I finally finished Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman, which was probably longer than I needed it to be but really interesting and overall a worthwhile read.

I'm currently reading something much more my usual speed: Bloodied Banners: Martial Display on the Medieval Battlefield which has some really interesting ideas, even if it isn't always successful about persuading me of the value of all of them.

I read a rather obscure work:
Junge Adler: Vom luftsport zum Flugdienst 1920-1945 by Georg Cordts (1988) Which examines the rise to popularity of gliding clubs in Germany and the capatilisation and incorporation into the Hitler Jugend thereof by the Nazi Regime, to supply the Luftwaffe with personnel.

I'd love some recommendations on books that would give me the perspective on day-to-day life of various people during the First Crusade. Things like what the march to the Holy Land was like, what camps looked like, how locals perceived the Franks coming into Hungary, Byzantium, the Levant, etc.

Most of what I read seems focused only on the military, clerical, and cultural aspects of the conflicts, not so much how different people (especially non-lords/commanders) lived.

Thanks in advance!

What are the best books on the holocaust and info about survivors of non-Auchwitz Extermination camps?

So, I'm writing a research project on: 'The best state solution for Israel and Palestine that would ease both of their nationalstoc aspirations.'

I've been stuggeling to find sources that give an unbiased view on the 'best' state solution and, usually all of my sources are biased that don't look at both Palestinian and Israeli needs.

So has anyone read any books that discuss this topic in an a un-biased way?

I'm looking for books and articles on Aztec royal courts. So far I've found a great article by Susan Toby Evans ("Aztec Noble Courts"), but I'm especially interested in ethnohistorical sources beyond the Florentine Codex.

I'd love some book recommendations for the American CBI (China Burma India) theater of WWII and British/ commonwealth efforts in the region. It's the largest hole in my WWII knowledge.

Any recommendations on scholarly work on Indian-American immigration and the Indian-American experience?

Can anyone recommend good books about the Spanish Civil War and also Franco’s reign?

Any books on the US involvement and just greater history on the North Russia intervention and American Expeditionary Force?

And good suggestions for learning about how Soviet Republics functioned on their own and how much freedom they had to do their own thing in the USSR?