American History

The stories of America unfold through pivotal moments, legendary figures, and the complex forces that shaped a nation - from Revolutionary spies and Civil War commanders to modern presidents and cultural transformations. These compelling accounts illuminate the triumphs, struggles, and decisions that echo through time, revealing how determined individuals and powerful ideas have steered the American experiment.

American History Book Summaries

The Cold War Summary

by John Lewis Gaddis 2005 352 pages

Team of Rivals Summary

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages

Benjamin Franklin Summary

Benjamin Franklin

An American Life

by Walter Isaacson 2003 586 pages

American History

Appetite for America Summary

Appetite for America

How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West

by Stephen Fried 2010 518 pages

American History

Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

by Charles C. Mann 2011 557 pages

American History

One Nation Under Blackmail Summary

One Nation Under Blackmail

The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, Vol. 2

by Whitney Alyse Webb 2022 432 pages

Conspiracy Theories

Tried by War Summary

Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

by James M. McPherson 2008 329 pages

Common Sense Summary

by Thomas Paine 1776 104 pages

Capitalism in America Summary

Capitalism in America

An Economic History of the United States

by Alan Greenspan 2018 496 pages

The Jakarta Method Summary

The Jakarta Method

Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

by Vincent Bevins 2020 320 pages

Tyranny of the Minority Summary

Tyranny of the Minority

Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages

Political Science

The Demon of Unrest Summary

The Demon of Unrest

A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson 2024 565 pages

New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann 2005 563 pages

American History

The Bill of Obligations Summary

The Bill of Obligations

The Ten Habits of Good Citizens

by Richard N. Haass 2023 240 pages

American History

A People’s History of the United States Summary

A People’s History of the United States

by Howard Zinn 1980 729 pages

American History

How the Word Is Passed Summary

How the Word Is Passed

A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

by Clint Smith 2021 336 pages

JFK's Forgotten Crisis Summary

JFK's Forgotten Crisis

Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War

by Bruce Riedel 2015 177 pages

When the Clock Broke Summary

When the Clock Broke

Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

by John Ganz 2024 432 pages

American History

The House of Morgan Summary

The House of Morgan

An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

by Ron Chernow 1990 812 pages

The Best and the Brightest Summary

The Best and the Brightest

by David Halberstam 1969 688 pages

The Greater Journey Summary

The Greater Journey

Americans in Paris

by David McCullough 2011 558 pages

Leadership Summary

In Turbulent Times

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018 473 pages

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge Summary

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge

George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2019 272 pages

Killing Hope Summary

U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II

by William Blum 1995 500 pages

The Tycoons Summary

How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy

by Charles R. Morris 2005 400 pages

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

Tales from the Pentagon

by Rosa Brooks 2016 448 pages

Military Fiction

The Second Founding Summary

The Second Founding

How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

by Eric Foner 2019 224 pages

American History

Modern Times Summary

The World from the Twenties to the Nineties

by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages

The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

by Ron Chernow 1998 832 pages

The Bridge Summary

The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

by David Remnick 2010 656 pages

The Wise Men Summary

Six Friends and the World They Made

by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages

Destiny of the Republic Summary

Destiny of the Republic

A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

by Candice Millard 2011 339 pages

American History

Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House

by Jonathan Allen 2025 352 pages

The United States Of America

The Great Debate Summary

The Great Debate

Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left

by Yuval Levin 2013 296 pages

Alexander Hamilton Summary

Alexander Hamilton

by Ron Chernow 2004 818 pages

American History

Hitler's American Model Summary

Hitler's American Model

The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law

by James Q. Whitman 2017 208 pages

American Sketches Summary

American Sketches

Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane

by Walter Isaacson 2009 304 pages

Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen 1995 383 pages

The Hamlet Fire Summary

The Hamlet Fire

A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives

by Bryant Simon 2017 320 pages

American History

Killing the Witches Summary

Killing the Witches

The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

by Bill O'Reilly 2023 291 pages

Who Stole the American Dream? Summary

Who Stole the American Dream?

by Hedrick Smith 2012 592 pages

The Obamas Summary

by Jodi Kantor 2011 368 pages

The Robber Barons Summary

The Robber Barons

by Matthew Josephson 1934 496 pages

American History

Andrew Carnegie Summary

Andrew Carnegie

by David Nasaw 2006 896 pages

Bad Mexicans Summary

Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands

by Kelly Lytle Hernández 2022 372 pages

The Situation Room Summary

The Situation Room

The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

by George Stephanopoulos 2024 368 pages

American History

Dark Alliance Summary

The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion

by Gary Webb 1998 601 pages

First Principles Summary

First Principles

What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

by Thomas E. Ricks 2020 416 pages

The American Military Adventure in Iraq

by Thomas E. Ricks 2006 482 pages

Military Fiction

Rosa Parks Summary

by Rosa Parks 1948 188 pages

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