What are some great books of history? In particular one-volume

>>9068006

Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger

History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill

The Story of History by Will and Ariel Durant.

History of the Peloponnesian Wars by Thucydides

That's plenty to get you started.

>>9068006
that's outdated and no historian takes it seriously these days

>>9069747
what about mommsen's history of rome?

>>9069747
Nobody reads it for up-to-date historical accuracy, you read it for Gibbon's style.

>>9069747
what should i read then?

>>9069747
People say that about Herodotus too. Doesn't mean he isn't worth reading. A decent amount of Gibbon's scholarship still stands up anyways. Also, >>9071077

>>9069742
Thank you very much anon.

>>9069742
>History of the Peloponnesian Wars by Thucydides
Do people still read this. Why?

>>9072850
because its a classic, entertaining book about a conflict, written 400 years before christ, the second history book atleast in the west.

>>9071400
Nobody says that about Herodotus you dipshit.

There are primary sources (Herodotus) and secondary sources (Decline and Fall). Secondary sources become out of date as scholars find new approaches to primary sources.

Also Herodotus Histories is one of the best books ever written.
t. Ancient History student.