RECOMMENDED READING WORLD HISTORY & WESTERN CIVILIZATION
UNDER DEVELOPMENT RETURN TO HOMEPAGE
BOOKS USEFUL IN UNDERSTANDING THE DISCUSSION E-mail: Jim@ConservativeAnswers.com
NOTE: At the very beginning of this first page we run into the dilemma of the necessarily arbitrary nature by which I have divided these lists up. Western civilization at its essence includes Judeo Christian theological history. Much of that is included on the final page (THEOLOGICAL) of this series, not to slight its importance or significance, but to provide a more focused summary for those with a more focused interest. Other similar examples of cross-interest are to be found on this website page. So cruise around, enjoy it, and share your thoughts with me on what's wrong, missing or in need of further development. This effort will never be finished, for it describes the framework of an education, which is never finished.
As a further point of order, I must say that every item on these pages have been screened as relevant and pertinent to the proper education of a serious student of mankind. The drivel has been cast aside. Listed items with which I do not necessarily agree, in whole or in part, are a necessary part of the dialog. JES
LISTED CATEGORIES:
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
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WESTERN CIVILIZATION
ATHENS: A HISTORY FROM ANCIENT IDEAL TO MODERN CITY
ROBIN WATERFIELD
BASIC 320 PGS $27.50
PLATO'S REPUBLIC: A STUDY
STANLEY ROSEN
YALE 432 PGS $45.00
PLATO AND THE VIRTUE OF COURAGE
LINDA R. RABIEH
JOHNS HOPKINS 224 PGS $45.00
ALEXANDER: THE AMBIGUITY OF GREATNESS
GUY MACLEAN ROGERS
RANDOM HOUSE 383 PGS $26.95
INTO THE LAND OF BONES: ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN AFGHANISTAN
FRANK L. HOLT
UNIV OF CALF 241 PGS $24.95
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE GOD OF ABRAHAM
THOMAS L. PANGLE
JOHNS HOPKINS 285 PGS $39.95
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UNIV xxx PGS $xx.xx
HUMAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS: THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES,
800 B.C. TO 1950
CHARLES MURRAY
HARPERCOLLINS 688 PGS $29.95
VIRGIL'S EMPIRE: POLITICAL THOUGHT IN THE AENEID
EVE ADLER
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD 416 PGS $29.95
A NATURAL HISTORY OF LATIN
TORE JANSON
OXFORD 305 PGS $24.00
CICERO: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROME'S GREATEST POLITICIAN
ANTHONY EVERITT
RANDOM HOUSE 359 PGS $25.95
THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
EDWARD GIBBON 1776
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THE DYNAMICS OF WORLD HISTORY
CHRISTOPHER DAWSON
ISI 512 PGS $29.95
A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES
THOMAS F. MADDEN
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD 274 PGS XXX
THE RISE OF WESTERN CHRISTENDOM: TRIUMPH AND DIVERSITY, 200-1000AD, 2nd Ed.
PETER BROWN
BLACKWELL 640 PGS $29.95
OSMAN'S DREAM: THE HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
CAROLINE FINKEL A BIT TOUCHY-FEELY, BUT A WORTHY READ
BASIC 660 PGS $35.00
THE REFORMATION: A HISTORY
PATRICK COLLINSON
MODERN LIBRARY 238 PGS $21.95
THE REFORMATION: A HISTORY
DIARM MACCULLOCH
VIKING 792 PGS $34.95
MAGNA CARTA 1215
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UNIV xxx PGS $xx.xx
1453: THE HOLY WAR FOR CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE CLASH OF ISLAM AND THE WEST
ROGER CROWLEY MO 06 01
HYPERION/MIRAMAX 320 PGS $25.95
DOGS OF WAR: COLUMBUS, THE INQUISITION AND THE DEFEAT OF THE MOORS
JAMES RESTON JR.
DOUBLEDAY 364 PGS $27.95
REMEMBER, REMEMBER: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE GUY FAWKES DAY
JAMES SHARP
HARVARD UNIV 240 PGS $19.96
HER MAJESTY'S SPYMASTER: ELIZABETH I, SIR FRANCES WASINGHAM, AND THE BIRTH OF
MODERN ESPIONAGE
STEPHEN BUDIANSKY
VIKING 256 PGS $24.95
GOD'S SECRET AGENTS: QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FORBIDDEN PRIESTS AND THE HATCHING OF
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT
ALICE HOGGE
HARPERCOLLINS 464 PGS $27.95
THE PRINCE
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI 1835
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GENGHIS KHAN AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD
JACK WEATHERFORD
CROWN 352 PGS $25.00
KEPLER'S WITCH: AN ASTRONOMER'S DISCOVERY OF COSMIC ORDER AMID RELIGIOUS WAR,
POLITICAL INTRIGUE, AND THE HERESY TRIAL OF HIS MOTHER
JAMES A. CONNOR
HARPERCOLLINS 402 PGS XXXX
CROWDED WITH GENIUS: THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: EDINBURGH’S MOMENT OF THE
MIND
JAMES BUCHAN
HARPERCOLLINS 436 PGS $29.95
WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER: A BIOGRAPHY
WILLIAM HAGUE
KNOPF 576 PGS $35.00
INDIA IN MIND
PANKAJ MISHRA, ED
VINTAGE 332 PGS $14.00
THE BRITISH SEABORNE EMPIRE
JEREMY BLACK
YALE UNIV 420 PGS $40.00
TO RULE THE WAVES: HOW THE BRITISH SHAPED THE MODERN WORLD
ARTHUR HERMAN
HARPERCOLLINS 672 PGS $26.95
THE PURSUIT OF VICTORY: THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF HORATIO NELSON
ROGER KNIGHT
BASIC BOOKS 600 PGS $35.00
HOW THE SCOTS INVENTED THE MODERN WORLD
ARTHUR HERMAN
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THE WHIG INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY (1931)
SIR HERBERT BUTTERFIELD
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BRITISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
HELEN TAFT MANNING
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SIMON BOLIVAR: A LIFE
JOHN LYNCH
YALE UNIV 350 PGS $35.00
HISTORY OF ENGLAND
MACAULAY
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AFTER ELIZABETH: THE RISE OF JAMES OF SCOTLAND AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE THRONE
OF ENGLAND
LEANDA DE LISLE
BALLANTINE 368 PGS $25.95
THE KING'S REVOLUTION: HENRY VIII AND THE REMAKING OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH
G.W. BERNARD
YALE 672 PGS $40.00
EARTHLY POWERS: THE CLASH OF RELIGION AND POLITICS IN EUROPE FROM THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE GREAT WAR
MICHAEL BURLEIGH MO 06 03
HARPERCOLLINS 544 PGS $29.95
THE WHIG WORLD
LESLIE MITCHELL
HAMBLEDON & LONDON 256 PGS $39.95
THE MIND OF GLADSTONE: RELIGION, HOMER, AND POLITICS
DAVID BEBBINGTON
OXFORD UNIV 352 PGS $95.00
GLADSTONE: CHURCH, STATE AND TRACTARIANISM: A STUDY OF HIS RELIGIOUS IDEAS
AND ATTITUDES, 1809-1859 (1982)
PERRY BUTLER
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REMEMBERED PAST: JOHN LUKACS ON HISTORY, HISTORIANS, AND HISTORICAL
KNOWLEDGE - A READER
MARK G. MALVASI & JEFFREY O. NELSON, ED
ISI BOOKS 650 PGS $30.00
WAR AND PEACE
NOTE: A novel, a rare exception on this list, however an item of exceptional influence
personally on my early education.
LEO TOLSTOY 1875
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EMPIRE: THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND ITS RIVALS
DOMINIC LIEVEN MO 01 10
YALE UNIV PRESS 486 PGS $35.00
THE DYNAMICS OF GLOBAL DOMINANCE
(A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN COLONIALISM)
DAVID B. ABERNETHY
YALE UNIV. PRESS 524 PGS $35.00
A WEALTH OF IDEAS: REVELATIONS FROM THE HOOVER INSTITUTION ARCHIVES
BERTRAND M. PATENAUDE, ED
STANFORD 303 PGS $49.95
THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES: WAR, PEACE AND THE COURSE OF HISTORY
PHILIP BOBBITT
KNOPF 919 PGS $40.00
ECCENTRIC CULTURE: A THEORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
REMI BRAGUE- TRANSLATED BY SAMUEL LESTER
ST. AUGUSTINE’S 205 PGS $28.00
THE DECLINE OF THE WEST
OSWALD SPENGLER
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THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
A.J.P. TAYLOR
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PETAIN: HOW THE HERO OF FRANCE BECAME A CONVICTED TRAITOR AND CHANGED THE
COURSE OF HISTORY
CHARLES WILLIAMS
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 320 PGS $29.95
IN MY BROTHER'S SHADOW
AN OLDER BROTHER EMBRACES HIS ROLE IN THE DEATH'S HEAD DIVISION OF THE WAFFEN SS
UWE TIMM
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX 148 PGS $21.00
CHURCHILL: THE END OF GLORY
JOHN CHARMLEY
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IMPERIALISM
J.A. HOBSON
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THE SWORD AND THE PROPHET
SERGE TRIKOVIC
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REFLECTIONS, 1982-1995
GEORGE KENNAN
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD
GEOFFREY BLAINEY
IVAN R. DEE 466 PGS $ 27.50
OUTLINE OF HISTORY
H.G. WELLS
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INVENTING THE FLAT EARTH: COLUMBUS AND MODERN HISTORIANS (1991)
JEFFREY BURTON RUSSELL
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THE MAKING OF THE MIDDLE AGES (1953)
R.W. SOUTHERN
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GOD AND REASON IN THE MIDDLE AGES
EDWARD GRANT
CAMBRIDGE UNIV. XXX XXXX
GALILEO IN ROME: THE RISE AND FALL OF A TROUBLESOME GENIUS
WILLIAM R. SHEA & MARIANO ARTIGAS
OXFORD UNIV. 226 PGS XXX
THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN SCIENCE IN THE MIDDLE AGES: THEIR RELIGIOUS,
INSTITUTIONAL, AND INTELLECTUAL CONTEXTS (1996)
EDWARD GRANT
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THE BEGINNINGS OF WESTERN SCIENCE (1992)
DAVID LINDBERG
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HISTORY
HILAIRE BELLOC
NEUMANN PRESS 110 PGS $18.00
HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILT WESTERN CIVILIZATION
THOMAS E. WOODS, JR
REGNERY 256 PGS $29.95
ROUSSEAU'S DOG: TWO GREAT THINKERS AT WAR IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
DAVID EDMONDS & JOHN EIDINOW
HARPERCOLLINS 319 PGS $25.95
HOW THE IRISH SAVED CIVILIZATION
THOMAS CAHILL
DOUBLEDAY XXX XXX
THE MARTYRDOM OF EDMUND CAMPION AND HIS COMPANIONS THE STRUGGLE IN ENGLAND
WILLIAM CARDINAL ALLEN
NEUMANN PRESS 164 PGS $30.00
THE ABOLITION OF BRITAIN: FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL TO PRINCESS DIANA
PETER HITCHENS MO 01 05
ENCOUNTER 332 PGS $22.95
FORGOTTEN ARMIES: THE FALL OF BRITISH ASIA 1941-1945
CHRISTOPHER BAYLY & TIM HARPER
BELKNAP 608 PGS $29.95
THE DAWN OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY: SELECTED ESSAYS FROM A WITNESS TO THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY
RAYMOND ARON
BASIC 544 PGS $35.00
THE ANTI-SEMITIC MOMENT: A TOUR OF FRANCE IN 1898
PIERRE BIRNBAUM
HILL & WANG 352 PGS $35.00
THE DEGAEV AFFAIR: TERROR AND TREASON IN TSARIST RUSSIA
RICHARD PIPES
YALE UNIV. 153 PGS $22.95
NAPOLEON: A PENGUIN LIFE
PAUL JOHNSON
VIKING 190 PGS $19.95
CRITICS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT: READINGS IN THE FRENCH COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY
TRADITION
CHRISTOPHER OLAF BLUM, TRANS/ED
ISI 357 PGS $18.00
EMPIRES OF THE WORD: A LANGUAGE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
NICHOLAS OSTLER
HARPERCOLLINS 640 PGS $29.95
THE BURNING TIGRIS: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND AMERICA’S RESPONSE
PETER BALAKIAN
HARPERCOLLINS 496 PGS $26.95
ANTI-AMERICANISM
JEAN-FRANCOIS REVEL
ENCOUNTER 176 PGS XXX
NEVER AGAIN? THE THREAT OF THE NEW ANTI-SEMITISM
ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN
HARPERSANFRANCISCO 305 PGS $24.95
THE RETURN OF ANTI-SEMITISM
GABRIEL SCHOENFELD
ENCOUNTER 193 PGS $25.95
GREAT CONSERVATIVES BRITISH CONSERVATIVE HISTORY
MARTIN O. HUTCHINSON
ACADEMIA PRESS 772 PGS $39.95
THE ANGLOSPHERE CHALLENGE: WHY THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING NATIONS WILL LEAD
THE WAY IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
JAMES BENNETT
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD 352 PGS $39.95
THE EMPTY CRADLE: HOW FALLING BIRTH RATES THREATEN WORLD PROSPERITY AND
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
PHILLIP LONGMAN
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EURABIA: THE EURO - ARAB AXIS
BAT YE'OR
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 384 PGS $23.95
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL: THE FAILURE OF HUMANITY IN RWANDA
LT. GENERAL ROMEO DALLAIRE
CARROLL & GRAF 562 PGS $30.00
SECRET SHAKESPEARE: STUDIES IN RELIGION, THEATRE AND RESISTANCE
RICHARD WILSON
MANCHESTER UNIV 320 PGS $24.95
WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE
STEPHEN GREENBLATT
W.W. NORTON 386 PGS $26.95
BEYOND PARADISE AND POWER: EUROPE, AMERICA AND THE FUTURE OF A TROUBLED
PARTNERSHIP
TOD LINDBERG, ED
ROUTLEDGE 224 PGS $19.95 PB
THE ROADS TO MODERNITY: THE BRITISH, FRENCH, AND AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT
GERTRUDE HIMMELFARB
ALFRED A. KNOPF 304 PGS $25.00
THE ENLIGHTENMENT: AN INTERPRETATION VOL. I: THE RISE OF MODERN PAGANISM (1967)
PETER GAY
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT: AN INTERPRETATION VOL. II: THE SCIENCE OF FREEDOM (1970)
PETER GAY
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BEVAN (BRITISH SOCIALISM)
CLARE & FRANCIS BECKET
HAUS 167 PGS L9.99
ALEXANDER THE GREAT: THE HUNT FOR A NEW PAST
PAUL CARTLEDGE
OVERLOOK 368 PGS $24.95
IVAN THE TERRIBLE
ISABEL de MADARIAGA
YALE UNIV. 416 PGS $35.00
HER MAJESTY’S SPYMASTER: ELIZABETH I, SIR FRANCES WALSIGNHAM AND THE BIRTH OF
MODERN ESPIONAGE
STEPHEN BUDIANSKY
VIKING 256 PGS $24.95
THE WHIG REVIVAL: 1808-1830
WILLIAM ANTHONY HAY
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 235 PGS $65.00
THE REFORMATION: A HISTORY
PATRICK COLLINSON
MODERN LIBRARY 238 PGS $21.95
PHILLIP II OF SPAIN
WILLIAM THOMAS WALSH
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CHARACTERS OF THE INQUISITION
WILLIAM THOMAS WALSH
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THE SPANISH INQUISITION: A HISTORICAL REVISION (1998)
HENRY KAMEN
YALE UNIV XXX XXX
HERESIES OF THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES (1969)
WALTER L. WAKEFIELD & AUSTIN P. EVANS
COLUMBIA UNIV. XXX XXX
RECOVERING THE PAST: A HISTORIAN’S MEMOIR (2004)
FORREST McDONALD
UNIV. OF KANSAS 198 PGS XXX
WE THE PEOPLE (1958)
FORREST McDONALD
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THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH: ALAN TURING AND THE INVENTION OF THE COMPUTER
DAVID LEAVITT
NORTON 288 PGS $22.95
ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA 1983
ANDREW HODGE
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MY LIFE AMONG THE DEATHWORKS: ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE AESTHETICS OF AUTHORITY
PHILIP RIEFF
UNIV VIRGINIA 288 PGS $4.95
THE STRANGE DEATH OF MORAL BRITAIN
CHRISTIE DAVIES
TRANSACTION PUB. 264 PGS XXX
ECCENTRIC CULTURE: A THEORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
REMI BRAGUE
ST. AUGUSTINE’S PRESS 205 PGS XXX
IN COMMAND OD HISTORY: CHURCHILL FIGHTING AND WRITING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
DAVID REYNOLDS
RANDOM HOUSE 656 PGS $35.00
A THRONE IN BRUSSELS: BRITAIN, THE SAXE-COBURGS AND THE BELGIANIZATION OF EUROPE
PAUL BELIEN MO 06 01
IMPRINT ACADEMIC 384 PGS $49.00
MENACE IN EUROPE: WHY THE CONTINENT'S CRISIS IS AMERICA'S TOO.
CLAIRE BERLINSKI
CROWN FORUM 288 PGS $25.95
LONDONISTAN
MELANIE PHILLIPS
ENCOUNTER 200 PGS $25.95
DEFINING THE WORLD: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF DR. JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY
HENRY HITCHENS
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX 304PGS $24.00
JOHN STUART MILL: A BIOGRAPHY
NICHOLAS CAPALDI
CAMBRIDGE UNIV 456 PGS $40.00
BETRAYAL: FRANCE, THE ARABS, AND THE JEWS
DAVID PRYCE-JONES MO 07 01
ENCOUNTER 171 PGS $23.95
THE SOLZHENITSYN READER: NEW AND ESSENTIAL WRITINGS 1947-2005
EDWARD E. ERICKSON & DANIEL j. MAHONEY, eds
ISI 650 PGS $30.00
EARTHLY POWERS: THE CLASH OF RELIGION AND POLITICS IN EUROPE FROM THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION TO THE GREAT WAR
MICHAEL BURLEIGH MO 07 01
HARPER COLLINS 544 PGS $29.95
SACRED CAUSES: THE CLASH OF RELIGION AND POLITICS, FROM THE GREAT WAR TO THE WAR
ON TERROR.
MICHAEL BURLEIGH MO 07 02
HARPER COLLINS 557 PGS $27.95
G.K. CHESTERTON: THINKING BACKWARD, LOOKING FORWARD
STEPHEN R.L. CLARK
TEMPLETON FOUNDATION PRESS xxx PGS $29.95
THE JEWS IN EGYPT 1914-1952
GUDRUN KRAMER
I B TAURIS & CO LTD (1989) 319 PGS $39.95
THE MUSLIM BROTHERS AND THE PALESTINE QUESTION 1928-1947
ABD AL-FATTAH MUHAMMAD EL-AWAISI
xxxxxx xxx PGS $xx.xx
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UNIV xxx PGS $xx.xx
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