History That Doesn't Suck
Prof. Greg Jackson
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Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the History That Doesn't Suck podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Prodigal soldiers
James Kitfield
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Nature's new deal
Neil Maher
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Countdown to Pearl Harbor
The Twelve Days to the Attack
Steve Twomey
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories
Jeremy Dauber
Shalom Aleichem
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Citizens of London
The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
Lynne Olson
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
J'accuse
Émile Zola
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The spider and the fly
Claudia Rowe
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
How to Raise a Citizen (and Why It's up to You to Do It)
Lindsey Cormack
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The War
Lynn Novick
Ken Burns
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
General Fox Conner
Steven Rabalais
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
A Solution to the Jewish Question
Theodor Herzl
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Paris 1919
Margaret MacMillan
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
My Life from 29 July 1883 to 22 November 1911
Benito Mussolini
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Freedom's Forge
How American Business Built the Arsenal of Victory in World War II
Arthur Herman
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Apollo in the Age of Aquarius
Neil Maher
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Accomplishing the Impossible: Leadership That Launched Revolutionary Change
William Rapp
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Jewish State
Theodor Herzl
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The War of the World
Niall Ferguson
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Jews and their lies
Martin Luther
