journey through history chronologically - hosted by adventurouspotato

World War Era (1900 – 1950 CE)
russian revolution, world wars, holocaust, prohibition, great depression, interwar period, chinese communist revolution, age of flight, golden age of radio, suffragettes
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The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich by Ian Kershaw

The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich

Ian Kershaw

320 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

10 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced
George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith

George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy

Sally Bedell Smith

22 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Ben Macintyre

11 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction by Bhikhu Parekh

Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Bhikhu Parekh

152 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective medium-paced
Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction by Dan Stone

Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Dan Stone

160 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history
Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction by Jane Caplan

Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Jane Caplan

200 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction by Helen Graham

The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Helen Graham

176 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction by Michael S. Neiberg

The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction

Michael S. Neiberg

144 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Mexican Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Alan Knight

The Mexican Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

The Mexican Revolution #1

Alan Knight

144 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced