Professor Buzzkill’s Bookshelf
Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America – Adam Winkler
Gunfight is a timely work examining America’s four-centuries-long political battle over gun …
War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War – John W. Dower
Though Western allies were clearly headed for victory, pure racism fueled the …
Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman – Merle Miller
The famous biography of Harry Truman, based on oral interviews given to Merle Miller. …
An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the …
The definitive one-volume history of World War II in the Pacific theater, The Pacific War was the first book to weave together the separate stories …
Shadows of Revolution: Reflections on France, Past and Present – David A. Bell
Within a space of a dozen years, from Bastille to Bonaparte, France experimented …
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation – Joseph J. Ellis
In this landmark work of history, Joseph Ellis explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply …
Roe v. Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision that Made Abortion Legal – Marian Faux
From the back-alley clinics of illegal abortionists …
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World – Margaret MacMillan
In this landmark work of narrative history, Margaret MacMillan gives a dramatic and intimate view …
