Reading Series
Breaking Point
Revolutions, wars, partitions, and famines.
The French Revolution, the guillotine, World War I, communism, Israel and Palestine, and the Irish Potato Famine. They’re grouped by the political rupture at the center of each story.
6 booksThere’s no required order. Start wherever you want.
In this series
Browse all books- 01RevolutionA sweeping chronicle of revolutions from ancient Egypt to Latin America, exploring how power changed hands and the world was remade.34 min read
- 02Heads Will RollThe French Revolution explodes from bread riots to guillotines as ordinary people storm Versailles and tear down a thousand-year monarchy.41 min read
- 03The Great WarThe First World War from the assassination in Sarajevo to the trenches, colonial battlefields, collapsing empires, American intervention, and the Treaty of Versailles.27 min read
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COMMUNISMA critical history of communism's rise and fall, from Marx's manifesto through Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and the bloody proxy wars that turned ideology into survival.46 min read - 05
A Land DividedHow Israel and Palestine Became a Forever WarA short history of Israel and Palestine, covering Ottoman rule, Zionism, partition, occupation, intifada, and the long failure to make peace.38 min read - 06
The Irish Potato FamineA devastating examination of how mass starvation has shaped human history, from environmental catastrophes to man-made disasters.Short book