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>>2056663
I love that series. I read that one and the on on the french revolution. I think they give a very nice and detailed overview of what happened. For a good study you should obviously look at some primary and maybe more detailed sources. But I love them.

Idk if Thomas Paine's Common Sense counts, but that was the last historical book (pamphlet) I read.

>>2056663
Same, along with Henry Heller's book on the French Revolution.

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Currently reading this.

Even if it is abridged, I didn't expect it to be a tough read. So far, I've learned:

>Rome was a republic after ousting its last king
>one day the nobles and statesmen became too powerful, crisis inbound
>Julius Caesar stepped in to be dictator of the Republic, was assassinated
>his adopted son Augustus reigns
>most of the Emperors in the Julio-Claudian dynasty were pretty bad dudes
>Hadrian builds a wall in Britain, makes Rome great again
>the last few emperors right before Commodus came in to play were great
>after Commodus was assassinated, the Roman Empire began to truly decline

Its a long read, as I'm reading several other books at the same time, but its rewarding and informative.

>>2056663
For uni: A People's History of the Vietnam War
For self-indulgence: Hew Strachan's The First World War in Africa
Currently reading: War and National Reinvention: Japan in the Great War, 1914-1919

"London for Immigrant suckers"
I'm doing my MA on the subject of Yugoslavia and this book, although not an academic, it gives the best insight of the Yugoslav demise

>>2056663
What the main reasons of Russian revolution?

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Finished reading this. It was a nice read, even though it was fairly introductive.

>>2058689
Gibbon might be a good read and a neat example of the beginning of modern historiography, but I wouldn't necessarily take everything the book says at face value. The modern consensus on the Roman empire is pretty different from Gibbon's ideas

>>2060200

Jews and slave morality

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>>2056663
highly recommended

i got stuck when classes started but i will finish it eventually