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Mr. B's History and Biography Recommendations - Page 2

This is a list of 1,000 works related to political and world history. Full disclosure: I have not read all of these, but these are subjects that I find interesting, even the ones I don't particularly agree with related to politics. As far as American politics, books from the left and the right are on this list.
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The Other Side of the Mountaint: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War (Ali Ahmad Jalali)
The Other Side of the Mountaint: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet Afghan War
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Ali Ahmad Jalali
The President of Good and Evil (Peter Singer)
The President of Good and Evil
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Peter Singer
The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H.W. Bush (John H. Sununu)
The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H.W. Bush
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John H. Sununu
The Sixties (Terry Anderson)
The Sixties
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Terry Anderson
The War of 1812 (Henry Adams)
The War of 1812
45
Henry Adams
War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II (Robin Hutton)
War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II
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Robin Hutton
Years of Upheaval (Henry Kissinger)
Years of Upheaval
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Henry Kissinger
Zell: The Governor Who Gave Georgia HOPE (Richard Hyatt)
Zell: The Governor Who Gave Georgia HOPE
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Richard Hyatt
1492: The Year the World Began (Felipe Fernandez-Armesto)
1492: The Year the World Began
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Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
1948 (David Pietrusza)
1948
50
David Pietrusza
A Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World (Thomas Crump)
A Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World
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Thomas Crump
A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy (David M. Oshinsky)
A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy
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David M. Oshinsky
A History of the United States in Five Crashes (Scott Nations)
A History of the United States in Five Crashes
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Scott Nations
A New History of the Irish in Australia (Elizabeth Malcolm)
A New History of the Irish in Australia
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Elizabeth Malcolm
A Republic, If You Can Keep It (Neil Gorsuch)
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
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Neil Gorsuch
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World (William Bernstein)
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
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William Bernstein
Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World (James Chace)
Acheson: The Secretary of State Who Created the American World
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James Chace
Africa: African History: From Ancient Egypt to Modern South Africa (Raymond C. Nelson)
Africa: African History: From Ancient Egypt to Modern South Africa
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Raymond C. Nelson
Alger Hiss and the Battle for History (Susan Jacoby)
Alger Hiss and the Battle for History
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Susan Jacoby
All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy (Phil Keith, Tom Clavin)
All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard-Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
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Phil Keith, Tom Clavin
Amazing Airmen: Canadian Flyers in the Second World War (Ian Darling)
Amazing Airmen: Canadian Flyers in the Second World War
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Ian Darling
American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876 (Lawrence A. Cremin)
American Education: The National Experience, 1783-1876
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Lawrence A. Cremin
An Army of One (Rush Limbaugh)
An Army of One
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Rush Limbaugh
Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars (Robert V. Remini)
Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars
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Robert V. Remini
Annie Oakley, Woman at Arms (Courtney Ryley Cooper)
Annie Oakley, Woman at Arms
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Courtney Ryley Cooper
Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War (Elizabeth Varon)
Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War
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Elizabeth Varon
Army of Manifest Destiny (James M. McCaffrey)
Army of Manifest Destiny
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James M. McCaffrey
Barack Obama: Conservative, Pragmatist, Progressive (Burton I. Kaufman)
Barack Obama: Conservative, Pragmatist, Progressive
68
Burton I. Kaufman
Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War (William C. Davis)
Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War
69
William C. Davis
Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson by Elizabeth J. Rosentha
Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson by Elizabeth J. Rosentha
70
Bloody Sunday: How Michael Collins's Agents Assassinated Britain's Secret Service in Dublin (James Joseph Gleeson)
Bloody Sunday: How Michael Collins's Agents Assassinated Britain's Secret Service in Dublin
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James Joseph Gleeson
Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader (Louis R. Harlan)
Booker T. Washington: The Making of a Black Leader
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Louis R. Harlan
Boris Johnson Tom Bower (Tom Bower)
Boris Johnson Tom Bower
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Tom Bower
Britannia's Fist: From Civil War to World War Britannia's Fist: From Civil War to World War (Peter Tsouras)
Britannia's Fist: From Civil War to World War Britannia's Fist: From Civil War to World War
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Peter Tsouras
Cameron on Cameron (David Cameron & Dylan Jones)
Cameron on Cameron
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David Cameron & Dylan Jones
Chasing Lincoln's Killer (James L. Swanson)
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
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James L. Swanson
China: Fragile Superpower (Susan L. Shirk)
China: Fragile Superpower
77
Susan L. Shirk
Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina and the Black Struggle for Freedom (William H Chafe)
Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina and the Black Struggle for Freedom
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William H Chafe
Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot (Jeffrey J. Matthews)
Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot
79
Jeffrey J. Matthews
Colonel House: A Biography of Woodrow Wilson's Silent Partner (Charles E. Neu)
Colonel House: A Biography of Woodrow Wilson's Silent Partner
80
Charles E. Neu
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