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Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
The Comanche Indians stood on the Southwest plains of the United States as the single greatest military force in that part of the world for decades.  Like the Spartans of old the Comanche trained their sons to do one thing, be warriors.  Sam Gwynne also tells us the fascinating story of Cynthia Parker, part of the pioneering family massacred by the Comanche.  At nine years of age they took her and she became known as the “White Squaw.”  She became the mother of the most feared Comanche leader Quanah.

 

FDR’s Funeral Train by Robert Klara
Sixty-five years ago the longest tenured president in America’s history died in Warm Springs Georgia.    His death marked the Greatest Generation like nothing else.  His body was placed on a train for a three day journey to New York City.  On that funeral train was every important official from Washington D.C.  including the new president Harry Truman and his entire family.  All of the leadership of America on board one train during a World War.  That would never happen in our day. What happens on board has never been put in book form before.  This looks to be a great read.

Winston’s War: Churchill, 1940-1945 by Max Hastings
I recommend this for three reasons:  It’s about Winston Churchill, iot’s about Winston Churchill, it’s about Winston Churchill.  Besides that max Hastings is one of the great military historians of our day.  Churchill, to me, was not only the greatest figure of the 20th century but if he had not been Prime Minister, England and the Allies would have lost the war.  Churchill could see what others could not, or would not, and he saw the Cold War just as clearly as he saw the rise of Nazi Germany when no one else was even aware.

Theodore Roosevelt’s History of the United States: His Own Words, Selected and Arranged by Daniel Ruddy
Daniel Ruddy has pulled together in a single volume the masterful work of Teddy Roosevelt’s of the United States.  This is TR’s account of American history as only he could write it.  For example Roosevelt corresponded with Jefferson Davis, the former president of the Confederacy whom he considered to be “an unhung traitor.”  Of William McKinley, TR states that he had “no more backbone than a chocolate éclair.”  American history from the Rough Rider himself.

Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg: The Campaigns That Changed the War by J. Hills & Edward C. Bearss
It is a great irony of American history that two great battles won by the Union occurred on Independence day 1863.  In Vicksburg after a six month siege General Ulysses S. Grant finally takes the fort on the Mississippi.  On the same day on a great field in Pennsylvania, Pickets charge, a magnificent but fruitless assault on the Unions center was repulsed.  This account of these two great battle is told by one of America’s premier battlefield historians.

Storm Warning by Billy Graham.
Global recession, terrorists attacks, devastating natural disasters all make us wonder what is the world coming to.  Dr, Graham updates an old classic and takes a deeper look at current events in light of Biblical prophecy.

Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream by David Platt
David Platt challenges believers to take one year into authentic discipleship that he calls the Radical Experiment.  This is a great and challenging book that will convict, and encourage you to look at how you are living the Christian life.

When A Nation Forgets God: 7 Lessons We Must Learn from Nazi Germany by Erwim Lutzer
Have you ever wondered just how Adolf Hitler was able to win over the German people who were a church going people?  Have you ever wondered what happened to the church in Germany during World War II?  This is not just a fascinating but a telling book of how the church can become so marginalized that it has no power left.  This is one of the most disturbing and yet compelling books I have read in a long time.