My knowledge in history is very poor. I want to know some basic history. Please recommend some books that don’t dwell on a single incident or period but rather gives an overview. Preferably, books on medieval history. It would be a plus if the book has beautiful prose.
Thank you.
Read Paris, 1919 by Margaret MacMillan.
Read Postwar by Tony Judt
Read the Warfare State by Fred J. Cook
And, while not strictly an historical work, The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein rounds out this series on how institutions “fuck up the endgame” — to quote from Charlie Wilson’s war.