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Battle Cry of Freedom - James M. McPherson - 9780195038...
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ISBN13: 9780195038637. ISBN10: 0195038630. by James M. McPherson. Published by Oxford University Press. Edition: 88 More at Textbooks.com

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Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

An evolutionary biologist dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for ...
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Latest review by waynio Dec 15, 2010
"Jared Diamond's 1997 bestseller, "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is a rare, mind-opening book that deserves..." Read full review

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Katharine Graham - Personal History

Katharine Graham - Personal History

In this critically acclaimed memoir, the woman who piloted the "Washington Post" through the crises of the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and a ...
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Latest review by blunt Jan 30, 2006
"This book turned out to be nothing as I imagined. I was surprised to find so many parallels' with he..." Read full review

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Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

This history examines the influences of geography and environment on the development of civilization and seeks to find large patterns that might ...
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Latest review by relic_hunter24 Jan 8, 2012
"Jared Diamonds 'Guns, Germs and Steel' is one of the most well assembled and highly stimulating..." Read full review
Jon Meacham - American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Jon Meacham - American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Jon Meacham's account of the White House years of Andrew Jackson shows him to be a man of principle as well as of passion. Even in those days, says ...
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Latest review by sweaver May 8, 2010
"Author Jon Meacham, also editor of Newsweek magazine, follows up his World War II era book Franklin..." Read full review

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Robert Middlekauff - The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution 1763-1789

Robert Middlekauff - The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution 1763-1789

A panoramic history of the conflict between England and America highlights the political and personal aspects of the colonial struggle for ...
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Latest review by mkp51 Mar 12, 2002
"Over the past three years, Ive been busy collecting and reading the books that comprise The Oxfo..." Read full review
Doris Kearns Goodwin - No Ordinary Time: Franklin And Eleanor Roosevelt, The Home Front In World War II

Doris Kearns Goodwin - No Ordinary Time: Franklin And Eleanor Roosevelt, The Home Front In World War II

A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt and an intimate look at those residing in the White House during the war years shows how Eleanor and Franklin ...
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Latest review by charles Mar 9, 2002
"After reading this book, I came to one conclusion: Goodwin has given made history accessible not on..." Read full review

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David Halberstam - The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

David Halberstam - The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the lesser-known elements of heroism and pathos that marked the Korean War, in a narrative successor to ...
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Latest review by BBailey182 Feb 21, 2009
"In a literary sense, David Halberstam did not exit quietly.Halberstam, the author of a couple of doz..." Read full review

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Neil Sheehan - A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Neil Sheehan - A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Through a portrait of military advisor John Paul Vann, a journalist traces the arc of Americans' disillusionment and ambivalence about the War in ...
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Latest review by mkp51 Jul 15, 2000
""A Bright Shining Lie" is a masterfully written history of America in Vietnam. Written by..." Read full review

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George F. Kennan - Russia Leaves the War

George F. Kennan - Russia Leaves the War

The first volume of George F. Kennan's SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS 1917-1920 won a Pulitzer Prize in history in 1957. RUSSIA LEAVES THE WAR is Kennan's ...

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John W. Dower - Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

John W. Dower - Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

Chronicles the events that took place in Japan at the end of World War II and explores the effects they have had on the development and shaping of ...
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Latest review by rudean77 Jun 26, 2003
"John W. Dower's book, Embracing Defeat, came to me highly recommended. It has been a Pulitzer Priz..." Read full review

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James M. McPherson - Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

James M. McPherson - Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become ...
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Latest review by mshawpyle Apr 5, 2004
"After a lengthy delay and one that would be unconscionable were it not for the private reasons tha..." Read full review

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Richard Hofstadter - Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Richard Hofstadter - Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Free Worldwide Delivery : Anti-intellectualism in American Life : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780394703176 : 0394703170 : 25 Oct 1973 : ...
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Latest review by jaseroque Jul 9, 2000
"I could not put this book down and that is saying a lot for a non-fiction, thickly-written book on..." Read full review

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Robert Dallek - Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power

Robert Dallek - Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power

A dual portrait of the late former president and the former secretary of state describes the ambitious drives that motivated their goals, offering ...

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Herbert P. Bix - Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Herbert P. Bix - Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

This biography of the emperor of Japan examines his formative years and how they shaped his character, his deft grasp of both the imperial system and ...
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Latest review by rooster3888 May 25, 2002
"Emperor Showa, commonly known as Hirohito in the United States, had from the end of World War II to..." Read full review

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