History Book Summaries - Page 5

Revolutionary Iran

Michael Axworthy

Revolutionary Iran

A History of the Islamic Republic

Who Built That

Michelle Malkin

Who Built That

Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs

The Cold War

Robert J. McMahon

The Cold War

A Very Short Introduction

The Upstarts

Brad Stone

The Upstarts

How Uber, Airbnb and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the World

Behind the Cloud

Marc R. Benioff and Carlye Adler

Behind the Cloud

The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company and Revolutionized an Industry

Presidents of War

Michael Beschloss

Presidents of War

The epic story, from 1807 to modern times

Sea Power

James Stavridis

Sea Power

The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans

Founding Brothers

Joseph J. Ellis

Founding Brothers

The Revolutionary Generation

The Sleepwalkers

Christopher Clark

The Sleepwalkers

How Europe Went To War in 1914

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

Common Sense

The book that launched a revolution

Words Like Loaded Pistols

Sam Leith

Words Like Loaded Pistols

Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

Mayflower

Nathaniel Philbrick

Mayflower

A Story of Courage, Community, and War

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

An Emotional Story of Betrayal and Redemption in 1970s Afghanistan

A People’s History of the United States

Howard Zinn

A People’s History of the United States

A brilliant and moving history of the American people

The Silk Roads

Peter Frankopan

The Silk Roads

A New History of the World

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

A Novel

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

Tom Standage

A History of the World in 6 Glasses

How your favorite drinks changed the world

Oppenheimer: American Prometheus

Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin

Oppenheimer: American Prometheus

The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer