Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties by Paul Johnson My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s really hard to evaluate current history well. This history started off strong. I loved how Johnson was able to synthesize science, literature, economics, and more and cast…
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman My rating: 5 of 5 stars A Phenomenal Slog It took me months to push my way through this 440 pages detailing the first, pivotal month of the First World War. While Tuchman’s prose drew me through and, in places, was utterly delightful, the military detail…
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill My rating: 3 of 5 stars Own. I’m going to actually give it 3.5 because the first half of the book was so good. I started this on the beach and read for about 4 hours straight (ish) what with watching kids and people and dogs thrown…
Did you know I was a Social Studies Education major? I love History, but at The Ohio State University, you can’t major in History Education, it must be ‘Social Studies’ with History and two other concentration areas (Geography and Economics were mine. I think that’s part of why I fell in love with The Well-Trained…