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The Age of Extremes : 1914-1991by Eric J. HobsbawnISBN 0394585755 (0-394-58575-5)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Age of Rooseveltby A.M. SchlesingerISBN 0395083885 (0-395-08388-5)
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Alexander Hamilton: A Biographyby Forrest McDonaldISBN 039330048X (0-393-30048-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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America in Our Time : From World War II to Nixon--What Happened and Whyby Godfrey HodgsonISBN 0394725174 (0-394-72517-4)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975by George HerringISBN 0394345002 (0-394-34500-2)
Softcover, Knopf
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American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallaceby John Hyde, John C. CulverISBN 0393046451 (0-393-04645-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Americans: The National Experienceby Daniel J. BoorstinISBN 0394703588 (0-394-70358-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Boorstin is a delight to read, a genuine polymath whose wide-ranging interests and love of learning show up on every page. --John J. Miller [via]
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Andrew Jackson: His Life And Timesby H.W. BrandsISBN 0385507380 (0-385-50738-0)
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The Antifederalists: Critics of the Constitution, 1781-1788by Jackson Turner MainISBN 039300760X (0-393-00760-X)
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Arguing about Slavery: The Great Battle in the United States Congressby William L. MillerISBN 0394569229 (0-394-56922-9)
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Being Redby Howard FastISBN 0395551307 (0-395-55130-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Best and the Brightestby David HalberstamISBN 0394461630 (0-394-46163-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best and the Brightest'Book summary:David Halberstams masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain.
Using portraits of Americas flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our countrys recent history: Why did America become mired in Vietnam, and why did we lose? As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded. It is an American classic. [via]More editions of The Best and the Brightest:
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Capitalby Karl Marx, Ben FowkesISBN 039472657X (0-394-72657-X)
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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Powerby Victor Davis HansonISBN 0385720386 (0-385-72038-6)
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Though technological advances and superior weapons have certainly played a role in Western military dominance, Hanson posits that cultural distinctions are the most significant factors. By bringing personal freedom, discipline, and organization to the battlefield, powerful "marching democracies" were more apt to defeat non-Western nations hampered by unstable governments, limited funding, and intolerance of open discussion. These crucial differences often ensured victory even against long odds. Greek armies, for instance, who elected their own generals and freely debated strategy were able to win wars even when far outnumbered and deep within enemy territory. Hanson further argues that granting warriors control of their own destinies results in the kind of glorification of horrific hand-to-hand combat necessary for true domination.
The nine battles Hanson examines include the Greek naval victory against the Persians at Salamis in 480 B.C., Cortes's march on Mexico City in 1521, the battle of Midway in 1942, and the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. In the book's fascinating final chapter, he then looks forward and ponders the consequences of a complete cultural victory, challenging the widespread belief that democratic nations do not wage war against one another: "We may well be all Westerners in the millennium to come, and that could be a very dangerous thing indeed," he writes. It seems the West will always seek an enemy, even if it must come from within. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Chesapeake in the Seventeenth Centuryby Thad W. TateISBN 0393009564 (0-393-00956-4)
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The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collectionby William GienappISBN 039397555X (0-393-97555-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection'Book summary:An ample, wide-ranging collection of primary sources, The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection, opens a window onto the political, social, cultural, economic, and military history from 1830 to 1877.
Particular attention is paid to social history; coverage of the experience of African Americans, women, and non-elites provides a well-rounded picture of the period. Substantial selections, careful editing, and helpful annotations make this collection an ideal supplement for your course on the Civil War and Reconstruction. [via]More editions of The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection:
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Coming of the New Dealby Arthur M. SchlesingerISBN 0395489059 (0-395-48905-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Communist Manifestoby Frederic L. Bender, K. MarxISBN 0393956164 (0-393-95616-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Communist Manifesto'Book summary:This Norton Critical Edition offers a complete historical and philosophical introduction to Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party.
It will assist students making their first approach to Marx's thought as well as those ready to study the Manifesto in more depth. For beginning students, this edition provides a carefully annotated text of the Manifesto and two introductory sections by Frederic Bender, a "Chronology of Events Leading to the Communist Manifesto" and "Historical and Theoretical Backgrounds of the Communist Manifesto." More experienced students will benefit from selections on the sources of Marx's thought, the significance of the Manifesto in the history of Marxism, and recent interpretations of the work. [via]More editions of The Communist Manifesto:
Counsel to the President: A Memoirby Clark M. Clifford, Richard HolbrookeISBN 0394569954 (0-394-56995-4)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933by Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.ISBN 0395489032 (0-395-48903-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Cultural Pattern in American Politics: The First Centuryby Robert Lloyd KelleyISBN 0394319540 (0-394-31954-0)
Hardcover, Knopf
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Daniel Webster: The Man and His Timeby Robert V. ReminiISBN 0393045528 (0-393-04552-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Day of Reckoning : The Consequences of American Economic Policy in the 1980'sby Benjamin M. FriedmanISBN 0394565533 (0-394-56553-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Declaration of Independence a Study in the Historyby Carl BeckerISBN 0394700600 (0-394-70060-0)
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Deliver Us from Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibitionby Norman H. ClarkISBN 0393091708 (0-393-09170-8)
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Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship Based on Eleanor Roosevelt's Private Papersby Joseph P. LashISBN 0393074595 (0-393-07459-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Faces of Revolution : Personalities and Themes in the Struggle for American Independenceby Bernard BailynISBN 039449895X (0-394-49895-X)
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Fathers and Children: Andrew Jackson and the Subjugation of the American Indianby Michael Paul RoginISBN 0394482042 (0-394-48204-2)
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Fragile Glory: A Portrait of France and the Frenchby Richard BernsteinISBN 039458340X (0-394-58340-X)
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From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776by Pauline MaierISBN 0393308251 (0-393-30825-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776'Book summary:Pauline Maier is a historian of the American Revolution, though her work also addresses the late colonial period and the history of the United States after the end of the Revolutionary War. She is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Maier has achieved prominence over a fifty-year career of critically acclaimed scholarly histories and journal articles. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and teaches undergraduates. She authors textbooks and online courses. Her popular career includes series with PBS and the History Channel. She's appeared on Charlie Rose, C-SPAN2's In Depth and written 20 years for the New York Times review pages. Maier was 2011 President of the Society of American Historians. She won the 2011 George Washington Book Prize for her book Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788. [via]
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The Genet Missionby Harry AmmonISBN 0393094200 (0-393-09420-0)
Softcover, Norton
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Henry Clay: Statesman for the Unionby Robert V. ReminiISBN 0393310884 (0-393-31088-4)
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The Hidden Crisis in American Politicsby Samuel LubellISBN 0393098869 (0-393-09886-9)
Softcover, W.W. Norton
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I'Ve Seen the Best of It: Memoirsby Joseph W. Alsop, Adam PlattISBN 0393029174 (0-393-02917-4)
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The Imperial Presidencyby Arthur Meier SchlesingerISBN 0395515610 (0-395-51561-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and Americaby Edmund S. MorganISBN 0393306232 (0-393-30623-2)
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The Jeffersonian Crisis: Courts and Politics in the Young Republicby Richard E. EllisISBN 0393007294 (0-393-00729-4)
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King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.by Wil HaygoodISBN 0395440947 (0-395-44094-7)
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Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984-1988by Jane Mayer, Doyle McManusISBN 0395517575 (0-395-51757-5)
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Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky-His Life and Legacyby Sanford D. HorwittISBN 0394572432 (0-394-57243-2)
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The Life of Thomas Moreby Peter AckroydISBN 0385496931 (0-385-49693-1)
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A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandraby Sergei Mironenko, Andrei Maylunas, Nicholas, Alexandra, Empress, consort of Nicholas, Darya GalyISBN 0385486731 (0-385-48673-1)
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Madam Secretary, Frances Perkinsby George Whitney MartinISBN 0395242932 (0-395-24293-2)
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Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neillby O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr., William Novak, Tip O'NeillISBN 0394565053 (0-394-56505-3)
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Map Of Loveby Ahdaf SoueifISBN 0385720114 (0-385-72011-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Map Of Love'Book summary:Ahdaf Soueif's The Map of Love is a massive family saga, a story that draws its readers into two moments in the complex, troubled history of modern Egypt. The story begins in 1977 in New York. There Isabel Parkman discovers an old trunk full of documents--some in English, some in Arabic--in her dying mother's apartment. Incapable of deciphering this stash by herself, she turns to Omar al-Ghamrawi, a man with whom she is falling in love. And Omar directs her in turn to his sister Amal in Cairo.
Together the two women begin to uncover the stories embedded in the journal of Lady Anna Winterbourne, who traveled to Egypt in 1900 and fell in love with Sharif Pasha al-Barudi, an Egyptian nationalist. To their surprise, they stumble across some unsuspected connections between their own families. Less surprising, perhaps, is the persistence of the very same issues that dogged their ancestors: colonialism, Egyptian nationalism, and the clash of cultures throughout the Middle East. The past, however, does offer some semblance of omniscience:
That is the beauty of the past; there it lies on the table: journals, pictures, a candle-glass, a few books of history. You leave it and come back to it and it waits for you--unchanged. You can turn back the pages, look again at the beginning. You can leaf forward and know the end. And you tell the story that they, the people who lived it, could only tell in part.
With its multiple narratives and ever-shifting perspectives, The Map of Love would seem to cast some doubt on even the most confident historian's version of events. Yet this subtle and reflective tale of love does suggest that the relations between individuals can (sometimes) make a difference. "I am in an English autumn in 1897," Amal confesses at one point, "and Anna's troubled heart lies open before me." Here, perhaps, is a hint about how we should read Soueif's staggering novel, using words as a means to travel through time, space, and identity. --Vicky Lebeau [via]More editions of Map Of Love:
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnsonby Robert A. CaroISBN 0394720954 (0-394-72095-4)
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The Meaning of Independence: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washingtonby Edmund Sears MorganISBN 0393008967 (0-393-00896-7)
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Memoirs of the Second World War: An Abridgement of the Six Volumes of the Second World War With an Epilogue by the Author on the Postwar Years Writtby Winston S. ChurchillISBN 0395599687 (0-395-59968-7)
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My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reaganby Nancy Reagan, William NovakISBN 0394563689 (0-394-56368-9)
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An Ocean Apart : The Relationship Between Britain and America in the Twentieth Centuryby David Dimbleby, David ReynoldsISBN 0394569687 (0-394-56968-7)
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On Libertyby John Stuart MillISBN 0393092526 (0-393-09252-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Liberty'Book summary:First published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty is an exhaustive exploration of social and civic liberty, its limits, and its consequences. Mill's work is a classic of political liberalism that contains a rational justification of the freedom of the individual in opposition to the claims of the state. Drawing upon the empiricism of John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume and the utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham, On Liberty defends the representative democracy as the culmination of society's progression from lower to higher stages, even as it recognizes one of the unique dangers of this type of government-namely, the "tyranny of the majority."Central to Mill's ideology is the harm principle-the idea that individual liberties should only be curtailed when they harm or interfere with the ability of others to exercise their own liberties. Unlike other liberal theorists, Mill did not rely upon theories of abstract rights to support his ideology, but rather grounded his philosophy in ideas of utility. As relevant to modern audiences as it was to Mill's Victorian readership, On Liberty is an enduring classic of political thought.[via] 
Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstructionby James M. McPhersonISBN 0394312066 (0-394-31206-6)
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Original Meanings : Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitutionby Jack N. RakoveISBN 0394578589 (0-394-57858-9)
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Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement and the New Leftby Sara EvansISBN 0394742281 (0-394-74228-1)
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Political Crisis of the 1850sby Michael F. HoltISBN 039395370X (0-393-95370-X)
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The Politics of Provincialism: The Democratic Party in Transition, 1918-1932by David BurnerISBN 0393007928 (0-393-00792-8)
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The Politics of Upheavalby Arthur M. SchlesingerISBN 0395489040 (0-395-48904-0)
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Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Departmentby Dean AchesonISBN 0393304124 (0-393-30412-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department'Book summary:Dean Acheson joined the U.S. Department of State in 1941 as an assistant secretary for economic affairs. Shortly after the end of World War II, he attempted to resign, but was persuaded to come back as under secretary of state; Harry Truman eventually rewarded Acheson's loyalty by picking him to run the State Department during his second term (1949 to 1953).
"The period covered in this book was one of great obscurity to those who lived through it," Acheson wrote at the beginning of his memoirs, first published in 1969. "The period was marked by the disappearance of world powers and empires ... and from this wreckage emerged a multiplicity of states, most of them new, all of them largely underdeveloped politically and economically. Overshadowing all loomed two dangers to all--the Soviet Union's new-found power and expansive imperialism, and the development of nuclear weapons." Present at the Creation is a densely detailed account of Acheson's diplomatic career, delineated in intricately eloquent prose. Going over the origins of the cold war--the drawing of lines among the superpowers in Europe, the conflict in Korea--Acheson discusses how he and his colleagues came to realize "that the whole world structure and order that we had inherited from the nineteenth century was gone," and that the old methods of foreign policy would no longer apply. Among the accolades Acheson garnered for his candid self-assessment was the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for history. [via]
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The Presidency of George Washingtonby Forrest McDonaldISBN 0393007731 (0-393-00773-1)
Hardcover, Norton
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000by Paul M. KennedyISBN 0394546741 (0-394-54674-1)
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The Second American Party System: Party Formation in the Jacksonian Eraby Richard Patrick McCormickISBN 0393006808 (0-393-00680-8)
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Second World Warby Winston ChurchillISBN 039541055X (0-395-41055-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Second World War: The Gathering Storm'Book summary:"After the end of the World War of 1914 there was a deep conviction and almost universal hope that peace would reign in the world. This heart's desire of all the peoples could easily have been gained by steadfastness in righteous convictions, and by reasonable common sense and prudence."
But we all know that's not what happened. As Britain's prime minister for most of the Second World War, Winston Churchill--whose career had to that point already encompassed the roles of military historian and civil servant with a proficiency in both that few others could claim--had a unique perspective on the conflict, and as soon as he left office in 1945, he began to set that perspective down on paper. To measure the importance of The Second World War, it is worth remembering that there are no parallel accounts from either of the other Allied leaders, Roosevelt and Stalin. We have in this multivolume work an account that contains both comprehensive sweep and intimate detail. Almost anybody who compiles a list of such works ranks it highly among the nonfiction books of the 20th century.In the opening volume, The Gathering Storm, Churchill tracks the erosion of the shaky peace brokered at the end of the First World War, followed by the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and their gradual spread from beyond Germany's borders to most of the European continent. Churchill foresaw the coming crisis and made his opinion known quite clearly throughout the latter '30s, and this book concludes on a vindicating note, with his appointment in May 1940 as prime minister, after which he recalls that "I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial."
Their Finest Hour concerns itself with 1940. France falls, and England is left to face the German menace alone. Soon London is under siege from the air--and Churchill has a few stories of his own experiences during the Blitz to share--but they persevere to the end of what Churchill calls "the most splendid, as it was the most deadly, year in our long English and British history." They press on in The Grand Alliance, liberating Ethiopia from the Italians and lending support to Greece. Then, when Hitler reneges on his non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union (the very signing of which had proved Stalin and his commissars "the most completely outwitted bunglers of the Second World War"), the Allied team begins to coalesce. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese makes the participation of the United States in the war official, and this is of "the greatest joy" to Churchill: "How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at that moment care. Once again in our long island history we should emerge, however mauled or mutilated, safe and victorious."
But as the fourth volume, The Hinge of Fate, reveals, success would not happen overnight. The Japanese military still held strong positions in the Pacific theater, and Rommel's tank corps were on the offensive in Africa. After a string of military defeats, Churchill's opponents in Parliament introduced a motion for a censure vote; this was handily defeated, and victory secured in Africa, then Italy. By this time, Churchill had met separately with both Roosevelt and Stalin; the second half of volume 5, Closing the Ring, brings the three of them together for the first time at the November 1943 conference in Teheran. This book closes on the eve of D-day: "All the ships were at sea. We had the mastery of the oceans and of the air. The Hitler tyranny was doomed."
And so, in the concluding volume, Triumph and Tragedy, the Allies push across Europe and take the fight to Berlin. President Roosevelt's death shortly before final victory against Germany affected Churchill deeply, "as if I had been struck a physical blow," and he would later regret not attending the funeral and meeting Harry Truman then, instead of at the Potsdam conference after Germany's defeat. Churchill himself would not be there for the conclusion to the war against Japan; in July of 1945, a general election in Britain brought in a Labor government (or, as he refers to them, "Socialists"), and he resigned immediately, for "the verdict of the electors had been so overwhelmingly expressed that I did not wish to remain even for an hour responsible for their affairs." [via]
Showdown at Gucci Gulchby Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Alan S. Murray, Albert R. HuntISBN 0394560248 (0-394-56024-8)
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Showdown at Gucci Gulch: Lawmakers, Lobbyists, and the Unlikely Triumph of Tax Reformby Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Alan S. MurrayISBN 0394758110 (0-394-75811-0)
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The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revengeby Paul PrestonISBN 0393329879 (0-393-32987-9)
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The Story of American Freedomby Eric FonerISBN 0393319628 (0-393-31962-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of American Freedom'Book summary:Freedom, Eric Foner writes, is "the oldest of clichés and the most modern of aspirations." But what does it mean to be free? For the people of the United States, the concept of "freedom"--and its counterpart, "liberty"--have had widely differing meanings over the centuries. The Story of American Freedom, therefore, "is not a mythic saga with a predetermined beginning and conclusion, but an open-ended history of accomplishment and failure, a record of a people forever contending about the crucial ideas of their political culture."
Foner begins with the colonial era, when the Puritans believed that liberty was rooted in voluntary submission to God and civil authorities, and consisted only in the right to do good. John Locke, too, would argue that liberty did not consist of the lack of restraint, but of "a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power." Foner reveals the ideological conflicts that lay at the heart of the American Revolution and the Civil War, the shifts in thought about what freedom is and to whom it should apply. Adeptly charting the major trends of 20th-century American politics--including the invocation of freedom as a call to arms in both world wars--Foner concludes by contrasting the two prevalent movements of the 1990s: the liberal articulation of freedom, grounded in Johnson's Great Society and the rhetoric of the New Left, as the provision of civil rights and economic opportunity for all citizens, and the conservative vision, perhaps most fully realized during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, of a free-market economy and decentralized political power. The Story of American Freedom is a sweeping synthesis, delivered in clearheaded language that makes the ongoing nature of the American dream accessible to all readers. --Ron Hogan [via]
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To Set the Record Straightby John J. SiricaISBN 0393012344 (0-393-01234-4)
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The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790by Rhys L. IsaacISBN 0393956938 (0-393-95693-8)
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The Truman Doctrine and the Origins of McCarthyism: Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics, and Internal Security, 1946-1948by Richard M. FreelandISBN 0394465970 (0-394-46597-0)
Hardcover, Knopf
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Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Couglin and the Great Depressionby Alan BrinkleyISBN 0394716280 (0-394-71628-0)
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War Without Mercyby John DowerISBN 0394751728 (0-394-75172-8)
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War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific Warby John DowerISBN 039450030X (0-394-50030-X)
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William Cooper's Town : Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republicby Alan TaylorISBN 0394580540 (0-394-58054-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William Cooper's Town : Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic'Book summary:In 1786 William Cooper, determined to become a self-made gentleman of substance in post-revolutionary America, founded Cooperstown, N.Y., through a dodgy land deal. His town rose to become county seat, and Cooper became a judge and then a congressman. He lost most of the prestige he earned later, when he overstretched himself, and his local patronage weakened when he backed the Federalists against the victorious Republicans. Nonetheless, his son, James Fenimore Cooper, the early 19th century's best-selling novelist, wrote essentially a justification of his father in his third novel, The Pioneers (1823). Taylor's book--a combination of biography, personal history, social history, literary exegesis and analysis of father-son dynamics--charts the interplay between the fact and the fiction of the days when upstate New York was the frontier. William Cooper's Town won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for history. [via]
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William Marshal: The Flower of Chivalryby George Duby, Richard HowardISBN 039475154X (0-394-75154-X)
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The Wives of Henry VIIIby Antonia FraserISBN 0394585380 (0-394-58538-0)
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