History Books

A former seven-term member of Congress and presidential special envoy during the Clinton administration, Howard Wolpe led the U.S. delegation to the Arusha and Lusaka peace talks to end the civil wars in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This report distills the author’s...

This unclassified publication offers a high-level overview of the CIA's history by featuring the 23 leaders who directed the CIA and its forerunners from 1941 to 2012. By the end of the publication, readers have a deeper knowledge of the Agency's history and a greater understanding of how the...

In the Franklin's tale, Geoffrey Chaucer tells us that "trouthe is the highest thing that man can keep." But what is this "truth?" It's not exactly the truth or troth. It is a virtue more complex than either. This book looks at Chaucer's use of the word. Chaucer also argues that it is a virtue and...

This book contains historical facts about King Alfred and the Vikings that he leads. It also includes details of his private life.

A history book that focuses on important people and events in early Greece giving readers an understanding of how civilization in Greece evolved.

In the Appendix I have given in chronological order, and for the first time on such a scale in English, the chief voyages and explorations by which our knowledge of the world has been increased, and the chief works in which that knowledge has been recorded. In the body of the work I have then...

Parley tells how America was first discovered, and about Columbus the Discoverer.

An outline of U.S. History from its settlement through 2008.

A history book about the world written by a Centennial Professor of Economic History Patrick K. O'brien.

USA Literature in Brief pinpoints and describes the contributions to American literature of some of the best-recognized American poets, novelists, philosophers and dramatists from pre-Colonial days through the present. Major literary figures are discussed in detail, as are their major works.