Books Recommended by Dan Carlin
Reading lists supplied by Dan Carlin from the popular Hardcore History podcast.
"The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that’s been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this would be his origin story."
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 by Ian W. Toll
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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P Bix
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Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945 by Francis Pike
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"Pain is at the root of most drama and entertainment. When does it get too real? This very disturbing and graphic show looks into some case studies and asks some deep questions. WARNING: Very intense subject matter."
Julius Caesar is our travel guide as he takes us through his murderous subjugation of the native Celtic tribal peoples of ancient Gaul. It sounds vaguely like other, recent European colonial conquests…until the natives nearly win.
Celts and the Classical World by David Rankin
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The Conquest of Gaul by Jane P. Gardner
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Roman Conquests: Gaul by Michael M. Sage
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Alesia 52 BC: The final struggle for Gaul by Nic Fields
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What happens if human beings can’t handle the power of their own weaponry? This show examines the dangerous early years of the Nuclear Age and humankind’s efforts to avoid self-destruction at the hands of its own creation.
Inside the Kremlin's Cold War: From Stalin to Krushchev by Vladislav Zubok
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Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War by Susan Southard
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Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956 by Mr. David Holloway
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Often relegated to the role of slavish cannon fodder for Sparta’s spears, the Achaemenid Persian empire had a glorious heritage. Under a single king they created the greatest empire the world had ever seen.
History of the Persian Empire by A.T. Olmstead
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The Ancient Assyrians (Elite) by Mark Healy
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The Persian Empire by Lindsay Allen
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Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World by Reza Zaghamee
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A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC by Marc Van De Mieroop
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The planet hadn’t seen a major war between all the Great Powers since the downfall of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. But 99 years later the dam breaks and a Pandora’s Box of violence engulfs the planet.
The First World War by John Keegan
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War of Attrition: Fighting the First World War by William Philpott
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The First World War: Germany And Austria-Hungary 1914-1918 by Holger H. Herwig
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Murderous millennial preachers and prophets take over the German city of Munster after Martin Luther unleashes a Pandora’s Box of religious anarchy with the Protestant Reformation.
Does the toughness of peoples play any role in history? How can historians deal with such an amorphous human quality? Historiography, boxing, barbarians, philosophy and wisdom are among the subjects touched upon
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