Just read Iron and Blood by Peter Wilson. I haven't seen much discussion about it and looking for others thoughts. I personally really enjoyed it and thought he did a good job of disspeling "Prussian military superiority" as well as a veiw of other German speaking nations.
Hey guys! I'm getting into history and I don't know which books to get. Can anyone recommend the best book on all 3 of the Punic wars that really captures the geniuses of both Hannibal and Scipio? Also, what's the best book to get on Roman history and King Henry the 8th? Sorry for the long list guys pls help!
Summary: Best books on...
Punic wars
Roman history (Rise and power)
King Henry VIII
Maybe Royal British History
The Ottoman Empire
Hi, I'm looking for a book that cover the pacific war but with a drier prose, I've had a look a john toland and Ian tolls books but that are both written with this novelistic flair.
The only one I've been to get is Tower of skulls but it's only until 1942.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Hello, everybody.
I have read all the other “ age of” before. It was many years ago.
At university, we used many times some chapters or sections to understand the social and political context of certain time we were studyin.
Then, out of interest, i decided to real the whole 3 books. Agter that, i remember buying Zinn’s “ Peoples history”.
All were in spanish. Zinns book was quite better in rythm, in general.
Now, with way better english, and some more years on me, i decided to start reading about history and global politics again, to inform myself a bit more about the past and understand better our current times ( or try my best, at least)
Now, i do not want to become world expert in these subject, and im readind 40-50 pages of fiction of other books daily, so Hobsbawm is limited to maybe 7-10 pages a day.
The thing is, im felling a bit frustrated when it comes to follow a line on a subject.
I know i can just stop reading it, or read a passage 2 more times, or way more.
My questions are:
- any recomendations on how to get a better flow with this book? Notes, write on a paper?
I underline and make marks of some paragraphs maybe.
- does anyone here has the same issue with this style? Again, im bot aiming to become “ all knowing of geo politics” now, and i understand some points. I know im not stupid, tho sometimes i find myself reading a passage 3 times and thinking, what the hell is this guy talking about? The long sentences, parenthesis and commas, and jumping back and forth with the timelile and comments… maybe “ dense” is the word i should use here.
Again, i dont mind reading 5 or 6 or maybe 10 pages a day, but if you guys have any input, i would apreciate it.
How are you immune to what you read ? Being sad is one thing sometimes. But sometimes a book or events gets you. Or somehow makes you realize how primitive we are.
I am a college student with a passing interest in U.S. History and Politics. Something that I’ve been particularly interested in but not able to find is a history book/resource that, instead of following history as a narrative, specifically looks at the issues, political figures, and arguments of the time, why they were made and how they were incorporated or rejected by society. Does anyone know of any resources like this?