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

Our Declaration Summary

Our Declaration

A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality

by Danielle S. Allen 2014 320 pages

American History

Democracy in America Summary

Democracy in America

by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835 983 pages

A Fever in the Heartland Summary

A Fever in the Heartland

The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

by Timothy Egan 2023 432 pages

The Wise Men Summary

Six Friends and the World They Made

by Walter Isaacson 1986 864 pages

The Great Debate Summary

The Great Debate

Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left

by Yuval Levin 2013 296 pages

Killing the Witches Summary

Killing the Witches

The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

by Bill O'Reilly 2023 291 pages

Original Sin Summary

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

by Jake Tapper 2025 352 pages

The Federalist Papers Summary

The Federalist Papers

by Alexander Hamilton 1788 688 pages

Who Stole the American Dream? Summary

Who Stole the American Dream?

by Hedrick Smith 2012 592 pages

Freedom from Fear Summary

Freedom from Fear

The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945

by David M. Kennedy 1999 936 pages

American History

George Washington's Secret Six Summary

George Washington's Secret Six

The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

by Brian Kilmeade 2013 235 pages

American History

American Revolution

Tyranny of the Minority Summary

Tyranny of the Minority

Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point

by Steven Levitsky 2023 368 pages

Political Science

Best Evidence Summary

by David S. Lifton 1980 920 pages

Conspiracy Theories

The Next Civil War Summary

The Next Civil War

Dispatches from the American Future

by Stephen Marche 2022 238 pages

American History

Colossus Summary

The Rise and Fall of the American Empire

by Niall Ferguson 2004 417 pages

American History

Empire of the Summer Moon Summary

Empire of the Summer Moon

by S.C. Gwynne 2010 371 pages

American History

Suicide of a Superpower Summary

Suicide of a Superpower

Will America Survive to 2025?

by Patrick J. Buchanan 2011 496 pages

JFK's Forgotten Crisis Summary

JFK's Forgotten Crisis

Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War

by Bruce Riedel 2015 177 pages

LatinoLand Summary

A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority

by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages

The Greater Journey Summary

The Greater Journey

Americans in Paris

by David McCullough 2011 558 pages

Founding Brothers Summary

Founding Brothers

The Revolutionary Generation

by Joseph J. Ellis 2000 288 pages

American History

Revolutionary Characters Summary

Revolutionary Characters

What Made the Founders Different

by Gordon S. Wood 2006 336 pages

American History

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young Summary

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young

Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

by Harold G. Moore 1991 480 pages

Military Fiction

The Upswing Summary

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

by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages

Did America Have a Christian Founding? Summary

Did America Have a Christian Founding?

Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth

by Mark David Hall 2019 240 pages

American History

Killing Kennedy Summary

Killing Kennedy

The End of Camelot

by Bill O'Reilly 2012 325 pages

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Summary

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin 1791 143 pages

The American Spirit Summary

The American Spirit

Who We Are and What We Stand For

by David McCullough 2017 176 pages

American History

Bad Mexicans Summary

Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands

by Kelly Lytle Hernández 2022 372 pages

All the Shah's Men Summary

All the Shah's Men

An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

by Stephen Kinzer 2003 272 pages

Andrew Carnegie Summary

Andrew Carnegie

by David Nasaw 2006 896 pages

The 5000 Year Leap Summary

The 5000 Year Leap

by W. Cleon Skousen 1981 337 pages

Fire and Fury Summary

Inside the Trump White House

by Michael Wolff 2018 322 pages

The Obamas Summary

by Jodi Kantor 2011 368 pages

The Indifferent Stars Above Summary

The Indifferent Stars Above

The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

by Daniel James Brown 2009 352 pages

The Path to Power Summary

The Path to Power

by Robert A. Caro 1982 882 pages

Trump in the White House

by Bob Woodward 2018 448 pages

The Divider Summary

Trump in the White House, 2017-2021

by Peter Baker 2022 725 pages

Stolen Pride Summary

Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2024 400 pages

The Dying Citizen Summary

The Dying Citizen

How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America

by Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 pages

An Empire of Wealth Summary

An Empire of Wealth

The Epic History of American Economic Power

by John Steele Gordon 2004 460 pages

Confronting the Presidents Summary

Confronting the Presidents

No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden

by Bill O'Reilly 2024 417 pages

First Principles Summary

First Principles

What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country

by Thomas E. Ricks 2020 416 pages

The Hamlet Fire Summary

The Hamlet Fire

A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives

by Bryant Simon 2017 320 pages

American History

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Summary

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

by Thomas Frank 2004 332 pages

Political Science

A More Beautiful and Terrible History Summary

A More Beautiful and Terrible History

The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

by Jeanne Theoharis 2018 278 pages

Goliath Summary

The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy

by Matt Stoller 2019 608 pages

Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings Summary

Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings

by Thomas Paine 1776 416 pages

Nation of Victims Summary

Nation of Victims

Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022 288 pages

Undaunted Courage Summary

Undaunted Courage

The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier

by Stephen E. Ambrose 1996 592 pages

American History

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