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The End of Tsarist Russia: The March to World War I and Revolution
D C B Lieven · Viking
Pages: 426
Format: Print book |
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"Lieven has a double gift: first, for harvesting details to convey the essence of an era and, second, for finding new, startling, and clarifying elements in familiar stories. This is history with a heartbeat, and it could not be more engrossing." - Foreign AffairsOne of the world's... |
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The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789
Edward Larson · William Morrow; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson recovers a crucially important—yet almost always overlooked—chapter of George Washingtons life, revealing how Washington saved the United States by coming out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention and serve as our first... |
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Assessing War: The Challenge of Measuring Success and Failure
Leo J Blanken · Georgetown University Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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Today's protracted asymmetrical conflicts confuse efforts to measure progress, often inviting politics and wishful thinking to replace objective evaluation.In Assessing War, military historians, social scientists, and military officers explore how observers have analyzed the trajectory... |
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Independence: The Tangled Roots of the American Revolution
Thomas P. Slaughter · Hill & Wang
Pages: 487
Format: Hardcover |
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An important new interpretation of the American colonists' 150-year struggle to achieve independence"What do we mean by the Revolution?" John Adams asked Thomas Jefferson in 1815. "The war? That was no part of the Revolution. It was only an effect and consequence of it."... |
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Nancy Isenberg · Viking
Pages: 460
Format: Print book |
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The New York Times bestseller"Formidable and truth-dealing...necessary." -The New York Times"With the election looming, this eye-opening investigation into our country's entrenched social hierarchy is acutely relevant." -O Magazine In her groundbreaking bestselling... |
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Zionism: The Birth and Transformation of an Ideal
Milton Viorst · Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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From serving as the Middle East correspondent for The New Yorker to penning articles for the New York Times, Milton Viorst has dedicated his career to studying the Middle East. Now, in this new book, Viorst examines the evolution of Zionism, from its roots by serving as a cultural refuge... |
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The Real History of the Vietnam War: A New Look at the Past (Real History Series)
Alan Axelrod · Sterling; First Edition edition
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover |
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Released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the escalation of the Vietnam War, this fifth volume in the Real History series draws parallels between contemporary international conflicts and what occurred in Vietnam half a century ago.Events since 2001 suggest that the agonizing... |
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
Walter R. Borneman · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover |
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A vibrant new look at the American Revolution's first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous,... |
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Spooky south : tales of hauntings, strange happenings, and other local lore
S E Schlosser · Globe Pequot
Pages: 251
Format: Print book |
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Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of 40 popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts,... |
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