5 Top History Books for Geopolitics

This video takes you through five top history books that will help you make sense of geopolitics, and even better to stay sane in these tumultuous times.

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1. John Darwin, After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
2. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Civilizations
3. David Abulafia, The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
4. Dominic Lieven, In the Shadow of the Gods: the Emperor in World History
5. A good historical atlas like The Cassel Atlas of World History or Restless Empire: a Historical Atlas of Russia

[jasmeenmalhotra]

I know these are inherently global and universal topics but it’s still so nice to hear commentary from a fellow Australian on this stuff! Great recos, very keen to check out After Tamerlane and In the Shadow of the Gods. Thank you very much!

[camillekehoe]

Hello, I happened upon your channel, and it is very good, I look forward to seeing your other videos. Thanks!

[skeller]

Thanks! After Tamerlane looks like one I will have to read.

[Geopoliticus]

Thank you. These are some excellent recommendations.

[cesimone]

Thanks for your review. Just ordered Felipe's Civilizations. Looking forward to reading it. 🙂

[sharingforimprovement]

Wow! Thank you for sharing! Always looking for new books especially on history and geopolitics. Haven't checked your channel yet but subscribed and hope you're continuing to make videos!

[bhalinndersinghsidhu]

Thanks for your recommendations.I was curious enough to know about readable books on geopolitics and then I stumbled upon your video on you tube.I will definitely pursue them.

[CPCPCP]

I'm currently pursuing a Global Studies associates degree so will definitely check these books out. Thank you, sir!

[johnnyfraley]

Just finished "Hero" by Michael Korda. It made me very curious about the behind the scenes of the Treaty of Versailles and how it structured the world going forward. Would you have a book recommendation for that subject? Thank you.

[PennyBluebottle]

Wow thank you, this is so interesting, I have subscribed.

[vuyanimaster]

Any recommendations of/about Africa history, civilization and geopolitics books 📚?

[BlissfulAriana]

Would you say History of the World Map by Map by DK is good for seeing how countries form and dissolve with the actual maps? Or is there a better one out there for the world as a whole?

[joebiden]

Great video, thanks for the really helpful suggestions. thanks from Italy 🇮🇹

[tanishquegedam]

really appreciate the list, exactly what i was looking for.

[ilja]

What do you think of Durant’s Story of Civilisation? I have all 18 volumes and it is so interesting and just awesome.

[signore]

Would like to know your reaction to "The Silk Roads" by Peter Frankopan.

[reichen]

Wow! This is great content!
I just stumbled upon this today.
I need this for my "superheroine universe".
Will subscribe now.

[JustinianG]

I'm looking for books like Kraut's Youtube video trilogies on Turkey, the US & Mexico. Or WhatIfAaltHist's vids on western, Latin american, Chinese & to a lesser extent orthodox civilizations. These days I'm particularly interested in knowing the whole story on how Japan, Nepal & Thailand ended up where they are. (Personally I think WIAH's vid on South east Asian civilizations is his worst one, it hardly explained how Thailand got to where it is today, hence why Thailand is on my list)
What I mean by where they are is, like how kraut explained how mexico ended up having a tiny elite exploiting the rest of the country while america didn't. How did the countries I list end up like they are?

I read the sections on Islamic civilization from ''A history of civilizations" by Fernand Braudel And it scratched the surface of what I was looking for (although it did give me some info I found interesting that I wasn't looking for when I started reading it)

The book in this vid "civilizations" seems like it's what I'm looking for but could also disappoint me like "a history of civilizations" did

[crakbyborn]

Nice video...any recommendations of books on Pyramids or ancient egypt?

[cristianmicu]

why the fifth book is about russia? wth, dude?