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

Thomas Jefferson Summary

Thomas Jefferson

The Art of Power

by Jon Meacham 2012 759 pages

In My Time Summary

A Personal and Political Memoir

by Dick Cheney 2011 576 pages

COUNSELOR Summary

A Life at the Edge of History

by Theodore C. Sorensen 2008 556 pages

Making It in America Summary

Making It in America

The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A.

by Rachel Slade 2024 352 pages

Five Families Summary

The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires

by Selwyn Raab 2005 784 pages

Original Sin Summary

President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again

by Jake Tapper 2025 352 pages

National Security Cinema Summary

National Security Cinema

The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood

by Matthew Alford 2017 265 pages

Smuggler Nation Summary

Smuggler Nation

How Illicit Trade Made America

by Peter Andreas 2013 472 pages

American History

Un-Trumping America Summary

Un-Trumping America

A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again

by Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pages

Zero Fail Summary

The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

by Carol Leonnig 2021 560 pages

American History

The Great Crash 1929 Summary

The Great Crash 1929

by John Kenneth Galbraith 1954 206 pages

Black Mass Summary

by Dick Lehr 2000 424 pages

The Big Change Summary

America Transforms Itself, 1900-50

by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages

American History

Essays on the Great Depression Summary

Essays on the Great Depression

by Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 pages

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 pages

American History

Wilmington's Lie Summary

Wilmington's Lie

The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

by David Zucchino 2020 426 pages

The Great Bridge Summary

The Great Bridge

The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

by David McCullough 1972 608 pages

American History

Freak Kingdom Summary

Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism

by Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pages

Walt Whitman Summary

by Justin Kaplan 1980 464 pages

The Mammoth Book of the West Summary

The Mammoth Book of the West

The Making of the American West

by Jon E. Lewis 1996 544 pages

American History

Tocqueville Summary

A Very Short Introduction

by Harvey C. Mansfield 2007 124 pages

The JFK Conspiracy Summary

The JFK Conspiracy

The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed

by Brad Meltzer 2025 304 pages

In the Enemy's House Summary

In the Enemy's House

The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies

by Howard Blum 2018 352 pages

George Washington Summary

George Washington

by James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 pages

Den of Spies Summary

Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House: A Provocative History with Deep Political Revelations, ... the High-Stakes Political Games of the 1980s

by Craig Unger 2024 368 pages

American History

The Spymasters Summary

How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future

by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages

Personal Memoirs Summary

Personal Memoirs

by Ulysses S. Grant 1885 702 pages

Days of Fire Summary

Bush and Cheney in the White House

by Peter Baker 2013 816 pages

Empire of Debt Summary

The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis

by William Bonner 2005 384 pages

Empire of the Summer Moon Summary

Empire of the Summer Moon

by S.C. Gwynne 2010 371 pages

American History

Albion's Seed Summary

Four British Folkways in America

by David Hackett Fischer 1989 946 pages

American History

House of Bush, House of Saud Summary

House of Bush, House of Saud

The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties

by Craig Unger 2004 384 pages

Amexica Summary

War Along the Borderline

by Ed Vulliamy 2010 368 pages

The Afghanistan Papers Summary

The Afghanistan Papers

A Secret History of the War

by Craig Whitlock 2021 368 pages

Public Enemies Summary

America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

by Bryan Burrough 2004 640 pages

Buckley Summary

William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism

by Carl T. Bogus 2011 416 pages

The First Conspiracy Summary

The First Conspiracy

The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

by Brad Meltzer 2019 413 pages

American History

Inside the Apple Summary

Inside the Apple

A Streetwise History of New York City

by Michelle Nevius 2009 384 pages

Wildland Summary

The Making of America's Fury

by Evan Osnos 2021 465 pages

Attack and Die Summary

Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage

by Grady McWhiney 1982 232 pages

American Civil War

The Republic for Which It Stands Summary

The Republic for Which It Stands

The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896

by Richard White 2017 928 pages

American History

The Ones We've Been Waiting for Summary

The Ones We've Been Waiting for

How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America

by Charlotte Alter 2020 368 pages

Case Closed Summary

Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK

by Gerald Posner 1993 640 pages

American History

September 11 Summary

An Oral History

by Dean E. Murphy 2002 272 pages

American History

The Origins of Woke Summary

The Origins of Woke

Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics

by Richard Hanania 2023 270 pages

Decline and Fall Summary

Decline and Fall

The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America

by John Michael Greer 2014 304 pages

The Upswing Summary

How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again

by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages

The Earth Is Weeping Summary

The Earth Is Weeping

The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

by Peter Cozzens 2016 544 pages

American History

Native American

The Assault on Truth Summary

The Assault on Truth

Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism

by Peter Oborne 2021 251 pages

The Apache Wars Summary

The Apache Wars

The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History

by Paul Andrew Hutton 2016 514 pages

American History

Native American

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