch and Geoff Eley as editors
A collection of essays on how Germany affected their colonies and vice versa. I went into this book expecting post-modernist horse-hockey and came out pleasantly surprised.

>Globalization and the Nation in Imperial Germany by Sebastian Conrad
This book roots itself in German history and German Colonialism compared to the growing globalization during the Fin Die Siecle. It's a pretty well written, despite some of it's post-modernist leanings.

>Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger
A war memoir written by a German NCO who was battlefield commissioned during WWI. Honestly, it's my favorite WWI memoir by far and maybe my favorite war memoir in general.

(Cont.)

>>1579037
>Germany and Politics in the Twentieth Century by Ludwig Dehio
Another collection of essays, but geared toward the effects of Germany in regards to both World Wars. Technically not solely about Imperial Germany, but it's a really good book and it's super fucking short.

>Imperial Germany The Birth of the German Republic 1871-1918 by Arthur Rosenberg
This book look at Imperial Germany and uses it as context toward setting up the Weimar Republic. Love or hate the Weimar Republic, this book is almost a necessity if you want to fully understand how and why it played out how it did.

>Vilimani: Labor Migration and Rural Change in Early Colonial Tanzania by Thaddeus Sunseri
Written by one of the foremost scholars in German Colonial Studies, Sunseri looks at how Germany drastically changed Tanganyikan culture and society over their 30 year tenure.

>The German Colonial Experience edited by Arthur J. Knoll and Hermann J. Hiery
A collection of (mostly translated) primary source documents in regards to Germany's colonies. Probably the best book on German colonialism I have ever read.

>Emancipation Without Abolition by Jan-Georg Deutsch
Covers the alteration of slavery by Germany in East Africa. Pretty much a Germany focused King Leopold's Ghost.

>The Devil's Handwriting by George Steinmetz
Looks at German attitudes toward her colonial subjects before they were subjects, how those attitudes changed over time, and how it affected German colonial policy. The only sociology book worth reading imo.

>Germany in Central America by Thomas Schoonover
Did you know that Prussia tried to turn Guatemala into a colony and that the Guatemalan President signed off on the idea?: The book. Interesting as fuck.

History of the decline and fall of the roman empire

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Thank you so much! Have 10 (You)s!

>>1579053
No worries. Some of these books are a little expensive (particularly the newer ones). Put on a peg leg and an eyepatch where applicable if possible.

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>>1579060
Gotcha.

i have no mouth and i must scream

>>1566234
isn't there a similar book about Nero? Also, how does that book treat Claudius, do they blame him for the assassination.

>>1579124
i have no wifi and i must shitpost

>>1568386
Anything by Stanley Payne.

>>1567303
I recommend Blood Red Sunset by Ma Bo for a ground view of the cultural revolution, though it's as far from general as you can get being a personal account.

>>1565122
Read anything by Caputo.

>>1565122

Does anyone know of a 'recommended reading list' for the middle east?

>>1581223
The Middle East in general? Or are you looking for books on Islam, specific countries or minorities, or regional issues?

>>1581232

Middle east in general. I know virtually nothing except who generally owned the area (persians, hellans, romans, arabs, etc.).

>>1581245
Try these for starters.

http://pastebin.com/hVu9uxY4

http://pastebin.com/Y8AGA5rM

http://pastebin.com/SAAqk2NR

http://pastebin.com/G8s9riZr

http://pastebin.com/7h8fASgv

http://pastebin.com/EqmE0f0g

http://pastebin.com/hVu9uxY4

http://pastebin.com/6BhNAUYx

Hope this helps. It's a very long list of great books to get you started.

Looking for book on Portugal during Salazar reign.

>>1581223
>>1581245
Ghost Wars

Persepolis Part 1

Any books on Dark Souls.

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someone suggest a good book about him please

>>1585172
Napoleon.

>>1585172
Napoleon: A life by Andrew Roberts

It's slightly biased because the author is a fan of Napoleon but he pulls no punches when criticising him especially towards later in his career.

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German crew of the SMS Emden harasses British trading in the Pacific, using neutral ports and even British colonies unaware of the war for refueling. Eventually they land on an island, send a landing crew, and in the meantime the ship is destroyed by an Australian cruiser that was tracking it. The Last Cruise of the Emden is about how the landing crew crossed the Indian ocean on a diggy, made it to the Ottoman province of Hejaz during the Arab revolt, and eventually got back to Germany. Good read, very thrilling story.

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Cruise-Emden-German-Light-Courageous/dp/1585743828

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What are some good books about Mexico in the late 1800's and the early 20th century? The Porfiriato and the Revolution basically.

>>1585585
Judas at the Jockey Club is an excellent look at the Porfiriato in the lead up to the revolution. Super short too. I think it's only like 150 pages.

>>1585560
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for!

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>>1565122
Fuck OP, thanks. My grandfather served in the ARVN so I should love this one. Here's my recommendation. It's full of combat stories from the people who were there, while Peter Hart gives you an overall history of the war.

This excerpt will always get me.
>We automatically mounted the machine gun for action. Then like animals we burrowed into the earth as if trying to find protection deep in its bosom. Something struck my back where I carried my gas mask, but I did not pay attention to it. A steel splinter broke the handle of my spade and another knocked the remains out of my hand. I kept digging with my bare hands, ducking my head every time a shell exploded nearby. A boy to my side was hit in the arm and cried out for help. I crawled over to him, ripped the sleeves of his coat and shirt open and started to bind the bleeding part. The gas was so thick now I could hardly discern what I was doing. My eyes began to water and I felt as if I would choke. I reached for my gas mask, pulled it out of its container – then noticed to my horror that a splinter had gone through it leaving a large hole. I had seen death thousands of times, stared it in the face, but never experienced the fear I felt then. Immediately I reverted to the primitive. I felt like an animal cornered by hunters. With the instinct of self-preservations uppermost, my eyes fell on the boy whose arm I had bandaged. Somehow he had managed to put the gas mask on his face with his one good arm. I leapt at him and in the next moment had ripped the gas mask from his face. With a feeble gesture he tried to wrench it from my grasp; then fell back exhausted. The last thing I saw before putting on the mask were his pleading eyes.

Corporal Frederick Meisel, 371 Infantry Regiment, 43rd Ersatz Brigade, 10th Ersatz Division, German Army

>>1585606
>My grandfather served in the ARVN
Damn dude, that's awesome! A ton of my neighbors' grandparents are ARVN since I live in Garden Grove, so I hear about the war almost weekly.

Thanks for the book in return!

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>>1585597
Yeah man, don't mention it. The fact that almost all English WW1 books are about the Western Front and maybe a little on the Eastern front is a crime. If you want more forgotten fronts, then I would recommend The Great War in Africa. If your looking for more harowing stories like the Emden, then I sadly don't know of any others.

>>1585631
That's awesome too. I'm amazed more hasn't been written about the East Asian Squadron, or Africa, or the Middle East. Or in WW1 in general, there's something like 20x more books on the sequel. Thank you though.

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>>1585631
>>1585637
To add on to this, the war in German East Africa was pretty important but very rarely talked about. It tied down a couple hundred thousand Entente troops away from the Western front, and even lasted after the ceasefire in Europe. If you wanna know more, then this book was written by the commander of German Forces in the colony, Von Lettow-
Vorbeck. There was this one book I read about the head of the German East Asia Squadron, Graft Von Spee, the original absolute mad man. I can look for the book if ya want.

>>1585651
I've read this one, but I haven't heard of anything about von Spee. If you find it I will shower you with (You)s.

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>>1585673
Ah, here it is. Highly recommended if the pacific is your thing. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any books about the East Asia squadron itself, the capture of German Qingdao or the island colonies, or really the war in the Pacific. I would kill for one, even if it only centered around one of these things.

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What full, unabridged historical epics have you read, /his/?

(None is not an acceptable answer)

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Thanks a billion.
>>1585703
Does the Epic of Gilgamesh in original Sumerian count?

Any good books about Yugoslavia?
Points if it centers on one aspect, like the Royal Period, Communist, or the breakup.

updoot

>>1565122
OP, what is BLACK ARRU?

>>1586916
The North Vietnamese Bankai. Usage of it may result in the capture of Saigon.

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Would you recommend this? I saw this on the bookstore I'm thinking of getting this.

>>1581245
https://www.amazon.com/History-Modern-Middle-East-5th/dp/0813348331

I've found this to be pretty good to get a general timeline of the middle east, after that you can look into more specific topics.

>>1585172
Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts

>>1587224
Probably should read it just so you know what other people are talking about.

>>1587249
What do you mean?

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>>1565122
>BLACK
>ARRU
arrooooo

>>1587224
I read it when it first came out. It has some interesting ideas, but frankly the only pillar that stands up is the germs one. The others arent really well supported. It comes of as reductionist rationalizations seeking to pretend that it is only exogenous reasons from a culture that determine that cultures technological development.

>>1587252
People bring up things from that book a lot when you're discussing history. It's good to know what they're referencing.

Any good books about Poland, specifically around the times of Mieszko I and Casimir III?

>>1587258
you made an effort and i appreciate that

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nice list so far, maybe make a sticky mods

also pic related

>>1588023
>mods
You must be thinking of some other board

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>>1588027

I'm reading Pursuit of Glory right now and its good introductory to 17th and 18th century europe.

But its a bit dry and I find it hard to read more than a few sections at a time.

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>>1587224
Meme book, don't waste your time.

Any good books about Genghis Khan?

>>1585703
I want to read this book but there are two english translations very different from each other. Which one should I read first? Any recommended edition?

>>1588424
The English translation.

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>>1565122
are all history books this dull?

>>1589520
Only if you read the wrong ones.

>>1565122
Any Thirty Years' War/Peasants' War reading suggestions?

Any books on invasion of Danemark?

>>1590528
Danemark?

>>1591156
Yes.

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This is a really good book for those interested in the Silk Road during the 7th to just before the 11th century, and specifically the Tarim Basin area (the author, Susan Whitfield, is the head of the Dunhuang Project, which is basically about transcribing and translating the various documents preserved in the oasis of Dunhuang).

It's basically a series of vignettes ("The Courtesan's Tale" "The Soldier's Tale" "The Monk's Tale", etc.) that go chronologically through time, expound on the various competing powers, and talk about how everyday life was actually lived.

It's really informative, highly readable, and pretty short as well. Would recommend/10

Can anyone recommend anything else on The Silk Road? I've already read The Great Game since that's like the basic text.

>>1565122
Can someone recommend a good book about the Western Front of WW1? preferably about the Germans or French

>>1591444
guns of august (start)
anything by herwig (esp. start of the war)
anything by strachan (the best, overall)

>>1591491
I'll check them out, thanks

>>1587224
No. It's utter bullshit

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If there is anywhere you can find this, take a look at it, pretty gud in my humble opinion

Git gud high school scrubs

Looking for books on the annexation of Hawaii by the US.

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just bought a used 2 book set of this on abebooks.com

any of you guys read it? thoughts?

>>1587224
1491 is a better book on how the natives lost America, and it's educational on how they lived.

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>>1565122

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>>1565122
This is one of my favorite books leading up to World War I and how the heads of state acted in the lead up

>>1593065
Thanks m8

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>>1592792

>>1593532
Bump

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is this any good?

>>1593813
The Germans didn't think so.

Good book(s) on Lewis & Clark?

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Is this a good book about the KGB?

Also, is there any good book about the fall of the Soviet Union and the 1990's Russia?

Burp

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Great book about the Korean War. Same guy who wrote The Best and the Brightest

>>1594299
Didn't America lose the war though?

>>1595295
Does South Korea still exist? Yes? Then no, we didn't lose. Either way, the conflict is still ongoing.

>>1595383
It was basically the US playing border police.

>>1595295
It was a draw. Though if you look at the states of the countries, I would say South Korea eventually came out on top in that one

What a long-lasting thread!

>>1595405
That's some costly policing. Parts of that war were just as hellish as the worst of WW2. Just glad MacArthur didn't talk Truman into nuking the Chinese to free up the Pusan pocket.

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Here's a good one about Bismarck. He gets critical of him sometimes, but does appreciate what the man was able to accomplish, even if he didn't always agree with him.

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Good one on the papacy. But good lord has that shit been corrupt for a while. I knew there were problems, but it sometimes seems like it could never get its shit fully in order. Amazing it's been around for so long.

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Book I'm reading now. Starts off slow since it goes into the neolithic era, but pretty good where I'm at now. Talking about the Danelaw.

>>1597963
>Talking about the Danelaw.
???

Any good books on Warlord Era China?

>>1597983
When the Vikings came to England, Alfred for a brief time fought them to a standstill and they had the control of the upper half of the country. All Vikings during this time were called Danes at times.

>>1598051
>Alfred for a brief time fought them to a standstill
That's pretty damn impressive.

>>1598058
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw

>>1598092
Thanks m80.

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Can anyone recommend a book that covers a general history of Imperial Brazil?

>>1579127
Yes there is, Nero by Michael Grant. I am reading it now and its pretty interesting. If by assassination your talking about the death of Claudius, then Agrippina, his wife and Neros mother, is considered by many to been responsible. That is to say if he actually was poisoned and didn't just die of old age or disease.

Blomp

>>1598436
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Just ordered Tom Holl-meme's book on Persia.

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Read this a year or so ago.

Great for the battle of Agincourt and Henry V's campaign in general.

I'd love anything on pre-Islam empires of Persia and pre-Achaemenid Persia and the Fertile Crescent kingdoms and cities.

>>1565122
Ring of Steel by Alexander Watson is a recent and great scholarly look at AH in WW1

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>>1600831
Also the new paperback cover is DOPE

>>1600839
Thanks m8

Can somebody recommend a good and detailed book on the Sumerians, Akkadians and the Elamites?

>>1601892
Like Sargon of Akkad?

>>1602430
>Sargon of Akkad?

wait, the youtube guy?

>>1602478
Yee

>>1602430
I would prefer something more on the Sumerians, but sure why not?

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>>1602547
Gotchu senpai

https://www.youtube.com/user/SargonofAkkad100

>Black Arr!!

I'm not going t read WE WUZ PIRATSE N SHEET
fuck you OP you faggot

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>>1602884
>he doesn't want to see the South Vietnamese Special Naval Group hijack North Vietnamese boats and escape to freedom
Pleb tier

>>1565122
>>1577304

For those into Vietnam I highly recommend "A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo and "Dispatches" by Michael Herr.

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What are the best books on Egyptian Mythology besides pic related?

>>1604470
Eye of Horus

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>>1570919

Does anyone have a good book on how countries have worked without a central bank? This could be US pre-Fed or just a more general book on economies without central banks.

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Any books on African history, specifically before European colonization and slavery began taking place? Really curious about how the leaders and tribes worked, people always argue for Africans saying "they'd be equal if the white man didn't steal everything from them!" so I want to know where they were at as a society before it all. Thanks.

>>1585172

Napoleon by Andrew Roberts. Absolutely fascinating. Roberts has so much detail about Napoleon's daily life and routines. In addition he scanned over thousands of correspondences written by Napoleon. Great book.

>>1606714
>before slavery began taking place
These books don't exist because there was not a period in African history before slavery existed.

>>1606889
I literally have this book right in front of me, reading it at work.

bump for good thread

>>1585585

Does anyone have book rec's for any of South America, during any period of time?

>>1608268
Crown of Thorns

Keep bumping lads

>>1608904

How many pages can you read a day /his/?
How often does it take you to read the average History book?
Any tips on how to read faster?

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>>1592792
Finally came today. It smells like a book from the 50s. Opening the brown paper wrapping felt like Christmas

>>1610433
I tend to blast through books very quickly on my off days, so I'd reckon about 300 to 400 pages per day. Just find something that interests you and you'll have no problem getting through it.
>>1610538
Happy Christmas

>>1610538
lol it's those dudes

Does anyone have any recommendations on books about Napoleonic era warfare and military history?

>>1608268
The Fate of Freedom Elsewhere by William Schmidli. Covers Argentina during the Dirty War

Not book but any thoughts on Dan Carlins Hardcore History podcasts?
Dont judge its just kinda hard to read while driving

>>1611165
Most of them are good, some of them are shit. All are worth listening to so you can have your interest peaked.

>>1611165
He does decent research and forms points well. Just remember he's an entertainer, not a historian. He's great for putting a spotlight in topics you might not otherwise look into, and you can always go deeper on your own.

>>1611202
>>1611216
Thanks.
I'm listening to his WW1 series because of a lot of driving I'm required to do ATM, not a topic I know a lot about but already after 10 hours of around 20 total I feel like this guy is giving a fairly solid base of knowledge to encourage my further learning

>>1601892
Bump this

Don't let the flame die out!

OP here. Should I make a new thread once this one is kill? I'm really enjoying all the feedback.

I generally focus on East Asia around the turn of the 19th cent onward and I have some recs

The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukizawa
This guy was one of the leading figures in the modernization of Japan and is actually on the Japan 10000 bill. He was born in a lower ranking samurai household and helps display how the samurai class had changed as merchants became more powerful and samurai were mostly reduced to administrators. Also gives great insight into the process by which Japan brought in foreign ideas and technology.

Daughter of Han
Unique in that its the autobiography of a Chinese peasant and a woman. Transcribed and translated by an America the story offers her perspective living during the turn of the 19th century. Among things touched on in her book are the extraterritoriality of the western powers, the fall of the Qing, the various rebellions in China and lives until I believe right before the Communist revolution as she has grandkids working for the communists. But it gives great info on a tumultuous time for China.

Paradise of the Blind
This book is fiction but written based on experiences from a Vietnamese refugee. It follows the life of a Vietnamese woman during the Communist reforms going underway. Mostly told from flashback as she is being sent to the Soviet Union as a laborer at the start of the book. This book is actually banned in Vietnam and had to be published in the US (making it the first Vietnamese book published in the US). As a side note it will make you hungry for Vietnamese food.

>>1613554
cont
Brothers At War
A look at Korea from right before the Korean War to the modern day. It gives a very detailed look into the Korean War especially focusing on the dictatorship that was the South Korean government until recent decades. The main players in this book being the Koreas, China, and the US, the book helps to explain the hegemonic fight for the Koreas while offering a balanced account of both sides of the war.

Korea's Place in the Sun
A modern history of Korea that highlights Korea's attempts to modernize prior to colonization. The Korean War, and the post-war dictatorships. The book does its best to shed light on the dictatorships of South Korea to avoid a one-sided history. The book strives to remind the reader that for most of its history there was only one Korea and that there are truly only one Korean people and the split separating the countries is one based on no real merit.

Lost Names
A bibliography of a boy during Korea's time as a colony that ends after the country's freedom. The book highlights the discrimination Koreans faced at the hands of the Japanese including forced name changing and the attempted erasure of the Korean language. If you're interested in an "eyes on the ground" account of Japanese colonialism I would recommend this book.

>>1613556
cont
Lastly one of my favorite books ever:
Son of the Revolution
Another bibliography, this time from a Chinese students during the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution (after the Great Leap Forward and the Sino-Soviet Split). This book follows the author in his boyhood as his parents are sent to reeducation camps, he goes on a tour of China as part of Communist youth group, his is interrogated by police, he witnesses civil wars in the country. Honestly this book could be an 80's dystonian future novel in the actions of the government on its own people. The book is emotionally moving and gives you a great look at the tactics of the the CCP during this time at keeping up enthusiasm of a failing movement. I have to say the saddest part of the book is watching his journalist father be taken in the reeducation camp and be constantly harassed by youth groups and even his own family until the man you met at the beginning of the book is a shell of his former self.

Brilliant thread

Has anyone read any Antony Beevor?

>>1613185
Book threads happen all the time organically, no need to force it

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>>1614123
No, but I'm always interested in expanding my knowledge. Who is he?
>>1614124
Fair enough.

>>1614298
Famous British Military Historian, specialises in a lot of German and Russian WW2 Battles and theatres

>>1614123

Yes, his later books on the Ardennes and WW2 are ok but his best work is Stalingrad. I would highly recommend you read that book.

>>1614352
that's the one ive had my eye on, what are his others like?

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Bought this today. So far, it looks excellent

>>1614322
That's good. Any books on the initial year of Barbarossa or does he just focus on individual battles?

Anybody know of some good books that explains India well? As in pre-Islamic India, Mughal India, British India, and post-British Indian subcontinent. Also, some good books on the history of China to someone who's had maybe 3 or 4 lectures on the subject.

>>1565139
Seconded. Sleepwalkers is fucking great.

>>1614593
If I were you, before I read anything on India I'd read something explaining affairs in the Indian Ocean. It's super important. There's an author, Abdul Shariff(sp?), who runs the Indian Ocean World Center. Pick up his book on The Indian Ocean and start there.

>>1613185
I wish /his/ had a /lit/ style wiki to keep track of book recommendations.

>>1614918
We've already responded to this idea multiple times: No. Book threads are fine. A wiki is an awful idea. Most /his/posters are fucking pop history fucktards. A lot of history is conflicting ideas (thanks Post-modernism!) which means the dispute over what book deserves a spot on the wiki has both parties who are effectively (though not actually) correct. If you want an idea about books, ask in a book thread or make your own thread. Alternatively: Use Google Scholar and find related material instead of being a lazy shit and asking us. Search bibliographies of books you like for more secondary source material. THIS is the kind of shit that should be in the stick.

>>1614924
>Use Google Scholar and find related material instead of being a lazy shit and asking us.
Oh, excuse us for wanting a human with experience to give recommendations.

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Shilling Stokesbury as usual. His Short History provides a remarkably cohesive overview of the war - from trends in the decades previous, to contributing social factors, as well as a fairly detailed description of each theater. Highly recommend if you've ever wondered "why" the war was fought. He's particularly skilled at linking the individual character of key players (generals, politicians) with changing conditions on the ground. Also has a knack for establishing historical context by freely referencing the rest of European history.

>>1615078
Not that anon, but nigger he just said book threads are fine and in my experience usually when you ask for recommended reading on any subject here you'll get answers, still doesn't hurt to do some research yourself too y'know

>>1614924
What's wrong with listing books from both 'camps' and allowing the individual to form their own opinions? Just because something is biased doesn't mean it has no value, and seeing how authors come to conflicting conclusions from the same data can be quite revealing and prompt further research.

>>1615101
Thanks
>>1615111
No thanks

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>>1615101
Quick preview of his writing. The sweeping generalities are typical, so if this seems too abstract you should move on.

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>>1615101

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>>1565262
Can confirm that this is a really good book.

>>1568386
I read it. It's very thorough, the beginning of the book does a good job of explaining all of the main factions and fringe parties and how they got involved.

>>1588412
Secret History of the Mongols is the definitive book.

>>1565122
This is a pretty good book about Austria. Basically covers the government and military command from the start of the 1900s to the end of 1914. Also has the benefit of doubling as a comedy, you wouldn't believe some of the stuff Conrad von Hotzendorff pulled.

>>1567303
>Any good books on the general history of China?
Jonathan Spence- In search of modern china
John Fairbanks' new history of china

>>1615424
>Conrad von Hotzendorff
This fucking guy. He's the best meme on The Great War. Him and fucking Cadorna.

>>1574399
Not that guy, but I just bought this book the other day. Gonna start it soon

I'll be posting links from
http://pastebin.com/u/jonstond2
to help direct anons to books if they're covered by the articles found within
>>1565122
http://pastebin.com/pXpVr0cx
>>1568386
http://pastebin.com/WGqYYVGS
>>1569746
these
http://pastebin.com/aBKZcCP8
http://pastebin.com/7h8fASgv
http://pastebin.com/HuhtJEVD
http://pastebin.com/acVMikB3
russia
http://pastebin.com/TDQppdcQ
>>1569790
can post pic of bibliography on republican rome. as for japanese history download the cambridge histories of japan from libgen or bookzz
>>1570919
no rhodesia but rwanda article
http://pastebin.com/LAXXkgaK
>>1572757
traditional african music
http://pastebin.com/zJ85K2Q6
>>1573904
http://pastebin.com/QYMYkwq8

>>1585585
pastebin article quite litererally on the porfiriato
http://pastebin.com/5f9MMLwZ

Anybody know a good book about the time period of Islamic Spain? Even though it's over a 700 year time period I've noticed that it's not talked about that much.

>>1587372
maybe here
http://pastebin.com/r0ZTJbvK
>>1606677
Literally any history book that covers a polity in the era before Sweden set up the first central bank in the mid 16th century, or more importantly, almost all nations before the bank of england was set up in the 1690s and the fiscal military state became a thing

>>1615515
pastebin on muslim spain senpai
http://pastebin.com/WzdNxB71
I'm reading richard fletcher's book mentioned on this list and its a relatively quick but great read introduction to the subject

>>1615585
>richard fletcher
I didn't see his name

never mind

>>1615078
>asks for a wiki
>wants human recommendations
Generally speaking, you're better off with Google Scholar and bibliographies. The latter is human recommendation.

>>1615114
>What's wrong with listing books from both 'camps' and allowing the individual to form their own opinions
The issue is that there is rarely just two camps. As an example, you have camps that say Bismarck was wholly against colonialism, against colonialism but signed colonial charters anyways, secretly for colonialism but anti-colonialism in speech, for certain types of colonialism and primarily against it, etc. They all have the evidence to back their statements. I hate to be the post-modernist sophist, but the Rankean view of history is all but dead. This is a serious issue if one were to compile a recommended reading because there are so many fucking titles that you'd have longer book lists than many fucking libraries. Not to mention the near infinite topics that can and are requested in these threads which makes a wiki even less viable. A book recommendation thread is just that: a thread where we recommend books. The books could in all actuality be complete ahistorical garbage. A person who isn't well read in the subject would never know the difference. Which brings me to the other reason I recommend against it: This board is predominantly pop history fuckboys (including the fucking /pol/tards and the commie revisionists). You can, more than likely, count the actual academics here on one hand. Thus when a book is recommended it has no real credence on actuality. A wiki denotes a kind of officialism which this board neither has nor deserves. It's better to leave things as they are than to create a wiki that is completely full of garbage. Honestly, if this board wasn't completely abandoned by Hiroshimoot, I'd request that the sticky was amended to add a link to Google Scholar and Worldcat with a small blurb on book threads.

>>1616856
I didn't ask for a wiki.

>reading
>>>/lit/

>>1615192
>France had thought Austria in 1859, but Emperor Napoleon III had been so dismayed by the sight of blood that he had quickly called it off

Uhm, what? Is he talking about the Austro-Sardinian war? That sounds like major bullshit

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>>1608268
The reader series is very good. I have read the Peru reader, the Brazil reader and the Argentina reader as well as the Mexico reader. They're meaty too, like 600 or 700 pages each. They cronicle each nation from pre independence to modern times. Good stuff, highly recommended.

>>1617132
pls

>>1617178
It is. The war ended quickly because Napoleon feared reprisal from the Austrian aligned German states which would have tipped the war in Austria's favor.

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>>1570919

>>1616856
You're hung up on creating a list of unilateral truths, and I'm not sure why. If retards are going to read a single book and declare themselves experts of a topic, they're going to do so with or without our help. A random recommendation in this thread is precisely as credible as a compiled list of recommendations from each thread. Readers are able to heed a simple warning (which should be implied) that all of these books come from biased, imperfect individuals. The difference between a list and a thread is permanence, nothing else.

>>1617386
'no'

>>1618638
'yes'

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>>1618650
nooooo

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>>1618658
YESSSSSSSSS

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>>1618681
ok

>>1617997
>The difference between a list and a thread is permanence, nothing else
And the issue is: does the recommended reading material deserve permanence? The answer is no.

>>1619159
but if he just refuted your previous argument (I don't know if he did lol) then it would make sense to have a permanent list. The good thing about book threads though is that its more of a communal activity that leads to people exhanging their interests and learning, whereas a permanent list might discourage people from posting in sharing threads and just generally sharing their enthusiasm for reading history. Also having a rec thread up for a while keeps one less shitposting thread out of the ecosystem for a while. On the other hand, a permanent list would allow people to consult it, build their knowledge, and then make more informed posts on this board. This could backfire because newly knowledgeable people would get discouraged by the board shitposting and just abandon ship after they realize the general ignorance on the board. On the other hand, even though /lit/ has its own wiki I still see plenty of people making share/rec threads (because usually, they're not away that a book list already exists on the sticky)

>>1619216
The difference between /lit/'s wiki and a proposed /his/ wiki should be pretty obvious. /lit/'s wiki can be summarized with a quick google search of "What books are classics?" It's less a recommended reading list and more of a "here are the designated classics for x genre." While there are many periods of history where there are those books that are must reads, the majority of it is sticky. On top of this, many requests made in this thread a little lesser known which makes reputable book recommendations or recommendations in general unlikely. It is far simpler, more realistic, and better suited for this board to have links to Worldcat, Google Scholar, etc. with generic lower class undergrad research advice in the sticky with the combination of book/bibliography threads than to have a wiki full of shit books that probably aren't even what the reader is looking for. Besides, at the very root of all this we already have a history recommended reading wiki: wikipedia itself.

Any good books on the War of Roses?

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>>1619874

>>1619927
Does it make it easy to follow? Cause I know that shit is confusing as fuck

Looking for any books on the Soviet war in Afghanistan

>>1621644
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll

>>1574589
>Pacific
I have just the thing.

https://www.amazon.com/Neglected-War-German-Pacific-Influence/dp/0824816684/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472544557&sr=1-1&keywords=The+neglected+war+german

Hope this helps

>>1621655
Thank you SO MUCH! This is exactly what I was looking for!

>>1621654
thanks m8

saving thread for personal perusal

Anyone got that Islam reading list infographic?

>>1619250
>/lit/'s wiki can be summarized with a quick google search of "What books are classics?" It's less a recommended reading list and more of a "here are the designated classics for x genre."
History writing does have some classics which, although some of their work's ideas are outdated, are still beautiful reads (or for that matter dense reads) or are so well researched and exhaustive that they're still worth reading today. Some examples I can think of are Gibbons work on the Roman Empire, Braudel on the Mediterranean, Hans Baron's on Renaissance Florence, Huizinga on Medieval Europe, Norbert Elias on Early Modern Europe, Marc Bloch on Medieval Europe/France...the list goes on

>While... the majority of it is sticky
I don't understand what you mean by this. You mean there's a section on /lit/ wiki that breaks down the most important books in each historical era?


>On top of this...which makes reputable book recommendations or recommendations in general unlikely.
People love obscure historical topics, as do I. However, there are historical topics that are undeniably popular on /his/ that get repeated again and again, whether as memes or as serious subjects such as: Nazi Germany, World War II, Rome, Ancient Greece, Crusades, Catholicism, WWI/its causes/its consequences, Stalin and the Soviet Union, Holy Roman Empire/Thirty Years' War, political philosophy/democracy/fascism/communism/monarchism
Books for popular topics like these could easily be found and stickied. This would help newcomers and raise general discussion on these topics if people had access to good sources on these topics.

>It is far simpler, more realistic, and better suited for this board to have links... with generic lower class undergrad research advice
I agree, but I also think that if a dedicated group pored through undergraduate syllabuses found on google, supplemented by the /his/ pastebin collection of oxford annotated bibliographies >>1565205, a solid list could be compiled

>>1621947
also I forgot to mention that Reddit's askhistorians also has a recommended reading list which is pretty good
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/books

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RIP in Peace good thread.

I will await the next one

Anybody have a good read on the beginnings of the Islamic conquests.