Category: History
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Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History
If you didn’t like your presidential candidate options in the 2024 election, Uncharted is the book for you. I loved Whipple’s work in Gatekeepers about the White House Chiefs of Staff, and Uncharted is equally as good. The reviews of this book are all over the map because Chris Whipple takes aim at all three…
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Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
“Pamela’s strategic sex life is now recognized by scholars of diplomacy and war as “politically significant.” Power. Pamela Harriman’s power was sex and intrigue, and Kingmaker tells Harriman’s global impact spanning from World War II through the Clinton administration. I appreciated Sonia Purnell’s use of recently unveiled primary sources because this book reads like historical…
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2024 Power Rankings
5 Stars-I would recommend these to anyone. The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris Whipple The Gatekeepers is the best book I read this year. Chris Whipple gives an inside view of American history through the lens of White House Chiefs of Staff, and his interviews include some…
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Dreams of El Dorado
“Dreams of El Dorado” by H.L. Brands is a captivating and comprehensive account of the American West. The book digs into numerous primary sources to tell the stories of the first settlers and founding narratives for a few cities west of the Mississippi. Brands tackles a broad swath of the American West and does it…
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The Deepest South of All
The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant is a thoughtful, hilarious, and well-told story of Natchez, Mississippi. Grant is a British author who immerses himself in Natchez for half a year. He lives with an influential author with generations of history in the town,…
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