CSS Essentials

The following lists will help the students in building up alternate knowledge base that is different from
the majority of the aspirants. This list was prepared by Sir Abrar Ahmed Butt (Political Science topper of
CSS,2017, and Nearpeer’s top rated instructor).

Documentaries:
1. Greeks: The Crucible of Civilization (PBS, YouTube)
2. Roman Empire (Netflix)
3. Ottoman Empire (Netflix)
4. Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance (2004), (PBS, YouTube)
5. The World Wars miniseries (2014), (History Channel)
6. Cold War (1998, TV Series), (BBC, YouTube)
7. Declassified (2004), (History Channel, YouTube)
8. America: The Story of Us (2010, (History Channel)
9. The Great Hack (Netflix)
10. Inside Job (2010), (Bonus)

Books:
11. Why Nations Fail by Acemoglu and Robinson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsZDlBU36n0&t=749s)
12. Political Order and Political Decay by Fukuyama (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSh6XmGmZak)
13. Revenge of Geography by Robert D. Kaplan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-XDNNtcKL4&t=462s)

YouTube Channels:
14. Crash Course World History
15. TED
16. TED-Ed
17. School of Life
18. Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
19. Vox
20. Economist
21. Geo History
22. World Economic Forum
23. Big Think