Recommended Books: History
Here are some of SPPIT.org’s Recommended Books on History and Historical Topics. Please note that this page is under development and we will be adding more titles over time.
France
![Book cover, The Collapse of the Third Republic by William L. Shirer](https://i2.wp.com/www.sppit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/William_L_Shirer-Collapse_Third_Republic-spitt-1662x2426.jpg?resize=206%2C300)
The Collapse Of The Third Republic: An Inquiry Into The Fall Of France In 1940 by William L. Shirer
Freedom Of Speech – Free Speech
![Book cover - Liberty's First Crisis: Adams, Jefferson and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech, by Charles Slack](https://i1.wp.com/www.sppit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Charles_Slack-Libertys_First_Crisis-sppit-1662x2511.jpg?resize=199%2C300)
Liberty’s First Crisis: Adams, Jefferson and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech by Charles Slack
This was our Book Of The Month in October 2017.
It is an excellent account of the U.S. federal government’s attempts to quash dissenting opinions through the Sedition Acts, federal legislation criminalizing speech or writings critical of the government, under President John Adams.
It contains many lessons for modern debates over Freedom of Speech.
Germany
![Book cover, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (50th Anniversary Edition) by William L. Shirer](https://i0.wp.com/www.sppit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/William_L_Shirer-Rise_Fall_Third_Reich-spitt-1662x2582.jpg?resize=193%2C300)
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
![Book cover, The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Jonathan Schneer](https://i1.wp.com/www.sppit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Jonathan_Schneer-Balfour_Declaration-sppit-1662x2557.jpg?resize=195%2C300)
The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Jonathan Schneer
Spain
![Book cover. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians and Jews Under Islamic Rule In Medieval Spain, by Dario Fernandez-Morera.](https://i1.wp.com/www.sppit.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Morera-Myth_Andalusian_Paradise-sppit-1662x2518.jpg?resize=198%2C300)
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians and Jews Under Islamic Rule In Medieval Spain by Dario Fernandez-Morera
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