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The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
By Robert S. Levine
A valuable, fresh look at a dark chapter in American history.
Watergate’s Forgotten Hero: Frank Wills, Night Watchman
By Adam Henig
The story of a sad but hardly unnoticed Nixon-era figure.
First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents
By Gary Ginsberg
Presidential pals finally get their due in this rollicking read.
Iron Empires
By Michael Hiltzik
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The railways made the U.S. what it is today. Do financiers deserve all the credit?
White Too Long
By Robert P. Jones
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An important look at the theological underpinnings of racism and race relations in America.
The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders that Stunned Victorian England
By Julie Kavanagh
A superb true-crime narrative set in fulsome historical context.
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
By Craig Whitlock
A damning, gut-punch account of a misguided — and misrepresented — military debacle.
Mayday 1971
By Lawrence Roberts
Exploring a dark, tumultuous event in our nation’s not-too-distant past.
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