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u/nevershear · 2 pointsr/dancarlin

While they're more historical fiction, I absolutely adored the Myth-o-Mania! series by Kate Mcmullan when I was a kid. I credit them with facilitating my interest in antiquity and Greece in particular. For a young reader they are written with enough humor to keep them interested and entertained while also providing an enough baseline information on greek mythology to still be educational.

On a second note, I took a children's literature class in college and decided to my make my final project a lesson plan to make history more interesting for child readers. In many ways I was piggy backing off Dan's approach to tell the 'interesting' side of history.
Inspired by the book Mau5 which I loved reading in high school, I tried to find a chronology of history using graphic novels. I think graphic novels are an interesting way to get children interested in reading, especially when they are so young.

Here is the list of graphic novels. Maybe you will find one interesting. If you want, I can PM you the whole project with my summaries of the books.

Ancient Egypt

Cleopatra- Haggard, H. Rider, Alfred Sundel, and Norman Nodel

Dark Ages

*The Dark Ages and the Vikings-Jeffrey, Gary, and Nik Spender.

Crusades

Crusades-Jeffrey, Gary, and Terry Riley.

Civil War

Gettysburg: The Graphic History of America's Most Famous Battle and Turning Point of the Civil War. Vansant, Wanye

Congo Civil War (Child Soldiers)

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls are Used in War - Humphreys, Jessica Dee, Michel Chikwanine, and Claudia Dávila.

World War 1

True Stories of World War 1 - Nelson Yomtov and John Proctor

Civil Rights Movement

Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography - Helfer, Andrew and Randy Duburke

The Holocaust*

Maus: A Survivor's Tale* - Spiegelman, Art

u/showa_shonen · 2 pointsr/dancarlin

If you want to just get a taste of imperial Japan and some pretty interesting firsthand accounts, check out "inventing Japan" by Ian Buruma.

https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Japan-1853-1964-Library-Chronicles/dp/0812972864



If you want to get a bigger view of the condition japan was in before beginning their empire building, check out "Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes: The Underside of Modern Japan" by Mikiso Hane


https://www.amazon.com/Peasants-Rebels-Women-Outcastes-Underside/dp/0742525252


If you want an even bigger view of how and why Japan was treated differently from Germany after the war check out, "the wages of guilt" by Ian Buruma


https://www.amazon.com/Wages-Guilt-Memories-Germany-Japan-ebook/dp/B00YLQU0GS

I would recommend these three books if you want to get a better idea of the everyday life of what everyday life was like pre-war, mid-war, post-war.

If you want to get into the psychology of Japanese people, I would recommend "the Japanese self in cultural context" by Takie Sugiyama Lebra

https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Self-Cultural-Logic/dp/0824828402/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?keywords=the+Japanese+self&qid=1571829682&sr=8-12


Another interesting book to add after reading these would be, "multiethnic Japan" by John Lie. It points out the ripples of what Japan's empire building brought.

https://www.amazon.com/Multiethnic-Japan-John-Lie/dp/0674013581/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=multiethnic+Japan&qid=1571829847&sr=8-1


Check em out!

u/remembertosmilebot · 4 pointsr/dancarlin

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u/vincethebigbear · 2 pointsr/dancarlin

If you're interested in the topic of Japan's recovery post-WW2 you should check out Jared Diamond's new book Upheaval.

He discusses pre-modern Japan in one chapter and post-WW2 Japan in another at length.

u/lukekvas · 1 pointr/dancarlin

Specifically he was referring to US naval power. In a previous episode he mentioned by name that "Jane's Fighting Ships" was source for his information. Pretty expensive.

I just googled and found this site which only begs more questions. How is North Korea rated to have double America's naval firepower. Anybody know whats up with this?

If you just go to Wikipedia you can sort by descending and see the US compared to the world total which is what Dan was talking about.

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/dancarlin

If you want a short introduction or a documentary its all up to you. But Luther is a 10 0000 word journey. A journey into a unique insight into the world that were before us, and indeed shaped the world that is today. Brand Luther is also a start.

u/jwmida · 10 pointsr/dancarlin

E.H. Gombrich- "A Little History of the World"

I used use chapters of this book as supplementals when I taught middle school history. I really like it. I think it keeps to the subject, is well written, and is accessible to children. Only issue is that it's eurocentric, but you can't win them all.

u/john_andrew_smith101 · 1 pointr/dancarlin

For ww2, Antony Barbour is one of my favorite authors, and I'd recommend his books on dday and Stalingrad. For ancient history, get the Gallic wars by Caesar. He goes into extremely fine detail about all the major battles of the Gallic wars. I'd recommend getting a version that's both in Latin and translated. This is the one I have, it has Latin on the left and English on the right, so if you're confused by what its saying, just directly translate the Latin. Caesar was both a strategic and tactical genius, and was able to put that down on paper for us.

u/crbowen44 · 2 pointsr/dancarlin

10/29, available for preorder now though! The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062868047/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_eR6IDb1KDCW45

u/SentientUnivers · 24 pointsr/dancarlin

Additional Links:


Supernova in the East I (1800s-1938 CE) - Direct Link, Remastered - 4:26


Supernova in the East II (1938-1941 CE) - Direct Link, Remastered - 3:54


A State of War - FDR Speech (1941 CE) - Extra Context - 0:03


Supernova in the East III (1941-1942 CE) - Direct Link, Remastered - 4:34

Supernova in the East IV (1942-1945 CE) - Preview - 0:01


The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses - Book Link


The Hardcore History Omnibus Project - Post