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What we learn about the past does not give us absolute truth about the present, but it may cause us to look deeper than the glib statements made by= political leaders and the “experts” quoted in the press. 721 pgs.
Americans of the Civil War generation lived through an experience in which time and consciousness took on new dimensions. “These are fearfully critical, anxious days, in which the destinies of the continent for centuries will be decided.” 1,120 pgs.
Building the American Republic, Vol. 1 is an accessible narrative history of the United States from pre-colonial times up to the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction in 1877.
1,646 pgs.
Building the American Republic, Volume 2 is an engaging, accessible narrative history of the United States from 1877 through the 2016 election.
2,479 pgs.
The two and a half decades bracketed by the signing of the Constitution in 1788 and the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in 1815, constituted one of the most precarious and consequential passages in American history.
1,637 pgs.
The brief period from 1929 to 1945 is unique in American history for its complexities of change and violence of contrasts. Readers of Freedom from Fear will encounter vivid portraits of Americans, statesmen and commanders. 989 pgs.
“From Colony to Superpower” is a comprehensive, non-fiction history book by historian George C. Herring that chronicles the evolution of United States foreign relations from the American Revolution up to the post-9/11 era. 1,054 pgs.
This book is a comprehensive historical account of American life, politics, and culture from the rise of the “rights revolution” to the end of World War II, post war economic boom, to the Watergate scandal.
2,863 pgs.
The book argues that moral rules are determined by their consequences—specifically, actions are right if they promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number—and grounds this ethical framework in Christian theology. 348 pgs.
This book explores how the Founding Fathers transformed political thought of 1776 of classical and medieval concepts to a modern system of American republicanism of 1787.
680 pgs.
Serving as the first volume of the prestigious Oxford History of the United States this is a comprehensive, narrative history of the American Revolution. 850 pgs.
It’s a foundational political and legal treatise that establishes the rules of modern international law by applying the principles of natural law to the conduct of states and sovereigns.
483 pgs.
It’s a sweeping, comprehensive history of the United States from the end of the Civil War to the election of 1896.
966 pgs.
It’s a history book that covers the United States from the end of the War of 1812 to the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1848.
1,136 pgs.