i’ll go first: our 17th prime minister one day vanished while swimming in the ocean and not only did none of his friends give a fuck, they started slapfighting immediately for who’s gonna be his successor. no joke they didn’t even let his body turn cold before the arguments began it was all so fucking funny.
For American, I agree with Alaska, Zinn is a good start. Critical reading of lib sources can be ok. (IE, Ken Burns’ general messaging is off, but its a decent overview if you can read between the lib brain)
This is the first book I read about Taping. That was like 10 years ago, I don’t really remember how well it was all presented, but might be a decent start. Written by a Yale guy in 96, so it might be a bit… you know. https://archive.org/details/godschinesesonta0000spen/page/n3/mode/2up