[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Karl Marx should not be on there as he was not a historian or much of anything really. Edward Said should be tossed, Howard Zinn goes without saying, and the "Gender" (Should be Sex unless you are talking about the history of language) is worthless.

And, I know I am going to get push back on this, but Jared Diamond is pop history and should not be on there.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

If you want to understand 20th century history, then you MUST read Marx’s works, even if you despise everything he stands for.

His writings influenced most of the major ground-breaking events of the 20th century. Most of global politics in that period was a conflict between those trying to implement his ideas vs those who tried to oppose them.