20th Century History

A gnarly century fr

• The War that Ended Peace - Margaret MacMillan

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  Brilliant book, read it while deciding what to study in college, so maybe I shouldn't be reading it (damn you MacMillan). About the outbreak of WWI, very much focused on the why and how the war started. Carefully lays the diplomatic chess board,

• A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891–1924 - Orlando Figes

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  A masterpiece history of the Russian Revolution. The term "important" is greatly overused, this work deserves it.