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post 1623911021 11-28-2020, 11:10 AM
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What are some great no spin/slant history books?

I want to read more into history but I’m not interested in books with political slants to them.... more of

This is what happened and that’s that..... no crying/condemning people that lived in a different time.
post 1623911181 11-28-2020, 11:11 AM
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doubtful one exists
See user title srs
post 1623911331 11-28-2020, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted By MountainLion84
I want to read more into history but I’m not interested in books with political slants to them.... more of

This is what happened and that’s that..... no crying/condemning people that lived in a different time.
What is your area/s of interest?

There are some decent ones, usually from decades ago.
post 1623911521 11-28-2020, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted By GlassMoon
doubtful one exists
Probably this.

I'll throw in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon as a recommendation though.
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Thought you meant history with no asians
post 1623911621 11-28-2020, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted By DDSF1
What is your area/s of interest?

There are some decent ones, usually from decades ago.
Something about the settlers and a detailed account of how we went from landing on shore, developing the land to modern day would be interesting
post 1623911791 11-28-2020, 11:21 AM
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Biblical times... how/why people followed Jesus, how that changed society, etc.
post 1623912201 11-28-2020, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted By MountainLion84
Something about the settlers and a detailed account of how we went from landing on shore, developing the land to modern day would be interesting
Bailyn, Bernard, ed. Atlantic History: Concept and Contours (Harvard UP, 2005)

Bannon, John Francis. History of the Americas (2 vols. 1952), older textbook

Davis, Harold E. The Americas in History (1953), older textbook

Egerton, Douglas R. et al. The Atlantic World: A History, 1400–1888 (2007)

Eltis, David. The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas (2000).

Merriman, Roger Bigelow. The Rise of The Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New (4 vol. 1934)

Morison, Samuel Eliot. The European Discovery of America: The northern voyages, A.D. 500–1600 (1971)

Morison, Samuel Eliot. The European Discovery of America: The southern voyages, 1492–1616 (1971)

Parry, J.H. The Age of Reconnaissance: Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement, 1450–1650 (1982)

Starkey, Armstrong (1998). European-Native American Warfare, 1675–1815. University of Oklahoma Press ISBN 978-0-8061-3075-0

Vickers, Daniel, ed. A Companion to Colonial America (2003)
post 1623912401 11-28-2020, 11:29 AM
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David Irving - if you want an alternative view to Hitler/WW2 stuff
post 1623912551 11-28-2020, 11:30 AM
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I’m on recharge but thank you for the recommendations
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