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Books like Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941

12 books with a reading profile close to Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 by William L. Shirer. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

by Tom Holland

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Tom Holland chronicles the collapse of the Roman Republic, beginning with the rise of Sulla and concluding with the establishment of the principate under Augustus.
2

The Johnstown Flood

by David McCullough

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

The book reconstructs the 1889 disaster in Pennsylvania, where the South Fork Dam collapsed after days of heavy rain.
3

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

by Harold G. Moore

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Lieutenant General Harold G.
4

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

by Hampton Sides

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1879, Lieutenant George De Long led the USS Jeannette toward the North Pole, fueled by the incorrect scientific theory of an Open Polar Sea.
5

The Longest Day: June 6, 1944

by Cornelius Ryan

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Cornelius Ryan reconstructs the D-Day invasion by weaving together hundreds of individual accounts from Allied and German soldiers, as well as French civilians.
6

Kon-Tiki

by Thor Heyerdahl

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Thor Heyerdahl documents his 1947 expedition to prove that ancient South Americans could have settled Polynesia.
7

Ten Days in a Mad-House

by Nellie Bly

Also clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1887, journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to secure a commitment to the Women’s Medical College on Blackwell’s Island.
8

The Right Stuff

by Tom Wolfe

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1959, the United States selected seven military test pilots to become the first astronauts for Project Mercury.
9

How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe

by Thomas Cahill

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

Thomas Cahill argues that during the fifth century, as Germanic tribes dismantled the Roman Empire and burned its libraries, the classical tradition survived only on the remote island of Ireland.
10

The Source

by James A. Michener

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

The narrative centers on an archaeological excavation at Tell Makor, a fictional mound in northern Israel, during the early 1960s.
11

The Ghost Map

by Steven Johnson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative

In 1854, a severe cholera outbreak decimated the Soho district of London, challenging the prevailing medical belief that diseases spread through foul air, known as miasma.
12

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Also outward-looking · history, narrative

In this historical account, Nathaniel Philbrick examines the fifty-year period beginning with the 1620 arrival of the Pilgrims and culminating in the devastation of King Philip’s War.

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