In the Shadow of Fear by Nick Bunker
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A history of one fraught year in American life.
Read MoreWe the Presidents by Ronald Gruner
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A new book looks at the presidential stories of the 20th & 21st centuries.
Read MoreWinning Independence by John Ferling
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A veteran historian re-assesses the final years of the American Revolution.
Read MoreThe Crooked Path to Abolition by James Oakes
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A compact and fascinating examination of Abraham Lincoln’s antislavery evolution.
Read MoreTo Start A War by Robert Draper
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A veteran journalist’s account of the White House lead-up to war in Iraq.
Read MoreThey Knew They Were Pilgrims by John G. Turner
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A new account of the trials, triumphs, and crimes of the Plymouth Plantation founders.
Read MoreThe Puritans: A Transatlantic History by David D. Hall
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A definitively researched explanation for a phenomena many of us still don’t understand.
Read MoreThe Will of the People by T.H. Bree
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An extremely well-paced and engaging account of those who never enjoyed the attentions of history.
Read MoreDreams of El Dorado by H. W. Brands
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A broad overview of a complex subject that doesn’t disintegrate into a mélange of disconnected anecdotes.
Read MoreThomas Jefferson’s Education by Alan Taylor
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Taylor tells this university story with cool skill and a very discerning eye for personal detail.
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America’s Reluctant Prince by Steven M. Gillon
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The real accomplishment of America’s Reluctant Prince is the extent to which it rises above the usual froth of wealth and scandal.
Read MoreThe British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson
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A scrupulously researched and warmly, endlessly readable for both Revolution aficionados and newcomers.
Read MoreCapitalism in America by Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge
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A decent summary of capitalism in America with brief but useful biographies of major figures.
Read MoreThe Hill to Die On by Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer
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Even the cynical reader can take from this book the sense that those with the greatest power in Congress still have a coherent set of values.
Read MoreLady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk by Amy S. Greenberg
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It’s a testament to Amy Greenberg’s narrative abilities that the years after Sarah’s bereavement are every bit as interesting as the years of power.
Read MoreCivil War Barons by Jeffrey D. Wert
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A brisk gallivant through nineteen biographies of men who made fortunes in the business of war.
Read MoreThe Calculus of Violence by Aaron Sheehan-Dean
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An examination of the agonizing debates about the meaning of a just war in the Civil War era.
Read MoreSentinel by Francesca Lidia Viano
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The general public has embraced The Statute of Liberty like no other work of art in the American experience.
Read More1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy by James Horn
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The story of the remarkable juxtaposition of two events: the establishment of Virginia's first General Assembly and the arrival of its first African slaves.
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