18 Best history books like Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich by Peter Fritzsche

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Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

By: Peter Fritzsche

3.76

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This unsettling and illuminating history reveals how Germany's fractured republic gave way to the T…

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Cover of Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman

1. Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why

By: Bart D. Ehrman

3.93

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

For almost 1,500 years, the New Testament manuscripts were copied by hand––and mistakes and intenti… read more

Similar categories in Bart D. Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received: Priceless Wisdom from Warren Buffett, Jim Cramer, Suze Orman, Steve Forbes, and Dozens of Other Top Financial Experts by Liz Claman

2. The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received: Priceless Wisdom from Warren Buffett, Jim Cramer, Suze Orman, Steve Forbes, and Dozens of Other Top Financial Experts

By: Liz Claman

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A book of quick and practical investment advice from someof the top investors and businesspeople in… read more

Similar categories in Liz Claman's The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received: Priceless Wisdom from Warren Buffett, Jim Cramer, Suze Orman, Steve Forbes, and Dozens of Other Top Financial Experts book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • nonfiction
Cover of World War II: A Military and Social History by Thomas Childers

3. World War II: A Military and Social History

By: Thomas Childers

3.30

Format: 208 pages,

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Similar categories in Thomas Childers's World War II: A Military and Social History book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust

4. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War

By: Drew Gilpin Faust

3.93

Format: 316 pages,

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Similar categories in Drew Gilpin Faust's This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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5. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

By: William L. Shirer

4.21

Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more

Similar categories in William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • holocaust
"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

6. The Story of Human Language

By: None

4.06

Format: 32 pages, Audiobook

"I never met a person who is not interested in language," wrote the bestselling author and psycholo… read more

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7. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

Similar categories in Chris Miller's Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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8. King: A Life

By: Jonathan Eig

4.67

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Eig's King: A Life book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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9. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

Similar categories in Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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10. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

By: Jonathan Kennedy

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An account of how the major transformations in history—from the rise of Homo sapiens to the birth o… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Kennedy's Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
"Pathogens thrive on inequality and injustice."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"Across the whole of the Americas, the introduction of infectious diseases from Europe resulted in a 90 percent fall in the population, from about 60.5 million in 1500 to 6 million a century later."

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

"There is one universally incorrect choice: do nothing. This didn't work when humans thought that plagues were a punishment sent by angry gods. Nor does a laissez-faire approach help stop disease when…"

-Jonathan Kennedy, Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues

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11. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

By: Jason F. Stanley

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Fascist politics are running rampant in America today—and spreading around the world. A Yale philos… read more

Similar categories in Jason F. Stanley's How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Fascist politics does not necessarily lead to an explicitly fascist state, but it is dangerous nonetheless. Fascist politics includes many distinct strategies: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intel…"

-Jason F. Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

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12. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

By: Anne Applebaum

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, professor, and historian offers an expert guide to understanding… read more

Similar categories in Anne Applebaum's Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Unity is an anomaly. Polarization is normal. Skepticism about liberal democracy is also normal. And the appeal of authoritarianism is eternal."

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

"Given the right conditions, any society can turn against democracy. Indeed, if history is anything to go by, all of our societies eventually will."

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

"Olga Tokarczuk, 2019: We horen niet langer de harmonie van de wereld, maar de kakofonie van geluiden, een ondraaglijke ruis waarin we wanhoping een een rustiger melodie proberen te ontdekken, al is h…"

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

"Throughout history, pandemics have led to an expansion of the power of the state: at times when people fear death, they go along with measures that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will save them—ev…"

-Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

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13. Red Rabbit

By: Alex Grecian

4.18

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

A folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by d… read more

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Cover of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria

14. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

Similar categories in Fareed Zakaria's Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • world history
Cover of Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again by Robert Kagan

15. Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again

By: Robert Kagan

4.48

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radica… read more

Similar categories in Robert Kagan's Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War by Roger Lowenstein

16. Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War

By: Roger Lowenstein

4.24

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

From renowned journalist and master storyteller Roger Lowenstein, a revelatory financial investigat… read more

Similar categories in Roger Lowenstein's Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis by Volker Ullrich

17. Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis

By: Volker Ullrich

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: “I have a pretty thorough kno… read more

Similar categories in Volker Ullrich's Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • history
  • politics
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
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18. Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party

By: Jon Ward

4.03

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kenne… read more

Similar categories in Jon Ward's Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • politics
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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19. Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

By: Peter Fritzsche

3.76

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

This unsettling and illuminating history reveals how Germany's fractured republic gave way to the T… read more

Similar categories in Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • history
  • biography
  • world history
  • politics
  • war
  • germany
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • european history
  • holocaust
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20. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

Similar categories in Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc. book and Peter Fritzsche's Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

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21. Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War

By: Raj Shah

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

15 must-read politics books like Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich by Peter Fritzsche

Transform Your Habits

World War II: A Military and Social History

Thomas Childers

3.30

Transform Your Habits

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

William L. Shirer

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

Transform Your Habits

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

4.67

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16 must-read audiobook books like How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason F. Stanley

Transform Your Habits

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

Nancy MacLean

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

Transform Your Habits

The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

Philip S. Gorski

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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