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Seeking suggestions for history books

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Approaching Infinity:
I think it really depends on what period of history, and location, you want to focus on. I've got a pretty bad history education as well, so reading Secret History for the first time was kind of a nightmare, not knowing who is who. But as for recent history, some good sources have been mentioned. I'd add The Shock Doctrine and Family of Secrets, too.

Foxx:
I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but for general USA history, if you're interested, Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" was pretty informative.  He tries to convey the perspectives of oppressed peoples and talks about the exploits of the elites against the populace.  He doesn't take any high strangeness into account, nor psychopathology, but I found it to be well thought out and show, through the use of the same format as mainstream "history" books, a very different perspective than will be found in them.

Ulysses11:
A belated thank you to all for your help!
I 'll put everything in my list.I decided to begin with the secret history of the world and with greek modern history together.
Also in sott.net there are numerous articles that can help for a quick update! :)

bngenoh:

--- Quote from: Ulysses11 on May 09, 2012, 11:40:05 PM ---A belated thank you to all for your help!
I 'll put everything in my list.I decided to begin with the secret history of the world and with greek modern history together.
Also in sott.net there are numerous articles that can help for a quick update! :)

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Since you are focusing on the long view, this is helpful as well: http://cassiopaea.org/category/volumes/jupiter-nostradamus-edgar-cayce-and-the-return-of-the-mongols/

voyageur:

--- Quote from: Ulysses11 ---Also I think that the better would be to start with recent historical events (in order to gain ground faster)and then bit by bit add pieces from older times.

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Hi Ulysses11, fwiw, another aspect of History must also be, and you will read about these matters in books like were indicated written by Laura and others above, are the views of the overall 'Historization" of matters in whatever country one lives, from ancient pasts to near pasts. Cross reference everything and take nothing on face value - take things (that are generally historically propagated) with a grain of salt. Not sure about going backwards from the present or forward from the past. It would be nice to have a solid foundation on which to build pursuing historical world views in context, but difficult to know what the foundation looks like and it does not seem to resemble what we have been taught.

Have fun! :)

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