Modern Library Chronicles

The Modern Library Chronicles are a series of short books published by the American publisher, Modern Library. Most of the books are under 150 pages in length and intended to introduce readers to a period of history.

A partial list includes:


 * The Renaissance, by Paul Johnson
 * Islam: A Short History, by Karen Armstrong
 * The Balkans, by Mark Mazower
 * The German Empire: 1870-1918, by Michael Stürmer
 * , by Hans Küng
 * Peoples and Empires, by Anthony Pagden
 * Communism, by Richard Pipes
 * Hitler and the Holocaust, by Robert S. Wistrich
 * The American Revolution, by Gordon S. Wood
 * Law in America, by Lawrence Friedman
 * Inventing Japan: 1853-1964, by Ian Buruma
 * The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
 * The Americas: A Hemispheric History, by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
 * The Boys' Crusade, by Paul Fussell
 * The Age of Shakespeare, by Frank Kermode
 * The Age of Napoleon, by Alistair Horne
 * Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory, by Edward J. Larson
 * London: A History, by A.N. Wilson
 * The Reformation: A History, by Patrick Collinson
 * Nazism and War, by Richard Bessel
 * The City, by Joel Kotkin
 * Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics, by David Berlinski
 * California: A History, by Kevin Starr
 * Storm from the East: The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West, by Milton Viorst
 * Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game, by George Vecsey
 * Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky
 * The Hellenistic Age: A Short History, by Peter Green
 * A Short History of Medicine, by F. Gonzalez-Crussi
 * The Christian World, by Martin Marty
 * Prehistory, by Colin Renfrew
 * Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History, by Margaret MacMillan
 * Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment, by Stephen Kotkin
 * The Korean War: A History, by Bruce Cummings
 * The Romantic Revolution: A History, by Tim Blanning