Beginning with Keynes General theory , Phillips curve interpretation of policy trade-off to New Classical and to New Keynesian school of thought, the subject Macroeconomics travel a long path. From adhoc macroeconomics model to representative household in general equilibrium framework , methodologically the subject evolved tremendously. It will be great to find books or articles which capture the journey from the perspective of thought.
I think this is what you are looking for:
A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond
Michel De Vroey
Cambridge University Press, 2015
Preprint Some sketches on the matter of time in contemporary political economy
Modern Macroeconomics Its Origins, Development and Current State by Brian Snowdon and Howard R. Vane
Check out the following books:
(1) Modern macroeconomics:its origin, development and current state by Snowdon and Vane
(2) Macroeconomics: Theories and Policies by Richard T. Froyen
Of course, there is the famous The Worldly Philosophers by Robert Heilbroner, a highly readable book.
"Free to Choose" (Friedman) should be in you history. It explains why the Keynesian doctrine had to be re-done, and re-done From Phillips doctrine failure (requiring one re-done) and the collapse of the Communism (requiring another re-done). And points to why anther re-do will be required.
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