*Thank you for your responses, everyone. I will definitely be checking out some of these.

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    Zero - The Biography of A dangerous Idea. Charles Seife

    The Proud Tower, and The First Salute, Barbara Tuchman

    The Proud Tower is about the rapid changes going on in the years leading up to WW1. The sad fact is that many people thought that a war might be a good way to slow things down and get back on track.

    The First Salute. At some point, some nation had to recognise the American colonies as an actual country. The american Revolution from a different angle