"A History of the American Empire," by John A. Sargent. This book is a "historic" historical work. If you want to see what happened, read this (pdf) and copy the document. It does not contain an exact historical history of the United States. A History of the American Empire, by John A. Sargent, published by the American Historical Association, a nonprofit society for research in American history and American history, is an authoritative historical account of the United States, the states of the West and of Europe.