I’m taking a course called “Europe Since 1945” this fall semester and looking for books related to that topic for summer reading (either literature, textbooks, articles, and/or historian recommendations). I would read the textbook but the booklist doesn’t release until the last week of August.

The course description says it discusses the social, cultural and political history of Europe from the Nazi legacy, wwii recovery, Cold War tensions Soviet communism, 1960s youth rebellions and more but I don’t want to type that all out.

What are some good books on the history of Liberia?

In relation to a recent question I posted — I’d like to read a book about environmental issues in the Soviet Union. Both the actual issues (degradation/damage that was done) and the existence of dissident currents or thought.

I'm looking for at least somewhat accessible books in on early Imperial China (up until the Tang), outside of Brook's Imperial China series and Rafe de Crespigny amazing work.

I realize this question covers a huge time period, but I've not seen many (good) books on this topic in general.

I was about to buy Band of Brothers, the book, cause it's on sale today on Amazon and has 4.8* but then I checked here and discovered that the scholarship of the book is highly questionable and Ambrose is not well regarded by historians in general for various reasons. So sounds like the book is a skip? Is The Good War by Terkel well regarded by historians?

I see multiple people have asked on this subreddit about Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time by Carroll Quigley but no one has ever responded. What are historians views on this book? Worth reading?

Recommended biography of Paul Kagame?