Books like Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
12 books with a reading profile close to Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney. Clear-cut; an easy read.
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama
history, analytical
Barack Obama outlines his political philosophy by examining the structural gridlock within the United States government.
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
by Clint Smith
Also clear-cut · history, analytical
In this narrative nonfiction work, Clint Smith travels to nine distinct locations to examine how each site remembers or distorts its connection to the transatlantic slave trade.
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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
by Sam Quinones
Also clear-cut · history, analytical
Sam Quinones tracks the simultaneous rise of prescription painkillers and black tar heroin in the United States.
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Living History
Also clear-cut · history, memoir
In this memoir, Hillary Rodham Clinton chronicles her evolution from a suburban Chicago childhood and student activism at Wellesley to her eight years as First Lady of the United States.
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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
by Jodi Kantor
Also clear-cut · history, analytical
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey detail their multi-year investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual assault and the systemic protection of his behavior within the film industry.
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Also clear-cut · history, analytical
Jason Reynolds adapts Ibram X.
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Also clear-cut · history, analytical
Mikki Kendall identifies a fundamental disconnect between mainstream feminist rhetoric and the lived realities of localized communities.
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The Nineties
history, analytical
Chuck Klosterman examines the decade between the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Twin Towers, defining it as a period of low-stakes sincerity and pervasive irony.
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A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
Also clear-cut · history, memoir
In this memoir, Barack Obama details his political rise from his early organizers’ roots in Chicago to the conclusion of his first term in the Oval Office.
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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
by Norman Ohler
Also clear-cut · history, analytical
Norman Ohler examines the pervasive use of Pervitin, a factory-produced methamphetamine, within the military and civilian sectors of the Third Reich.
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
history, analytical
Nancy Isenberg dismantles the myth of American class mobility by tracing the persistent existence of a marginalized white underclass from the colonial era to the present.
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