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alerty Posted: Thu, Aug 14 2008 12:48 PM

Can someone recommend some good books about history? There is a lot of bullshit about history i learned in school that i need to forget.

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liberty student replied on Thu, Aug 14 2008 2:17 PM

I'm assuming US history?

If so, you can try Tom DiLorenzo or Thomas E. Woods.  They have written books that adjust, add to or correct the historical record.

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jmw replied on Thu, Aug 14 2008 2:17 PM

Lies My Teach Told Me would be a good place to start.

Google Thomas Woods Jr.

 

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alerty replied on Thu, Aug 14 2008 2:42 PM

Not just U.S, other places too.

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alerty replied on Thu, Aug 14 2008 4:58 PM

Maybe some book about the time of the end of feudalism and one about the industrial revolution.

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jmw replied on Thu, Aug 14 2008 5:15 PM

Herodotus and Thucydidies are a must read for any history buff. Fordham's Internet Source Book is a great place to start for primary source documents in eras of interest.

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alerty replied on Fri, Aug 15 2008 2:50 PM

A book about the byzantine empire and about the feudalism would be nice too.

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Junker replied on Fri, Aug 15 2008 10:33 PM

The link above:

Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page
Other History Sourcebooks: African | East Asian | Global | Indian | Islamic | Jewish |  and Gay | Science | Women's

 

 

Historians of Interest

    * Current
          o Dennis L. Cuddy (19xx–present)
          o Walter E. Grinder (19xx–present)
          o David M. Hart (19xx–present)
          o Leonard Liggio (19xx–present)
          o Charles A. McGuire (?–?)
          o Eustace Mullins (1923–present)
          o Ralph Raico (19xx–present)
          o Joseph R. Stromberg (19xx–present)
          o Thomas E. Woods (19xx–present)

    * Recent
          o Harry Elmer Barnes (1889–1968)
          o Charles Austin Beard (1874–1948)
          o Mary Ritter Beard (1876–1958)
          o Clarence Buford Carson (1925–2003)
          o William Henry Chamberlin (1897–1969)
          o Gottfried Dietze (1920–2006)
          o James J. Martin (1916-2004)
          o Carroll Quigley (1910-1977)
          o Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995)
          o W. Cleon Skousen (1913-2006)
          o Antony C. Sutton (1925-2002)

with some links to on-line sources

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Jon Irenicus replied on Sat, Aug 16 2008 6:33 AM

Don't forget A J P Taylor. I think both Rothbard and David Gordon found him great.

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