Books like The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
12 books with a reading profile close to The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Kristin Kobes Du Mez traces the seventy-year evolution of American evangelicalism from a religious movement focused on internal piety into a political force defined by militant patriarchy.
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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Lawrence Wright investigates the internal mechanics of the Church of Scientology, tracing its evolution from L.
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All the President’s Men
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
In 1972, a botched burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex triggered an investigation by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Adam Higginbotham reconstructs the events leading up to the 1986 explosion of Reactor Number Four at the V.I.
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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
by Tom O'Neill
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Tom O’Neill spent twenty years investigating the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, uncovering discrepancies in the official prosecution narrative established by Vincent Bugliosi.
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The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
In 1959, the United States selected seven military test pilots to become the first astronauts for Project Mercury.
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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
by Jodi Kantor
Also outward-looking · 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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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
by Norman Ohler
Also outward-looking · 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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The Ghost Map
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
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.
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
by Sheri Fink
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Sheri Fink documents the medical crisis at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans during the five days following Hurricane Katrina.
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Adam Hochschild details the private seizure of the Congo River basin by King Leopold II of Belgium and the subsequent industrial exploitation of the region.
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