Reddit reviews Rise to Globalism

This opens an interesting question that we really haven't sorted out yet: To what degree do we want to include the U.S. in /r/worldevents?

Currently, /r/worldnews and /r/politics exclude U.S. stories altogether, on the premise that the U.S. gets plenty of coverage elsewhere. The same logic could apply here, although, I wonder if our emphasis on more in-depth analysis doesn't call for a different approach. If there isn't already a subreddit that handles really in-depth analysis of the context of U.S. stories, maybe that's a niche we can fill. What do the subscribers to /r/worldevents think?

Personally, I'm not opposed to including the U.S. in our purview. I'd just want to make sure that those submissions aren't so numerous as to drown out submissions about less visible regions.

Addressing the OP's request: I always recommend two authors, Edmond S. Morgan and Richard Hofstadter. Probably no two historians have been as influential in exploring the development of American thought and policy. A good place to start with Morgan is The Challenge of the American Revolution; for Hofstadter, The American Political Tradition.

There are a couple of other very illuminating books I'd also recommend. One is The Rise to Globalism by Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley, which charts the growth of the U.S. into a global superpower, with special emphasis on the evolution of our military philosophy and involvement. Another is The Invasion of America, by Francis Jennings, a not altogether unproblematic book, but one that helped to reshape our perceptions about the initial contacts between Native Americans and the Europeans who would come to displace them as the dominant culture on the continent.

If you want to name some more specific topics in American history that interest you, I may able to come up with some better suggestions.