Modern Scholar Podcast Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Knowledge Regulation and National Security in Postwar America

Mario Daniels

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On Tuesday, Mario Daniels and John Krige join the show to talk about their new book, KNOWLEDGE REGULATION and NATIONAL SECURITY in POSTWAR AMERICA, out from @UChicagoPress! Don't miss it! @SMH_Historians @SHAFRhistorians @milwarsociety https://t.co/fs8fzXEqwJ https://t.co/ItNTM0gCBJ

Paperback, 2022

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the Cia's Covert War in China

John P. Delury

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From OSS to the CIA, from World War to Cold War—today’s #ThrowbackTuesday features @JohnDelury and our conversation about his fantastic book AGENTS OF SUBVERSION from @CornellPress! Take a listen! @BethanyWasik @SMH_Historians @SocIntelHist https://t.co/GhCXtLyTQQ

Hardcover, 2022

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Atticus Finch: The Biography

Joseph Crespino

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@BrianKFeltman @ProfBillAllison offered a few selections, but chief among them was Atticus Finch, The Biography by Joseph Crespino. https://t.co/ltM9YMfImG

Paperback, 2020

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

Adam Tooze

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@BrianKFeltman @ProfBillAllison @arl0008 @SpitfireFilly offered a few thoughts on what makes the BEST books, and pointed to The Wages of Destruction by @adam_tooze as a prime example! https://t.co/X0Lp3nBvCI

Paperback, 2008

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

David Graeber

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@BrianKFeltman @ProfBillAllison @arl0008 @SpitfireFilly @adam_tooze @crystalnsu @lamanlibrary @TonyDungy @katebcarp @JCuratola @HerreraMilHist @mewalters101 @jperrillo1 Similar to @BrianKFeltman, @Honer_CUT offered up The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow as a book that encourages us to rethink what we think we know about human history. https://t.co/OYGZBI7wpn

Paperback, 2023

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

World War II: Europe

R. G. Grant

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On Tuesday, Dr. Grant Harward (@GHarward) joins the show to talk about his book ROMANIA'S HOLY WAR from @CornellPress, on Romanian motivations during World War II. Don't miss it! https://t.co/fs8fzXEYmh @USArmyCMH @historyTAMU @TAMUArtSci @TAMU @SMH_Historians @milwarsociety https://t.co/BaWiKtAMfI

Hardcover, 2004

$36.67$18.33 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Master and Commander

Patrick O'Brian

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@BrianKFeltman @ProfBillAllison @arl0008 @SpitfireFilly @adam_tooze @crystalnsu @lamanlibrary @TonyDungy @katebcarp @JCuratola @HerreraMilHist pointed to Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian as being particularly evocative of a specific time in history. https://t.co/ycm22aa4Qm

Paperback, 2021

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Atomic Environments: Nuclear Technologies, the Natural World, and Policymaking, 1945-1960

Neil Shafer Oatsvall

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Coming up on Tuesday, @neiloatsvall joins the show to talk about his book ATOMIC ENVIRONMENTS, forthcoming from @UnivofALPress - including a discussion of nuclear science in popular culture! Don't miss it! https://t.co/fs8fzXEqwJ @SMH_Historians @ASEH_org @KUHistoryDept https://t.co/tWf47knOcO

Hardcover, 2023

$49.95$24.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

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@BrianKFeltman @ProfBillAllison @arl0008 @SpitfireFilly @adam_tooze @crystalnsu @lamanlibrary @TonyDungy @katebcarp @JCuratola @HerreraMilHist @mewalters101 @jperrillo1 @Honer_CUT @andrewhoskins @warmatters @HayleyHasik Finally, @CSLSharon recommended Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer - pointing to the often forgotten importance of indigenous knowledge. https://t.co/i7yKN13WEt

Paperback, 2015

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space

Carmella Van Vleet

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#OnThisDay in 1984 Astronaut Kathy Sullivan was the first American woman to walk in space and in 1993, left NASA to join NOAA - recently becoming the first woman to reach "Challenger Deep" - the ocean's greatest depth! Read more here: https://t.co/ThHUDruiqk

Paperback, 2018

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book