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I tried to read this book, The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang. I couldn't finish it.

Iris Chang later committed suicide. Whether it was due to her constant exposure to this subject, depression, or a combination of the two will never be known.

Maybe sometime around his book release?

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https://www.amazon.com/Hardcore-History-at-Extremes/dp/0062868047/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dan+carlin&qid=1565309621&s=gateway&sr=8-1

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When I go to the Page I get the following books listed:
The Guns of August
The Pity Of War
A World Undone
Germany's Aims in the First World War
The Lessons of History
1914 Days Of Hope
Cataclysm
The Great War
A History of the Great War
War - Gwynne Dyer
Delbrück's Modern Military History
The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon
The Art of War in Western World
The Outline of History
Eyewitness to History
Mein Kampf
The Shield of Achilles
On the Origins of War
The clash of nations, its causes and consequences
The First World War

I like loading the mp3's I buy into this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer&hl=en

But I'm sure there's a variety of apps that do the same thing. Benefit of using a dedicated app is you don't loose your place when you want to listen to something else. Happy listening, Blueprint to Armageddon is amazing!

Dan does an interview with Mike Duncan in his second Hardcore History Addendum show. Duncan wrote and recently published "The Storm Before the Storm" which covers a short span of years of the Roman Empire. Instead of focusing on the whole story of the Empire, Duncan hones in on a span of 50+ years and creates a really in depth look at where things started to turn south for the Romans. You can find the Audiobook version linked above at Audible.

There are a bunch of "The Great Courses" audiobooks/lectures out there. I've been listening to: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/history/the-other-side-of-history-daily-life-in-the-ancient-world.html

This is pretty cool too. A little bit on the dry side in terms of delivery, but still cool stuff. https://www.audible.com/pd/History/The-History-of-the-Ancient-World-Audiobook/B00CYNMAIG?ref_=a_search_c4_1_9_srImg&qid=1486609318&sr=1-9

tangential recommendation: The Emperor's General (novel) by former Marine officer and U.S. Senator Jim Webb.

MacCarthur in The Philippines and Japan, more of a drama but it has a lot of good stuff about the power that he wielded there, Mac's personal history in The Phillipines, and dealing with the Japanese government and Emperor.

The episode's director was looking for inspiration, not to exactly copy. From the link that posted earlier

Miguel Sapochnik, who directed the episode, told Entertainment Weekly that he looked to history for inspiration on how to best have Jon Snow and Ramsay Bolton face off—specifically, the Battle of Cannae between the Romans and the Hannibal-led Carthaginians in 216 BCE.

This is the H G Wells outline of history Dan is always raving about. I have a hard copy which comes in two volumes, but I am fairly certain this is the same thing.

It is in the public domain, so you can download the digital version free from the above linked site. The only downside is that it is rather old.

Here’s the book. I’ve had it in a box for years so I can’t check atm but I’m pretty sure there’s no pictures of this bone field. But you can find videos of guys digging up stuff near St. Petersburg on YouTube so who knows.

https://www.amazon.com/Aftermath-Remnants-Landmines-Warfare-Devastating/dp/067975153X

Joachim Wieder. The only book I found to his credit is Stalingrad: Memories and Reassessments. Here is is on Amazon.

Hope this helps!

Yes it is, and yes I would: https://www.amazon.com/Moscow-1812-Napoleons-Fatal-March/dp/006108686X/

I read War & Peace right right after, and I highly recommend the journey.

Audible books are great for those who don't have time to dedicate their sight to words on paper. I've listed to everything from fiction, to history, biographies, and science, what ever you're into, there is a good audio book.

For a fan of Dan, I highly recommend this ab on Genghis Khan https://www.amazon.com/Genghis-Khan-Making-Modern-World/dp/B0038NLWQ2/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

hah, a few years ago I was reading this book while in India (amazing book btw) and while driving across the country I noticed several references to him - mostly town/city names.

I’m a history teacher…. One of the most fascinating books I’ve read is “A Land So Strange” about Cabeza de Vaca.

Amazon link below. Devoured the book in a day, could not put it down.

https://www.amazon.com/Land-So-Strange-Journey-Cabeza/dp/0465068413/ref=asc_df_0465068413/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=266178720949&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3519352770936915820&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m...

1177bc the year civilization collapsed. He does a a great job explaining the history of the various archeological missions, but he has a ton of quotes from clay tablet messages from one kingdom to another which I thought was fascinating.

https://www.amazon.com/1177-B-C-Civilization-Collapsed-Turning/dp/0691168385

You might try Thomas Asbridge's "The Crusades" in the meantime:

https://www.amazon.com/Crusades-Authoritative-History-Holy-Land/dp/0060787295

Someone else recommended it on here and I found it interesting. The audiobook narration isn't the same as an episode of HH but it's still decent.

I recently read King Leopold's Ghost per a recommendation in one of the "audiobooks similar to HH episodes" threads:

https://www.amazon.com/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Heroism-Colonial/dp/0618001905

It definitely explores the history in a way that is reminiscent of a HH episode.

That said I would also like to hear Dan's take.

Dan Jones's Power and Thrones spends quite a bit of time on the Pope/Mongol events. The whole thing was more complex than I would have expected.

This book. Hopefully you have a university library nearby...

You should, and anyone else reading this, check out the original 1929 translation. The Storm of Steel: Original 1929 Translation https://www.amazon.com/dp/1696237726/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_1145W0J3S910QBJXP337

I own both copies and the original translation is much more visceral and reads smoother

Jünger was anti-Nazi and edited his book to take out anything that could be used as Nationalist propaganda out of context.

I haven't read that, but I've been reading this one: Soldiers: German POWs on Fighting, Killing, and Dying

And it's kind of shocking just how blasé regular wehrmacht soldiers are when it comes to talking about committing multiple horrific war crimes. Like, just chatting with each other about raping women, shooting civilians, etc. etc. What makes it even worse is that the recordings were made secretly, so they captured regular conversations between POWs... there's no telling what kind of horrific stuff they wanted to keep to themselves.

There's an amazing book called "Ghost on the Throne" which goes over the epic disintegration of Alexander the Great's empire following the great conqueror's death. It is well researched, but also so flowing and well written that it almost reads like a pulp adventure novel. I can't recommend it enough.

https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Throne-Alexander-Bloody-Empire/dp/0307456609

I wish the author presented Olympias as a Conan style sorceress like Dan Carlin does, but sadly no -- she's still bad ass, but not to the level that Dan evokes. Still, the rest of the book more than makes up for that shortcoming.

Also, if you haven't listened to "History of Rome" and "History of Byzantium", you're missing out. "History of Rome" is much drier and more detailed than Carlin's work, but I would say it's equally entertaining for different reasons. "History of Byzantium" used to be explicitly modeled on "History of Rome", but the podcaster, Robin Pierson, broke the mold by introducing more biographical episodes, analysis of culture and geography, frequent interviews, and detailed discussions of sources (possibly my favorite aspect of history).

H.G. Wells' <em>Outline of History</em> is one Dan talks about quite a bit on his show. I have a two volume hard copy on my bookshelf. It is good as far as the classical history goes, but the early part of the book that veer into some ~~slightly racist~~ let's just say outdated views on anthropology. All in all, it is pretty solid once you get past the uncomfortable stuff.

Yes, I’d recommend Adam Curtis documentaries too. Very striking artistic style; but packed with thought provoking insights and ideas.

His online Hyper Normalisation documentary weighs in at a good 2hr47 and is well worth a watch. It’s available on iplayer (but I appreciate this may be difficult to access depending upon redditor locations):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p04b183c/adam-curtis-hypernormalisation

Amazon and Netflix both push their original titles to the top and hide some of the best movies/tv. I use https://www.justwatch.com/us to figure out what I am going to watch before I even open the clunky apps. You can customize it to show what you have subscriptions with and it seems to always be up to date.

I didn't see the original post that led to the creation of this post and I had never heard of History Impossible prior to this thread but I just Googled is [and the guy has done a 90minute interview with Danielle from History on Fire](https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9oaXN0b3J5aW1wb3NzaWJsZS5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS9mZWVkLnhtbA&amp;episode=aGlzdG9yeWltcG9zc2libGUucG9kYmVhbi5jb20vYW4taW1wb3NzaWJsZS1pbnRlcnZpZXctZGFuaWVsZS1ib2xlbGxpLWQxMmIzOTEyYjhhMDM5NTllZjRjN2MyYmUxNDA4MTIw&amp;hl=en&amp;ep=6&amp;at=1570201284154) so I assume he is at least somewhat legit.

Two books that come to my mind as very readable page-turners (although I would not measure them up to Dan) are Patriots by AJ Langguth, and 1776 by David McCullough. The latter is only about the year 1776, but it is still a great read.

If you haven't already, check out Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. It's fictional, but well-researched, and a great account of Thermopylae and the events leading up: https://www.amazon.com/Gates-Fire-Novel-Battle-Thermopylae-ebook/dp/B000NJL7QO

you can go to an Orthodox church and in their Bible study classes they talk all about early Christianity

I've seen priests use Early Christian Fathers as reference material in these courses

I think this one fits what you're looking for, 50 Battles that Changed the World

https://www.amazon.com/50-Battles-That-Changed-World/dp/8182743125

A good book on the topic is Blitzed Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler. Gets into pretty nitty detail with first hand accounts of soldiers using the Nazi speed, Pervitin.

The best documentary series I have ever seen on World War I is "Apocalypse: World War I". I believe it was created by CBC, and then released on the AHC channel in the USA. You can watch it on Amazon now. It comes the closest of any documentary to capturing the horror of it all. The narrator is great, and it contains a ton of original footage that's been colorized. I love it.

https://www.amazon.com/Apocalypse-WWI-Season-1/dp/B00M548U06

edit: Fuck I guess Amazon temporarily lost the rights to it, but you can still buy it on DVD. It is WORTH IT.

Get Wrath of the Khans, it's much more unique. Then go pick up the Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan. Or listen to his excellent podcast the History of Rome. He covers many of the same events, but with a somewhat different perspective, which I in this case prefer to Dan's.

John Keegan’s “The Face of Battle.” Dan is heavily influenced by this book, written in 1976, that is very much in the style of “hardcore” history. It analyzes the battles of Agincourt (1415), Waterloo (1815), and the Somme (1916) from the perspective of those fighting them. Highly recommended.

https://www.amazon.com/Face-Battle-Study-Agincourt-Waterloo/dp/0140048979

I haven’t read it, but going through Dan’s book list for the first episode of Supernova in the East, I’m guessing it is this one.

Here's a precis.

The French colonized Indochina (VN, Cambodia and Laos) in the C19. Everyone was happy. The French built the economy and the VN prospered. The French who were born there considered themselves Indochinese, not French. The Japanese invaded and put all the French and their workers in prison.

At the end of the war, the French and their workers went back to work. But this dude called Ho Chi Minh rejected any French influence and started a war based on the US Constitution.

The war ended with a humiliating French defeat at a place called Dien Bien Phu. I recommend this book to fully convey the horror and bravery of the fight. The country split in two halves. One led by the Soviet and Chinese-backed North, the other by an entirely corrupt and incompetent South backed by the USA and a bunch of allies.

The pointless conflict went on for 20 more years and killed millions of people.

What an awful fucking waste.

I read this last week. It's written by a geologist (not a historian) but he went to a great extent to research the book and his reference list is extensive. Highly recomend it. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1921719591/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_GX0wFb9HTRSJH

I don't know what book he referenced, but as for a recommend I enjoyed Lords of the Sky, it doesn't deal strictly with WW1, but it does go into some good detail

Dan's Research List:

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The Plot to Seize the White House

Thank you! The Kindle version on that link appears to be the original, but the paperback seems to be the much-later translated version. Since I’m not a fan of ebooks I opted forthis paperback version.

It's they thought they were free, I posted this way to early in the morning.

They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078HVYH88/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_f4aMDbYKP3Z96

I do this too, it's a pity it appears separately to the "real" podcast but with the episode length, this is only mildly confusing once every 3 hours of listening.

I can't fit all the eps on my phone at once so I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ttxapps.drivesync. I put all the eps in one drive folder and drag them in and out of a second phone-sync folder to get them onto the phone.

From an episode's point of view, it was downloaded from some HH server to my house, then uploaded back to Drive, then downloaded back to my phone in my house. Welcome to the future.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.music

Tbh Samsung music is the best still. All you do is download the file from the website, and it shows up in the list from your downloads folder.

I listen to books on MP3 and other MP3 content using Smart Audio Book Player. Load up the MP3s on your phone, point this at it, and go.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ak.alizandro.smartaudiobookplayer&amp;hl=en_US

You can download episodes on the current feed through PocketCasts. If you want to download and play purchased mp3s though, by far the best app for audiobooks etc. I have found is Smart Audiobook Player. You'll have to either download them through the phone from the website or on a computer and then transfer them to your phone, though.

I love the Podcast Addict layout and options. Here's a screenshot of my page (paid version. I believe the free one has a small banner ad) Might be a few suggestions for you there as well.

It has a feature to add podcast episodes that aren't in the free feed. You just need the actual file on your phone somewhere and then tell the app where to look.

edit: included link. and found out it's apparently the #1 Android podcast app, which is probably the reason I originally got it

A World Undone and The World Remade, both by G J Meyer, are fantastic. Dam recommended the former in his Blueprints series which is how I discovered it.

https://www.amazon.com/World-Undone-Story-Great-1914/dp/B0085ZHQ3Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1523014129&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=a+world+undone

https://www.amazon.com/World-Remade-America-War/dp/B06XC4N123/ref=pd_sim_129_15?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=B06XC4N123&amp;pd_rd_r=9YC5VCQA1C63RS7H5133&amp;pd_rd_w=ny3t5&amp;pd_rd_wg=XUTQz&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=9YC5VCQA1C63RS7H5133

This is what came to my mind when I read your question.

I read this book a few years ago and if memory serves there is the story of a civilian airline pilot (not a commercial one, but one guy in a tiny aircraft thing) who is flying through some fog and swoops down to get his bearings. As he descends through the fog he sees a couple hundred men marching along an empty road and as he gets closer he sees they're dressed as Roman legionaries. He circled around them a few times and followed them but eventually they just disappeared into the mist.

According to the pilot he did check with local reenactment groups in the area to see if they were operating in the locality but apparently nobody was. The place where this happened, Cheshire in England, was the site of a large Roman garrison at one point and there's a few tales like this where people have reported seeing either individual Roman soldiers or, like the pilot, whole groups of Roman soldiers. Believe it or not, it's pretty cool to read about.

I have Great Battles of World War 1 by Anthony Livesey, Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Great-Battles-World-War-I/dp/0025831313/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1428438088&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=great+battles+of+world+war+1

This was also in the related searches: http://www.amazon.com/Mapping-First-World-War-Battlefields/dp/1844862186/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1428438088&amp;sr=8-8&amp;keywords=great+battles+of+world+war+1

I use Smart Audiobook Player. A lot of great features, saves your place etc. You just have to organize the podcasts into individual folders but it's totally worth it.