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

"On September 9, 2002, the MIT program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) held the first in a week-long...  Read More >>

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In August 1964 Australia deployed six Caribou aircraft and 76 personnel to Vung Tau, South Vietnam, as the new unit,...  Read More >>

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An illustrated study of premier US anti-ship missile, the AGM/RGM-84 Harpoon, and its 1986 and '88 uses against...  Read More >>

Written by a leading expert on modern Russia, this is an illustrated introduction to the bitter campaigns in Chechnya....  Read More >>

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The book examines US air power in the Vietnam War and the air wars that followed. The book introduces a new theory...  Read More >>

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Stories from a medic serving with the highly classified SOG U.S. Special Forces unit in Vietnam.  Read More >>

This book examines the development of the historiography on the African American freedom struggle from the 1890s...  Read More >>

Gary Saunders, an x-ray technologist, served from 1970 to 1971 in MASH (mobile army surgical hospital) units in...  Read More >>

"Battle Hymn: From Chaplain to Fighter Pilot, first published in 1956, is the inspirational autobiographical account...  Read More >>

"""Echoes of the Forgotten War"" offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most pivotal yet often overlooked...  Read More >>

Details how the US State Department attempted, and failed, to save South Vietnam from North Vietnamese aggression...  Read More >>

Details how the US State Department attempted, and failed, to save South Vietnam from North Vietnamese aggression...  Read More >>

As Premier of British Guiana, Forbes Burnham led the country to independence in 1966 and spent two decades as its...  Read More >>

"Nestled in the heart of Appalachia, the rugged terrains of Harlan County, Kentucky, birthed a story of resilience,...  Read More >>

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This book sheds light on the so-called ‘Moro Doctrine’, an Italian state security policy which has been portrayed...  Read More >>

After World War II, some women in Japan had intimate relations with occupying US soldiers. These women were called...  Read More >>

In the 1970s, several members of the DDR opposition began to investigate the limits to unrestrained economic growth....  Read More >>

The poignant images in this book reveal the anguish, terror, bewilderment, and happiness of children born into a...  Read More >>

A dramatic and timely account of Stalin’s failed invasion of Finland in 1939, and the decade of wars and fraught...  Read More >>