my favorite reads in history politics and everything else

Explore my top book recommendations in history, politics, and beyond. Discover must-read titles that shaped my perspective—perfect for enthusiasts and curious minds alike.

books favorite history politics reads
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Band of Brothers

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Through soldiers' journals and letters, describes Easy Company's contributions to the campaigns in western Europe and recounts their stories of survival.
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D-Day

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Stephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II’s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history. D-Day is …
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Love Thy Neighbor

by Peter Maass

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Peter Maass went to the Balkans as a reporter at the height of the nightmarish war there, …
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My War Gone By, I Miss it So

by Anthony Loyd

Nothing can prepare you for Anthony Loyd's portrait of war. It is the story of the unspeakable terror and the visceral, ecstatic thrill of combat, …
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Black Hawk Down

by Mark Bowden

Chronicles the experiences of ninety-nine American soldiers who were trapped in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993.
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Killing Pablo

by Mark Bowden

Traces the rise of Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar and his ultimate defeat--death in 1993, after a sixteen-month manhunt, at the hands of a Columbian …
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A Walk in the Woods

by Bill Bryson

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the …
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