Kyle Harrison
to-read
Tragedy and Hope
Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
- Author
- Carroll Quigley
- Published
- 1966
- Pages
- 1,348
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Quigley’s 1,300-page world history since 1895, notable both on its own terms and because its passages on Anglo-American financial networks became the raw material for decades of conspiracy literature.
Where I saw it: A reply to @typesfast’s question on X, June 5, 2025 — “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/typesfast/status/1930617097068912787
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- History · Power · Institutions · Conspiracy Theories — where this sits in the corpus.