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American History in 100 Books - Page 3

Books that help us understand the important eras, events and people that make up American history. Presented in topical historical chronology. Most are non-fiction, but I have also included some classic works of fiction.
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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (Michael Dobbs)
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
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Michael Dobbs
The Passage of Power (Robert A. Caro)
The Passage of Power
82
Robert A. Caro
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sh
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sh
83
Fredrik Logevall, Embers of War
Fredrik Logevall, Embers of War
84
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
85
Betty Friedan
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
86
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
87
Tim O'Brien
One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon (Tim Weiner)
One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon
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Tim Weiner
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
89
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam (Mark Bowden)
Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War With Militant Islam
90
Mark Bowden
And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
91
Firewall (Lawrence E. Walsh)
Firewall
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Lawrence E. Walsh
Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future (Will Bunch)
Tear Down This Myth: How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future
93
Will Bunch
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin
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The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton (Joe Klein)
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton
95
Joe Klein
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
96
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, by Thomas Ricks (Thomas Ricks)
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, by Thomas Ricks
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Thomas Ricks
The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby
The Age of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial Sys (Andrew Ross Sorkin)
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial Sys
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Andrew Ross Sorkin
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
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Alexander
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