by James M. McPherson (1988)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. The definitive single-volume chronicle of the American Civil War, brilliantly weaving together the political, social, and military forces that tore the United States apart between 1848 and 1865.
David E. Hoffman
The Pulitzer Prize-winning history of how Reagan, Gorbachev, and secret Soviet scientists grappled with biological warfare labs, automated doomsday retaliation systems, and the nightmare of loose nuclear weapons.
David McCullough
In this masterwork of narrative history, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence—when the whole American cause was within an inch of being crushed. A thrilling account of ordinary citizens facing the mighty British empire.
Isabel Wilkerson
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. Told through the intimate lives of three unforgettable individuals.
Adam Hochschild
The haunting account of King Leopold II of Belgium's predatory plunder of the Congo Free State during the late 19th century rubber boom, which decimated an estimated ten million African lives.