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The Thirty Years War: Europe’s Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson
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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley
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Churchill by Paul Johnson
April 16, 2025And Johnson reminds us of the memorable words he spoke after France capitulated: “Let us therefore...
Empire of Liberty A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. Wood
April 12, 2025The “Era of Good Feeling” that followed 1815, however, was of short duration. The issue of...
Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame
April 8, 2025Never perhaps has there been such a masterful account of the man’s failures—and successes—in this country’s...
With Hitler to the End: The Memoir of Hitler’s Valet by Heinz Linge
April 8, 2025Unfortunately the book, while delivering a few marginal insights into Hitler’s character, motivations and global strategies,...
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein
April 8, 2025It was on the level of popular culture that the vital "center" of life in the...




