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Great and Relevant History Books
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1. Barbarism and Civilization: A History of Europe in our Time by Bernard Wasserstein

The list author says:
	"fantastic new history of europe's 20th century. a very readable addition to the great (hobsbawm, mazower, ferguson etc.) histories of europe in the last 100 years"

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2. Mandela: A Critical Life by Tom Lodge

The list author says:
	"fascinating biography of the world's greatest leader"

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3. The Changing Face of China: From Mao to Market by John Gittings

The list author says:
	"china and how it has changed since Mao. Essential. Unavoidable"

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4. A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr

The list author says:
	"great history of britain by one of britain's greatest journalists"

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5. The Oxford Companion to Black British History (Oxford Companions) by David Dabydeen

The list author says:
	"important reference in the bicentenary year of the abolition of the slave trade"

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6. Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752 by Jonathan I. Israel

The list author says:
	"major reassessment of the enlightenment - essential for history students"

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7. We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History (A Council on Foreign Relations Book) by John Lewis Gaddis

The list author says:
	"reassessment of the cold war which provoked a huge historiographical debate. essential."

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8. The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War by Philip Morgan

The list author says:
	"new interpretation of one of the 20th century's most controversial leaders"

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9. Fleeing Hitler: France 1940 by Hanna Diamond

The list author says:
	"very personal insight into the french occupation"

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10. Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracy (Short Oxford History of the Modern World) by Judith M. Brown

The list author says:
	"really good textbook of modern indian history. great for students, and really interesting read."

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11. Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy by Sugata Bose

The list author says:
	"groundbreaking revisionist history of south asia. great on partition. and a really good textbook."

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12. Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India by Stanley Wolpert

The list author says:
	"an interesting look at the last years of the Indian raj."

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13. Simon Schama's Power of Art by Professor Simon Schama CBE

The list author says:
	"great new book by schama"

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14. The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple

The list author says:
	"already a classic"

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15. After Hitler: Recivilizing Germans, 1945-1995 by Konrad H. Jarausch

The list author says:
	"great book on how germany rebuilt itself in the second half of the twentieth century"

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16. The International Struggle Over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council 1980-2005 by David M. Malone

The list author says:
	"a very relevant bit of history that is often ignored."

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17. Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty by Ali Gheissari

The list author says:
	"democracy in iran - its history and the possibility of a future"

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18. Fatherlands: State-Building and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Germany (New Studies in European History) by Abigail Green

The list author says:
	"insightful analysis of the development of nationalism. fascinating and relevant."

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19. Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang

The list author says:
	"great biography of a notorious leader. brilliant writing."

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20. Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World by David Brion Davis

The list author says:
	"rise and fall of slavery"

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21. A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924 by Orlando Figes

The list author says:
	"great work on the russian revolution."

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(40 customer reviews)

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22. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor

The list author says:
	"very readable but comprehensive account of the spanish civil war"

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(45 customer reviews)

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23. Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates by David Wootton

The list author says:
	"unusual approach to the history of medicine"

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24. Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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25. Stalingrad by Antony Beevor

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A History of Modern Britain

Simon Schama's Power of Art

The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857

The International Struggle Over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council 1980-2005

Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates

Young Stalin

Stalingrad

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