New Books in History

10155 Episodes

1. Martin Thomas, "The End of Empires and a World Remade: A Global History of Decolonization" (Princeton UP, 2024)

   Published: 5/5/2025
2. Shaun Walker, "The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West" (Knopf, 2025)

   Published: 5/4/2025
3. Nicholas Evan Sarantakes, "The Battle of Manila: Poisoned Victory in the Pacific War" (Oxford UP, 2025)

   Published: 5/3/2025
4. Laura Spinney, "Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

   Published: 5/2/2025
5. Jeremy Black, "Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I, 1714-1727" (Routledge, 2016)

   Published: 5/1/2025
6. Udi Greenberg, "The End of the Schism: Catholics, Protestants, and the Remaking of Christian Life in Europe, 1880s-1970s" (Harvard UP, 2025)

   Published: 4/30/2025
7. Steven Hahn, "Illiberal America: A History" (Norton, 2024)

   Published: 4/29/2025
8. Reider Payne, "War and Diplomacy in the Napoleonic Era" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)

   Published: 4/28/2025
9. Ross Benes, "1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times" (UP of Kansas, 2025)

   Published: 4/27/2025
10. Paul M. McGarr, "Spying in South Asia: Britain, the United States, and India's Secret Cold War" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/26/2025
11. Richard Overy, "Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan" (Norton, 2025)

    Published: 4/25/2025
12. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, "The Idea of the City in Late Antiquity: A Study in Resilience" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

    Published: 4/24/2025
13. Gabe Henry, "Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell" (Dey Street, 2025)

    Published: 4/23/2025
14. Max Hastings, “Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975” (Harper, 2018)

    Published: 4/22/2025
15. Ulf Zander, "Raoul Wallenberg: Life and Legacy" (Lund UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/21/2025
16. Henry Jenkins, "Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America" (NYU Press, 2025)

    Published: 4/20/2025
17. Maurice Jackson, "Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience: How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality" (Georgetown UP, 2025)

    Published: 4/19/2025
18. Davida Siwisa James, "Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Alexander Hamilton’s Old Harlem Neighborhood Through the Centuries" (Fordham UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/18/2025
19. Davida Siwisa James, "Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill: Alexander Hamilton’s Old Harlem Neighborhood Through the Centuries" (Fordham UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/17/2025
20. Lesley J. Gordon, "Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

    Published: 4/15/2025