Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 books

16271 books were found.

The Soviet–Afghan War: 1979–89

The Soviet–Afghan War: 1979–89

Author: Gregory Fremont-Barnes
ISBN: 9781472861801
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A fully illustrated overview of the USSR's bloody conflict in Afghanistan and its long legacy.  Read More >>

The War Diaries: World War II Written by the People Who Lived Through it

The War Diaries: World War II Written by the People...

Author: Nina Siegal
ISBN: 9780008447731
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from...  Read More >>

A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and Islam

A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and...

Author: Vassily Klimentov
ISBN: 9781501773808
Format: Hardback
$145.07

"""This book studies the Soviet Union and the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and their views of...  Read More >>

The Lost Back-to-Back Streets of Leeds: Woodhouse in the 1960s and '70s

The Lost Back-to-Back Streets of Leeds: Woodhouse in...

Author: Colin James ,  Elizabeth James
ISBN: 9781803995144
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A unique and evocative photographic record of changes in Woodhouse, Leeds, in the 1960s and 1970s  Read More >>

London, 1984: Conflict and Change in the Radical City

London, 1984: Conflict and Change in the Radical City...

Author: Stephen Brooke (Professor of History, Professor of History, York University, Toronto)
ISBN: 9780198862888
Format: Hardback
$82.95

London, 1984 examines the history of London during the tumultuous 1980s. Against the backdrop of dramatic political...  Read More >>

How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design

How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design...

Author: Hugo Palmarola ,  Eden Medina
ISBN: 9783037787335
Format: Paperback
$115.00

A bold project for change unfolded in Latin America at the beginning of the 1970s. After an electoral victory in...  Read More >>

Coalition Navies during the Korean War: Understanding Combined Naval Operations

Coalition Navies during the Korean War: Understanding...

Author: Ian Bowers
ISBN: 9781032626529
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Waving the Rules: & Old Navy Scuttlebutt

Waving the Rules: & Old Navy Scuttlebutt

Author: Thomas J ,  W Kristjan Arnold
ISBN: 9798884454316
Format: Paperback
$26.37

The Korean War of 1950-1953 was a powder keg that could have easily escalated into World War III. Combatants North...  Read More >>

RONDO- Cold War Backchannel

RONDO- Cold War Backchannel

Author: R D Taylor
ISBN: 9781916954007
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Rondo is a novel of Cold War intrigue that relates to the personal struggle of Simon Kiss. A gifted but tormented...  Read More >>

Der Amerikanische Vietnamkrieg - Die Geschichte Eines Ingenieurs: For Those Who Still Care - an Engineer's Story

Der Amerikanische Vietnamkrieg - Die Geschichte Eines...

Author: Ivan Beggs
ISBN: 9781734116779
Format: Paperback
$66.00

Das Buch erkl�rt die US-Politik zum Krieg, die Erfahrungen der Soldaten, und Vorschl�ge f�r zuk�nftige Kriege.  Read More >>

The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity and Society

The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture,...

Author: Dr Bodie A. Ashton (Universität Erfurt, Germany)
ISBN: 9781350331563
Format: Paperback
$44.99

The Pet Shop Boys came of age at a time of deep socio-political tension. From the rise of sexual politics and awareness...  Read More >>

Elliott Carter's Late Music

Elliott Carter's Late Music

Author: John Link
ISBN: 9781009490269
Format: Paperback
$72.42

The first comprehensive study of the late music of one of the most influential composers of the last half century,...  Read More >>

The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity and Society

The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture,...

Author: Dr Bodie A. Ashton (Universität Erfurt, Germany)
ISBN: 9781350331570
Format: Hardback
$130.00

The Pet Shop Boys came of age at a time of deep socio-political tension. From the rise of sexual politics and awareness...  Read More >>

Clearing Vietnam: Anatomy of a U.S. Army Land Clearing Team

Clearing Vietnam: Anatomy of a U.S. Army Land Clearing...

Author: Terry T Brown
ISBN: 9781631322259
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Clearing Vietnam: Anatomy of a U.S. Army Land Clearing Team, captures the conditions and encounters of a young combat...  Read More >>

A World More Equal: An Internationalist Perspective on the Cold War

A World More Equal: An Internationalist Perspective...

Author: Sandrine Kott ,  Arby Gharibian
ISBN: 9780231210157
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Diving into the archives of international organizations and associations, Sandrine Kott provides a new account of...  Read More >>

Battle of Kontum, 1972

Battle of Kontum, 1972

Author: Matt Jackson
ISBN: 9781960249135
Format: Paperback
$79.17

"...Ben Het has tanks in the wire! ""Hawk Claw is engaging,"" the pilot reports firing the first TOW missile...  Read More >>

A World More Equal: An Internationalist Perspective on the Cold War

A World More Equal: An Internationalist Perspective...

Author: Sandrine Kott ,  Arby Gharibian
ISBN: 9780231210140
Format: Hardback
$232.95

Diving into the archives of international organizations and associations, Sandrine Kott provides a new account of...  Read More >>

Decolonizing Images: A New History of Photographic Cultures in Egypt

Decolonizing Images: A New History of Photographic Cultures...

Author: Ronnie Close
ISBN: 9781526165954
Format: Hardback
$195.00

Decolonizing images focuses on Egypt's local visual heritage and continues the urgent process of decolonizing the...  Read More >>

Dien Bien Phu: Un Coin d'Enfer

Dien Bien Phu: Un Coin d'Enfer

Author: Bernard Fall ,  Michel Carriere
ISBN: 9782251455341
Format: Paperback
$60.72

Le samedi 8 mai 1954, l'avion de commandement capte le tout dernier message expedie par les Francais de Dien Bien...  Read More >>

Coal and Community in Wales: Images of the Miners' Strike: before, during and after

Coal and Community in Wales: Images of the Miners' Strike:...

Author: Richard Williams ,  Amanda Powell
ISBN: 9781800995031
Format: Paperback
$38.79

A unique perspective on the 1984 85 UK Miners' Strike from a husband-and-wife team who reported on it in person...  Read More >>

The Greek Gastarbeiter in the Federal Republic of Germany (1960–1974)

The Greek Gastarbeiter in the Federal Republic of Germany...

Author: Maria Adamopoulou
ISBN: 9783111201320
Format: Hardback
$261.33

This social history follows the Greek Gastarbeiter in their migration journey. It wanders and wonders how transnationalism...  Read More >>

The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: Russian Foreign and Security Policy, from the end of the USSR to the war in Ukraine

The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: Russian...

Author: Mark Wilcox
ISBN: 9783111332000
Format: Hardback
$261.33

This work examines the CFE Treaty as a factor in Russia's security policy. Moscow used the treaty to shape the security...  Read More >>

Second Chance at First Love: A Heartwarming Second Chance Romance

Second Chance at First Love: A Heartwarming Second Chance...

Author: Marion Kummerow
ISBN: 9783948865689
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Can love exist when all hope is lost? A broken war hero He was ready to give his life for his country. But...  Read More >>

Taipan Snake Pit

Taipan Snake Pit

Author: Michael D Guard
ISBN: 9798869039521
Format: Paperback
$44.85

"TAIPAN SNAKE PIT discloses the tribulations of the Vietnam helicopter war, and provides deeply moving insight into...  Read More >>

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