History

How did society arrive at where it stands today? To learn about the politicians, scientists, innovators, leaders and rulers whose actions shaped the present, peruse these summaries.
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The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World

Melissa Schilling

Public Affairs, 2018

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On the Judgment of History
Book
(Ruth Benedict Book Series)

Joan Wallach Scott

Columbia UP, 2020

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Leadership in Turbulent Times
Book

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Simon & Schuster, 2018

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Thinking in Time
Book
The Uses of History for Decision Makers

Ernest R. May and Richard E. Neustadt

Free Press, 1988

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
Book

John Maynard Keynes

Prometheus Books, 1997

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When the Center Held
Book
Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency

Donald Rumsfeld

Free Press, 2018

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Sapiens
Book
A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

Harper, 2015

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Midnight in Chernobyl
Book
The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

Simon & Schuster, 2019

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The Great Contraction, 1929-1933
Book

Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz

Princeton UP, 2008

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The Splendid and the Vile
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A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson

Crown, 2020

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