I'm looking to expand my personal library with an emphasis on history. REAL history. The kind not polluted with leftist revisionism, critical theory, or any of that other drivel.
Please give book suggestions. Also happy for podcast suggestions in the same vein.
Wikipedia! Just kidding, but it is disturbing how the site has gone from something that would have gotten me a failing grade on a paper if cited to something everyone cites as canon.
Anyways, after you decide which part of history you're interested in learning about, start by identifying the authors first. Most academics will have favorite authors they swear by, but you have to make sure you speak with the right people in academia who aren't "woke" and pushing an agenda. Do some digging, they exist.
From there, track down the books and read independent critiques or reviews of their work (aka, not Amazon reviews).
Here's a quick list of some of the most interesting books I've read across all history topics:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)—Rwanda Genocide
The Nuremberg Legacy (Norbert Ehrenfreund)—post WWII Nazi trials
Magicians of the Gods (Graham Hancock)—ancient civilization
Admittedly, I have way more fiction than I do history books, but I found these 3 super gripping