Any recs for nonfiction books that show the “real” side of history (or at least a non-whitewashed “must be the heroes” version)? It’s kinda vague but I’m thinking like Exploration eras, impacts across Asia and Africa, what actually happened during slavery and the Holocaust, even Apartheid. Russia invading/taking over Europe, Japan and China taking over places in Asia, Shanghai being split between native and foreign influences in the 1910s-1950, Hong Kong going through Japanese and British occupations before being “given back” to China.
One thing to note is that I don’t really enjoy memoirs/autobiographies when they are done by politicians or celebrities. Journals and anecdotes from common people or even soldiers would be more my line of thinking. In addition, of course, to more textbook like formatting with facts, maps, and timelines.
by MDS2133