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

With an array of superb photographs, John Glover presents a fascinating survey of London Underground operations...  Read More >>

In Last War of the Superfortresses the authors provide a detailed history of the confrontation between Soviet fighters...  Read More >>

"On a freezing January afternoon in 1992, Deng Xiaoping, China’s former paramount leader and now a revered elder...  Read More >>

This book explores the evolution of Spanish feminism in the context of European feminisms and institutions from...  Read More >>

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"The 20th SOS Green Hornets are one of the helicopter squadrons that would transport and extract MACV SOG teams...  Read More >>

der Band untersucht die Staatsbildungsprozesse in Kosovo, die Jahrzehnte vor dem vermeintlichen Einschnitt des Krieges...  Read More >>

An urgent examination of the world barrelling toward a new Cold War, from a scholar on the diplomatic front lines...  Read More >>

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Visual Culture of Post-Industrial Europe investigates visual cultural projects in Europe from the 1970s onwards...  Read More >>

The Weak and the Powerful studies how a weak country negotiated the Cold War and how a strongman navigated between...  Read More >>

The lives of Army brats have always been a core component of the US military. Scarcely described until now, Army...  Read More >>

From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the Allies' secret mission...  Read More >>

This book examines the Cyprus crisis of 1967-74 and pays particular attention to the specific objectives of the...  Read More >>

'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' VOGUE 'Private Revolutions could be a Netflix series, for...  Read More >>

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From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the Allies' secret mission...  Read More >>

Western democracy is currently under attack by a resurgent Russia, weaponizing new technologies and social media....  Read More >>

The first work to provide a broad history of the relationship between Eastern Europe and the decolonising world...  Read More >>

""A graphic memoir recounting the author's childhood in Iraq and his experiences during the Iraq War and its aftermath...  Read More >>

"Based on a true story, a young American soldier fighting in the Vietnam War meets a beautiful Vietnamese woman...  Read More >>

An overview of US fiction since 1940 that explores the history of literary forms, the history of narrative forms,...  Read More >>

This book offers a historical account of the public debates, institutional monitoring, and private experiences of...  Read More >>

The unique role of Special Forces Berlin in the attempted rescue of the American hostages in Tehran.  Read More >>

It wasn't rockets or artillery that came through the skies one week during the war. It was the horrific force of...  Read More >>