The Economist's Best Books of 2007 (History)

a list by Peter, the avid reader who runs Flashlight Worthy

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Cigarette_Century_The_Rise_Fall_and_Deadly_Persistence_of_the_Product_That_Defined_America');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0465070485'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Cigarette_Century_The_Rise_Fall_and_Deadly_Persistence_of_the_Product_That_Defined_America');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0465070485'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America by Allan M. Brandt onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Cigarette_Century_The_Rise_Fall_and_Deadly_Persistence_of_the_Product_That_Defined_America');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Cigarette_Century_The_Rise_Fall_and_Deadly_Persistence_of_the_Product_That_Defined_America');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0465070485'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 600 page paperback \|$16.32 \|14 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/God_and_Gold_Britain_America_and_the_Making_of_the_Modern_World');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375414037'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/God_and_Gold_Britain_America_and_the_Making_of_the_Modern_World');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375414037'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World by Walter Russell Mead onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/God_and_Gold_Britain_America_and_the_Making_of_the_Modern_World');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/God_and_Gold_Britain_America_and_the_Making_of_the_Modern_World');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0375414037'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 464 page hardcover \|$19.77 \|16 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Legacy_of_Ashes_The_History_of_the_CIA');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038551445X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Legacy_of_Ashes_The_History_of_the_CIA');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038551445X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Legacy_of_Ashes_The_History_of_the_CIA');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Legacy_of_Ashes_The_History_of_the_CIA');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/038551445X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 702 page hardcover \|$18.45 \|118 reviews This book also appears on: Salon.com's Favorite Non-Fiction of 2007 The New York Times' 50 Notable Books of 2007 (Non-Fiction) Time Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2007 (Non-Fiction)


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/1967_Israel_the_War_and_the_Year_that_Transformed_the_Middle_East');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805088121'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/1967_Israel_the_War_and_the_Year_that_Transformed_the_Middle_East');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805088121'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East by Tom Segev onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/1967_Israel_the_War_and_the_Year_that_Transformed_the_Middle_East');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/1967_Israel_the_War_and_the_Year_that_Transformed_the_Middle_East');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0805088121'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 704 page paperback \|$15.00


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Byzantium_The_Surprising_Life_of_a_Medieval_Empire');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0691131511'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Byzantium_The_Surprising_Life_of_a_Medieval_Empire');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0691131511'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Byzantium_The_Surprising_Life_of_a_Medieval_Empire');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Byzantium_The_Surprising_Life_of_a_Medieval_Empire');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0691131511'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 440 page hardcover \|$19.77 \|9 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Napoleons_Wars_An_International_History_18031815');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0670020303'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Napoleons_Wars_An_International_History_18031815');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0670020303'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815 by Charles Esdaile onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Napoleons_Wars_An_International_History_18031815');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Napoleons_Wars_An_International_History_18031815');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0670020303'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 656 page hardcover \|$22.05 \|3 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Noble_Revolt_The_Overthrow_of_Charles_I_John_Adamson');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0297842625'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Noble_Revolt_The_Overthrow_of_Charles_I_John_Adamson');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0297842625'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I. John Adamson by J. S. a. Adamson onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Noble_Revolt_The_Overthrow_of_Charles_I_John_Adamson');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Noble_Revolt_The_Overthrow_of_Charles_I_John_Adamson');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0297842625'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 742 pages, used, starting at $23.07


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Making_of_Victorian_Values_Decency_and_Dissent_in_Britain_17891837');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594201161'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Making_of_Victorian_Values_Decency_and_Dissent_in_Britain_17891837');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594201161'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain: 1789-1837 by Ben Wilson onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Making_of_Victorian_Values_Decency_and_Dissent_in_Britain_17891837');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Making_of_Victorian_Values_Decency_and_Dissent_in_Britain_17891837');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594201161'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 464 page hardcover \|$20.96 \|2 reviews


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Verneys_A_True_Story_of_Love_War_and_Madness_in_SeventeenthCentury_England');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594483094'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Verneys_A_True_Story_of_Love_War_and_Madness_in_SeventeenthCentury_England');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594483094'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England by Adrian Tinniswood onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Verneys_A_True_Story_of_Love_War_and_Madness_in_SeventeenthCentury_England');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/The_Verneys_A_True_Story_of_Love_War_and_Madness_in_SeventeenthCentury_England');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1594483094'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 592 page paperback \|$15.00


onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Scotland_The_Autobiography');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/159020073X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">	onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Scotland_The_Autobiography');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/159020073X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Scotland: The Autobiography by Rosemary Goring onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Scotland_The_Autobiography');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/The_Economists_Best_Books_of_2007_History/Scotland_The_Autobiography');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/159020073X'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 512 page hardcover \|$23.10

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