RECOMMENDED READING AMERICAN HISTORY 1900 ONWARD
UNDER DEVELOPMENT RETURN TO HOMEPAGE
BOOKS USEFUL IN UNDERSTANDING THE DISCUSSION E-mail: Jim@ConservativeAnswers.com
SHERWOOD ANDERSON: A WRITER IN AMERICA, VOL. I
WALTER B. RIDEOUT
WISCONSIN 852 PGS $60.00
THE SPIRITS OF AMERICA: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ALCOHOL 18TH AMENDMENT/PROHIBITION
ERIC BURNS
TEMPLE UNIV PRESS 326 PGS $29.00
BETTER FOR ALL THE WORLD: THE SECRET HISTORY OF FORCED STERILIZATION AND AMERICA'S
QUEST FOR RACIAL PURITY
HARRY BRUINIUS
KNOPF 416 PGS $30.00
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA AND RACE: REFORM AND REACTION, 1900-1917
DAVID W. SOUTHERN
HARLAN DAVIDSON 240 PGS $15.95
SCOUTING FOR BOYS: THE ORIGINAL 1908 EDITION
ROBERT BADEN-POWELL / ELLEKE BOEHMER
OXFORD UNIV. 382 PGS $26.00
THE PEOPLE'S TYCOON: HENRY FORD AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY
STEVEN WATTS
KNOPF 640 PGS $30.00
THE PASTURES OF BEYOND: AN OLD COWBOY LOOKS BACK AT THE OLD WEST
DAYTON O. HYDE
ARCADE 264 PGS $25.00
1912: WILSON, ROOSEVELT, TAFT & DEBBS—THE ELECTION THAT CHANGED THE COUNTRY
JAMES CHACE
SIMON & SCHUSTER 336 PGS $25.95
1918: WAR AND PEACE WWI
GREGOR DALLAS
OVERLOOK PRESS 616 PGS $40.00
PARIS 1919 WWI
MARGARET MACMILLAN
RANDOM HOUSE 624 PGS $16.95
THE GREAT WAR WWI
ROBERT COWLEY
RANDOM HOUSE 476 PGS $15.95
THE ILLUSION OF VICTORY WWI
THOMAS FLEMING
BASIC 543 PGS $30.00
EUROPE’S LAST SUMMER WWI
DAVID FROMKIN
KNOPH 336 PGS $26.95
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
MICHAEL HOWARD
OXFORD PRESS 147 PGS $14.95
MELLON: AN AMERICAN LIFE
DAVID CANNADINE
KNOPH 800 PGS $35.00
WARREN G. HARDING
JOHN W. DEAN
TIMES BOOKS 174 PGS $20.00
ONE MATCHLESS TIME: A LIFE OF WILLIAM FAULKNER
JAY PARINI
HARPERCOLLINS 492 PGS $29.95
RADICAL INNOCENT: UPTON SINCLAIR
ANTHONY ARTHUR
RANDOM HOUSE 400 PGS $27.95
THE FORGOTTEN MAN: A NEW HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
AMITY SHLAES MO 07 02
HARPERCOLLINS 480 PGS $26.95
THE BONUS ARMY: AN AMERICAN EPIC
PAUL DICKSON & THOMAS B. ALLEN
WALKER 370 PGS $27.00
VANISHING POINT: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JUDGE CRATER AND THE NEW YORK HE LEFT
BEHIND
RICHARD J. TOFEL
IVAN R. LEE 216 PGS $24.95
THE BROTHERS BULGER: HOW THEY TERRORIZED AND CORRUPTED BOSTON FOR A QUARTER CENTURY
HOWIE CARR
WARNER BOOKS 352 PGS $25.95
EDDIE RICKENBACKER: AN AMERICAN HERO IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
W. DAVID LEWIS
JOHNS HOPKINS 624 PGS $35.00
WALT DISNEY: THE TRIUMPH OF THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION
NEAL GABLER
KNOPF 851 PGS $35.00
VOICES OF THE SILENT GENERATION: STRONG WOMEN TELL THEIR STORIES
BARBARA BAILLET MORAN MO 06 04
AVISSON 389 PGS $29.95
THE AMERICAN DILEMMA 1944
GUNNAR MYRDAL
XXX XXX XXX
FDR’S FOLLY: HOW ROOSEVELT AND HIS NEW DEAL PROLONGED THE GREAT DEPRESSION
JIM POWELL
CROWN FORUM 352 PGS XXX
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: CHAMPION OF FREEDOM
A BALANCED REVIEW, EXCEPT FOR THE ECONOMICS OF THE RECOVERY AND THE COMMUNIST PENETRATION
CONRAD BLACK
PUBLIC AFFAIRS 1280 PGS $39.95
CHURCHILL AND AMERICA
MARTIN GILBERT
FREE PRESS 528 PGS $30.00
AMERICA’S GREAT DEPRESSION 5TH ED.
MURRAY N. ROTHBARD
XXX XXX XXX
BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT: FDR AND THE INTERNMENT OF THE JAPANESE AMERICANS
GREGG ROBINSON
HARVARD UNIV. 322 PGS $27.95
LOUIS JOHNSON AND THE ARMING OF AMERICA: THE ROOSEVELT AND TRUMAN YEARS
KEITH D. MCFARLAND & DAVID L. ROLL
INDIANA UNIV 452 PGS $35.00
THE AMERICAN HOME FRONT: 1941-1942
ALISTAIR COOKE
ATLANTIC MONTHLY 336 PGS $24.00
FRITZ KRAEMER ON EXCELLENCE
HUBERTUS HOFFMANN
WORLD SECURITY NETWORK FOUNDATION XXX XXX
BLOOD, CLASS AND EMPIRE: THE ENDURING ANGLO - AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
NATION BOOKS 432 PGS $14.95
DEAN ACHESON: A LIFE IN THE COLD WAR
ROBERT L. BEISNER
OXFORD 800 PGS $35.00
THE PRIZE: THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL, MONEY & POWER (6th Ed 1991)
DANIEL YERGIN ROOSEVELT'S DEAL WITH THE SAUDIS MO 07 03
SIMON & SCHUSTER XXX $59.00
THE COMPANY: A SHORT HISTORY OF A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA
JOHN MICKLETHWAIT & ADRIAN WOOLDRIDGE MO 07 03
MODERN LIBRARY 227 PGS $19.95
REACHING FOR GLORY: LYNDON JOHNSON'S SECRET WHITE HOUSE TAPES, 1964-1965
MICHAEL BESCHLOSS
SIMON & SCHUSTER 375 PGS $30.00
TRIUMPH FORSAKEN: THE VIETNAM WAR 1954-1965
MARK MOYER
CAMBRIDGE 542 PGS $32.00
ON MATTERS SOUTHERN: ESSAYS ABOUT LITERATURE AND CULTURE, 1964-2000
MARION MONTGOMERY MICHAEL M. JORDAN, ED
McFARLAND 214 PGS $35.00
STYLES BRIDGES: YANKEE SENATOR
JAMES J. KIEPPER
PHOENIX 270 PGS $24.95
EDWARD TELLER: THE REAL DR. STRANGELOVE
PETER GOODCHILD
HARVARD 352 PGS $29.95
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (MARINES- WWII)
JAMES BRADLEY
XXX XXX XXX
OUT OF THE ASHES: LIFE, DEATH AND THE TRANSFIGURATION OF DEMOCRACY IN CHILE,
1833-1988
JAMES R. WHELAN
XXX 1044 PGS $200.00 +/-
“THE AMERICAN WAY”: FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IN THE SHAPING OF THE AMERICAN IDENTITY
ALLAN CARLSON
ISI 211 PGS $15.00
UNGUARDED GATES: A HISTORY OF AMERICA’S IMMIGRATION CRISIS
OTIS L. GRAHAM JR
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD 264 PGS $26.95
REAGAN AND GORBACHEV: HOW THE COLD WAR ENDED
JACK F. MATLOCK Jr.
RANDOM HOUSE 384 PGS $27.95
THE STRUGGLE TO REFORM CONGRESS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, 1948-2000
JULIAN E. ZELIZER
CAMBRIDGE UNIV. PRESS 359 PGS $30.00
THE PRIVILEGED PLANET: HOW OUR PLACE IN THE COSMOS IS DESIGNED FOR DISCOVERY
JAY W. RICHARDS & GUILLERMO GONZALEZ
REGNERY XXX XXX
U.S. SENATE 09/11 COMMISSION REPORT
SENATE COMMISSION
NORTON 567 PGS $10.00
OUR OLDEST ENEMY: A HISTORY OF AMERICA'S DISASTROUS RELATIONSHIP WITH FRANCE
JOHN J. MILLER & MARK MOLESKY
DOUBLEDAY 304 PGS $24.95
LA BELLE FRANCE: A SHORT HISTORY
ALISTAIR HORNE
ALFRED A. KNOPH 512 PGS $30.00
ANTI-ANTI-AMERICANISM
JEAN-FRANCOIS REVEL AS TRANSLATED BY DIARMID CAMMELL
ENCOUNTER BOOKS 176 PGS $25.95
AWAY DOWN SOUTH: A HISTORY OF SOUTHERN IDENTITY
JAMES C. COBB
OXFORD 404 PGS $30.00
THE PRINCE OF THE CITY: GIULIANI, NEW YORK, AND THE GENIUS OF AMERICAN LIFE
FRED SIEGEL
ENCOUNTER BOOKS 320 PGS $26.95
DARK GENIUS OF WALL STREET: THE MISUNDERSTOOD LIFE OF JAY GOULD, KING OF
THE ROBBER BARONS
EDWARD J. RENEHAN, JR
BASIC BOOKS 352 PGS $30.00
FIRST MAN: THE LIFE OF NEIL A. ARMSTRONG
JAMES R. HANSON
SIMON & SCHUSTER 784 PGS $30.00
WHITE GUILT: HOW BLACKS AND WHITES TOGETHER DESTROYED THE PROMISE OF THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ERA
SHELBY STEELE MO 06 04
HARPERCOLLINS 192 PGS $24.95
AMERICA ALONE: THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
MARK STEYN MO 06 06
REGNERY 256 PGS $27.95
POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY: AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST: 1776 TO THE PRESENT
MICHAEL B. OREN MO 07 01
NORTON 778 PGS $35.00
A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES SINCE 1900
ANDREW ROBERTS MO 07-02
HARPERCOLLINS 752 PGS $35.00
THE REAGAN DIARIES
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, ED MO 07 03
HARPERCOLLINS 784 PGS $35.00
CAMELOT AND THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION: HOW THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
SHATTERED AMERICAN LIBERALISM
JAMES PIERESON MO 07 03
ENCOUNTER 253 PGS $25.95
CHENEY: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL AND CONTROVERSIAL VICE PRESIDENT
STEPHEN F. HAYES MO 07 03
HARPERCOLLINS 592 PGS $27.95
HIROSHIMA IN HISTORY: THE MYTHS OF REVISIONISM
ROBERT JAMES MADDOX, ED
UNIV MISSOURI 224 PGS $34.95
THREE NEW DEALS: REFLECTIONS ON ROOSEVELT'S AMERICA, MUSSOLINI'S ITALY, AND
HITLER'S GERMANY, 1933-1939
WOLFGANG SCHIVELBUSCH
METROPOLITAN BOOKS 242PGS $26.00
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UNIV xxx PGS $xx.xx
FMOWEB 250-004 RECO READING AMERICAN HISTORY 1900 ONWARD