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Dan Carlin Recommended Books
Dan Carlin has recommended 13 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Dan Carlin is an American political commentator, actor and podcaster.
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Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C.
A Historical Biography
by Peter Green
"If you haven't fallen in love with the Alexander tale, I encourage you to do so. [This book] is a good one to start with." - Dan Carlin (Source)
Alexander and the East
The Tragedy of Triumph
by A. B. Bosworth
"[The author]'s trying to bring you back to reality about who [Alexander] was and what he did." - Dan Carlin (Source)
The Sign and the Seal
The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
by Graham Hancock
"97% of it is bunk. But what's interesting is the part that might not be." - Dan Carlin (Source)
Chariots of The Gods
Chariots of the Gods, Book 1
by Erich von Däniken
"Played upon these tantalizing little legends that seem to suggest that man has had contact with higher beings." - Dan Carlin (Source)
Black Athena
The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization
by Martin Bernal
"Tries to suggest that Greeks as we know them now were not the people that existed in Plato, and Artistophenes, and Socrates' times, but that those folks had a Black African component to them." - Dan Carlin (Source)
The Razor's Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham
"War transformed those idyllic pre-1914 ideas into reality, that war wasn't heroic. [This book] is one example. " - Dan Carlin (Source)
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The Storm of Steel
by Ernst Jünger
"The reason you don't read [this book] in highschool is because [the author] made the critical mistake, from a literary standpoint, of feeling like he got something out of [World War I]." - Dan Carlin (Source)
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All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
"The author is helping you to see what they all learned from this terrible conflict. " - Dan Carlin (Source)
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Collapse of the Bronze Age
The Story of Greece, Troy, Israel, Egypt, and the Peoples of the Sea
by Manuel Robbins
"Good [book]. " - Dan Carlin (Source)
The Coming of the Greeks
by Robert Drews
"Good [book]. " - Dan Carlin (Source)
The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
by George Friedman
"I didn't agree with any of it. " - Dan Carlin (Source)
The Wizards of Armageddon
by Fred Kaplan
"The many scenarios involving nuclear war, Including the 'escalation' and 'brinksmanship' options are key here." - Dan Carlin (Source)
National Socialism and the Religion of Nature
by Robert A Pois
"About this whole way of thinking that the Nazis had, and it was like a religion." - Dan Carlin (Source)
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