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La Cristiada
Jean Meyer · Square One Publishers
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback |
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In a world filled with constant religious intolerance and strife, it is easy to overlook a little known twentieth-century religious war that was fought on the shores of North America. Taking place in Mexico in the 1920s, La Cristiada the Cristero War was the result of repressive anti-religious... |
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The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945
Geoffrey C. Ward · Knopf; 1 edition
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover |
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The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced - and helped to win - the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost.Focusing on the citizens of four... |
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The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
Carlotta Gall · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 329
Format: Hardcover |
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Carlotta Gall has reported from Afghanistan and Pakistan for almost the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation, beginning shortly after 9/11. She knows just how much this war has cost the Afghan people, and how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government... |
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Potsdam: The End of World War II and the Remaking of Europe
Michael Neiberg · Basic Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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After Germany's defeat in World War II, Europe lay in tatters. Millions of refugees were dispersed across the continent. Food and fuel were scarce. Britain was bankrupt, while Germany had been reduced to rubble. In July of 1945, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin gathered... |
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The Civil War: A Visual History
DK Publishing · DK; Revised edition
Format: Paperback |
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A fascinating and complete guide to the Civil War, this book includes compelling information on the War between the States, Abraham Lincoln, slavery in America, the Confederacy and the Union. Every effort has been made to make Civil War reliable and complete - the book was created with... |
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The Italian Americans: A History
Maria Laurino · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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This gorgeous companion book to the PBS series illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history.In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true... |
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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Rick Atkinson · Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe magnificent conclusion to Rick Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy about the Allied triumph in Europe during World War IIIt is the twentieth century's unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its allies liberated Europe and vanquished... |
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