It has been a while since I have updated this irregular series. Look away if a long list of books bores you.
Diplomatic Theory from Machiavelli to Kissinger G.R. Berridge, Maurice Keens-Soper, T.G. Otte
International Politics: A Framework for Analysis K.J. Holsti
Conflict and Cooperation: Evolving Theories of International Relations Marc A. Genest
The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison
Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 Gordon S. Wood
A Home for Scared People Chris Onstad
Toussaint L’Ouverture: The Haitian Revolution ed. Nick Nesbitt
Champion: Joe Louis, Black Hero in White America Chris Mead
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War Max Brooks
Toussaint Louverture: A Biography Madison Smartt Bell
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution C.L.R. James
Manufacturing Revolution: The Intellectual Origins of Early American Industry Lawrence A. Peskin
Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans Joyce Appleby
Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic Joanne B. Freeman
The Forge of God Greg Bear
The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World ed. David Geggus
Vermeer: A View of Delft Anthony Bailey
Homage to Catalonia George Orwell
Encountering Revolution: Haiti and the Making of the Early Republic Ashli White
The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece Paul Cartledge
Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History with Documents eds. Laurent Dubois & John D. Garrigus
Soldiers & Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity J.E. Lendon
A Proslavery Foreign Policy: Haitian-American Relations during the Early Republic Tim Matthewson
Toussaint’s Clause: The Founding Fathers and the Haitian Revolution Gordon S. Brown
Orders from France: The American and the French in a Revolutionary World, 1780-1820 Roger G. Kennedy
Beowulf transl. Seamus Heaney
The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C. Robert Drews
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship that Changed America Mark Perry
Presumed Innocent Scott Turow
The Savage Detectives Roberto Bolaño
Geek Love Katherine Dunn
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer James L. Swanson
Beowulf and the Critics J.R.R. Tolkien
A Dance with Dragons George R.R. Martin
The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois
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