Don't Know Much About History . . .

[naamagatus]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...> 
wrote:
> 
> Has anyone read any good non-fiction history books they could 
recommend?  
> 

Hi,

I have to add my two cents, too.

Barbara Tuchman? "March of Folly" is a classic. You've probably read 
it alreayd, but if not - do so! I also read just a few weeks ago "The 
Zimmerman Telegram", which is about the beginning of WW I. She 
somehow manages both to go into very specific detail and tell a 
riveting tale. 
Try any book by Bernard Lewis for history of the Middle East and 
Islam. A good overview of Muslim history, in current perspective, 
is "What went Wrong?". He discusses the (abysmal) state of the Arab 
world today as contrasted with the glorious Muslim past. 
Also, years ago I read a small book by Kitto, "The Greeks", about 
ancient Greece, specifically the golden age of Athens. I loved it. 
It's dated, maybe, but it's refreshing, I think, to read history 
books where the author is unashamely biased in favor of his subject. 


Naama