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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Leadership in Turbulent Times
Book

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Simon & Schuster, 2018

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Thinking in Time
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The Uses of History for Decision Makers

Richard E. Neustadt et al.

Free Press, 1988

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Sapiens
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A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

Vintage, 2015

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
Book

John Maynard Keynes

Prometheus Books, 1997

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Midnight in Chernobyl
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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 et al.

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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On Grand Strategy
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John Lewis Gaddis

Penguin Press, 2018

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The Spider Network
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The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History

David Enrich

Custom House, 2017

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