History That Doesn't Suck

John Berry wrote this book and he was interviewed on The Road To Now podcast. He talked about the cases he examined where people were experiencing the mental gymnastics they had to go through as they were watching people die from the flu, and then seeing those who lived come back with such high fevers that they were not the same person.

The song was referenced as a metaphor for the miners' hardship of working in coal mines and being paid in company script, which they could only spend at the company store.

This book argued that industrialization was more harmful than beneficial to workers and was well-received by Karl Marx.

The author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, describes the Christmas Truce of 1914 as a 'human episode' amid all the atrocities of World War I.

The idealistic President Woodrow Wilson was ready to pitch his 14 points to everyone, including the American people, and he wanted their blood sacrifice to mean something. This war must be, to borrow a phrase recently coined by English author H.G. Wells, the war to end all wars.

It was described as a sort of biography of the American bison, or the buffalo as they are more commonly known. It tells the story of an animal intimately connected to indigenous peoples and the white Europeans who overspread the continent.

Alvin York writes about his experiences in the war, including his hunting skills and his capture of 132 German prisoners in the Argonne Forest, in his own local dialect.

General Douglas MacArthur reflects on his experiences in the war, including his command of the 84th Brigade and his pursuit of victory in the face of heavy casualties, in his memoirs.

Richard Slotkin argued in his book "Lost Battalions" that Jim Europe made the case that the most distinctively American music is African-American music.

It was mentioned in the context of the German army crumbling and Prince Max of Baden's anxiety about the war situation in September 1918. It was said that 'a book every morning was the anxious question, what has happened?'

This book tells the story of the German Spring Offensive, a series of attacks launched by Germany in 1918 in an attempt to break through the Allied lines and win the war. The book was mentioned as a recommendation to learn more about the German Spring Offensive, particularly the events leading up to and including the Second Battle of the Marne.

John Keegan's book, "The First World War", was briefly mentioned as an additional source of information about the Second Battle of the Marne and the German Spring Offensive.

This book details Eugene Sledge's experience in the Pacific Theater during World War II, emphasizing the 'old breed' of Marines who were seasoned veterans from the European theater, including the Battle of Belleau Wood.

The textbook "Liberty, Equality, Power" was used to describe the submarine "Unterseeboot" as the first militarily effective submarine.

The book "Castles of Steel" was cited as a source for the number of munitions on board the RMS Lusitania and the munitions type, including 1,248 cases of three-inch artillery shells and 4,927 boxes of rifle ammunition.

The poem 'In Flanders Fields' by John McCrae was mentioned. It was related to the Tower of London art exhibition 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red,' which featured ceramic poppies representing every British soldier who died in World War I.

The book was mentioned as a way to illustrate the post-revolutionary conditions of Russia, with the overcrowding in palatial homes due to a lack of living space for city workers.

The book was mentioned as Jacob Rees's carrying it when he was approached about a reporter job. The man chuckled and said 'I guess so' while poking the book.