What books do I read to have a general pleb's understanding of history?
I'm almost totally clueless about all periods except ancient Greece, so I'd appreciate some good narratives.
>>521952
Paradox games
>>521952
>What books do I read to have a general pleb's understanding of history?
Cartoon History of the Universe 1-3
Cartoon History of the Modern World 1-2
Cartoon History of the United States
>>521956
This desu senpai. Paradox games are extend my knowledge of history and i'm happy with it.
>>521956
>>521960
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>>521952
Well OP, this is where I started:
History of the World - J. M. Roberts
>>521970
>>521956
For stupid shit maybe. But you and I both know that the games fall very short of anything accurate.
>>521960
desu this looks pretty fun
>>521983
"general pleb's understanding of history"
Even then they're not that bad, as they show the player what states were concerned with and in what context.
>>521984
>vidya is a book
>>521960
>These barbaric beasts
>Horses and Red-heads
Kek
>>521952
Face it OP, if you're a pleb you're probably not going to read any history book.
Just watch this instead.
>>521952
Will Durant 'Story of Civilization'
Susan Bauer 'History of the World'
You can get both sets on libgen.
>>524110
>Will Durant 'Story of Civilization'
Lies, pathetic lies.
>>524208
go on...
>>521952
Hobsbawm for post-French Revolution modern history.
>>521960
Aren't those a bit outdated? They do mention the Aryan invasions and from what I've heard that theory is no longer a good one
>>525193
Durant exemplifies whig history, did no archival research, and wrote specifically to demonstrate the superiority of western civilisation.
You can't get a more anti-Rankean work than someone like Spengler who is a misinterpreted mystic.
>>525197
Rabid Marxist.
>>525201
>Aren't those a bit outdated? They do mention the Aryan invasions and from what I've heard that theory is no longer a good one
They are a bit outdated, the earliest were written with books from the 1970s in the 1980s.
On the other hand the point is teaching a pleb how to read history, and they do that job.
>>525256
Got any citations for Hobsbawm having rabies? Didn't think so.
