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

17128 books were found.

How Finland Survived Stalin: From Winter War to Cold War, 1939-1950

How Finland Survived Stalin: From Winter War to Cold...

Author: Kimmo Rentola ,  Richard Robinson
ISBN: 9798874696900
Format: Audio
$110.85

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

Vietnam: My War - Over Five Decades Later

Vietnam: My War - Over Five Decades Later

Author: James Ike Schaap, PH D
ISBN: 9798989020607
Format: Paperback
$68.51

Even war can look different from a new perspective. In this true account of what war is like, Dr. James Ike Schaap...  Read More >>

Mountbatten's Report on the Last Viceroyalty: 22 March-15 August 1947

Mountbatten's Report on the Last Viceroyalty: 22 March-15...

Author: Lionel Carter
ISBN: 9788173045165
Format: Hardback
$79.50

Together with a comprehensive bibliography-cum-list for further readings this volume is aimed to serve as a veritable...  Read More >>

Making the Radical University: Identity and Politics on the American College Campus, 1966–1991

Making the Radical University: Identity and Politics...

Author: Elizabeth M. Kalbfleisch
ISBN: 9781625347602
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Details how American universities became a battleground for identity politics from the 1960s to the 1980s. Focusing...  Read More >>

China’s capitalist transformation: The rhetoric that mattered

China’s capitalist transformation: The rhetoric that...

Author: Yuan Li
ISBN: 9783110773163
Format: Hardback
$174.66

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The Long 1968 in Hungary and Romania

The Long 1968 in Hungary and Romania

Author: Adrian-George Matus
ISBN: 9783111253091
Format: Hardback
$71.47

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Trinh Cong Son and Bob Dylan: Essays on War, Love, Songwriting, and Religion

Trinh Cong Son and Bob Dylan: Essays on War, Love, Songwriting,...

Author: John C Schafer
ISBN: 9781962081061
Format: Hardback
$100.32

Trịnh Công Sơn and Bob Dylan is an essential read for fans of Bob Dylan and Trịnh Công Sơn, and a substantive addition...  Read More >>

Prodigals: A Vietnam Story

Prodigals: A Vietnam Story

Author: Richard Taylor
ISBN: 9781684866359
Format: Paperback
$39.57

During his first tour in Vietnam – 1967-68 – Dick Taylor was a well-trained and highly motivated amateur assigned...  Read More >>

From World War to Postwar: Revolution, Cold War, Decolonization, and the Rise of American Hegemony, 1943-1958

From World War to Postwar: Revolution, Cold War, Decolonization,...

Author: Andrew N. Buchanan ,  Thomas Zeiler (University of Colorado Boulder USA)
ISBN: 9781350240209
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Offering a global account of the ‘long’ World War II, this book challenges conventional narratives that picture...  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement

Encyclopedia of the American Indian Movement

Author: Bruce E. Johansen, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska)
ISBN: 9798765116142
Format: Paperback
$59.99

A vivid description of the people, events, and issues that forever changed the lives of Native Americans during...  Read More >>

The Civil Rights Movement in America: From Black Nationalism to the Women's Political Council

The Civil Rights Movement in America: From Black Nationalism...

Author: Peter B. Levy (York College, USA)
ISBN: 9798765116180
Format: Paperback
$59.99

This single-volume work provides a concise, up-to-date, and reliable reference work that students, teachers, and...  Read More >>

Non-Aligned Movement Summits: A History

Non-Aligned Movement Summits: A History

Author: Jovan Cavoški
ISBN: 9781350228061
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Using newly declassified documents from Serbian, British, Indian, Chinese, Myanmar, U.S., and Soviet archives, Non-Aligned...  Read More >>

Sexuality and Gender in Fictions of Espionage: Spying Undercover(s)

Sexuality and Gender in Fictions of Espionage: Spying...

Author: Professor Ann Rea (Associate Professor, University of Pittsburg at Johnstown, USA)
ISBN: 9781350271364
Format: Hardback
$170.00

An exploration of how espionage narratives give access to cultural conceptions of gender and sexuality before and...  Read More >>

From World War to Postwar: Revolution, Cold War, Decolonization, and the Rise of American Hegemony, 1943-1958

From World War to Postwar: Revolution, Cold War, Decolonization,...

Author: Andrew N. Buchanan ,  Thomas Zeiler (University of Colorado Boulder USA)
ISBN: 9781350240216
Format: Hardback
$130.00

Offering a global account of the ‘long’ World War II, this book challenges conventional narratives that picture...  Read More >>

Rebels with a Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran

Rebels with a Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran...

Author: Maziar Behrooz
ISBN: 9780755652013
Format: Paperback
$75.01

Why were left-wing politics so ineffective in Iran? Why did the Left not capitalise on Iran's fling with anti-western...  Read More >>

Dark Star: A New History of the Space Shuttle

Dark Star: A New History of the Space Shuttle

Author: Matthew H. Hersch
ISBN: 9780262546720
Format: Paperback
$110.00

A captivating history of NASA's Space Transportation System-the space shuttle-chronicling the inevitable failures...  Read More >>

New Zealand, Britain, and European Integration Since 1960: Staying Alive

New Zealand, Britain, and European Integration Since...

Author: Hamish McDougall
ISBN: 9783031450167
Format: Hardback
$258.72

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Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam

Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer...

Author: Mike Guardia
ISBN: 9798985428582
Format: Hardback
$47.39

Fire in the Hole tells the story of Charlie Company, 1st Engineer Battalion during their deployment to Vietnam in...  Read More >>

From Sacred Servant to Profane Prostitute: A History of the Changing Legal Status of the Devadasis in India 1857-1947

From Sacred Servant to Profane Prostitute: A History...

Author: Kay K. Jordan
ISBN: 9788173044687
Format: Hardback
$85.95

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Images of the Enemy: Reporting the New Cold War

Images of the Enemy: Reporting the New Cold War

Author: Brian McNair
ISBN: 9781032631905
Format: Hardback
$194.00

Images of the Enemy (1985) discusses and decodes British television news coverage of the superpower disarmament...  Read More >>

The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine...

Author: Nicola Guerra (University of Turku, Finland)
ISBN: 9781032566252
Format: Paperback
$77.99

The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict provides a comprehensive account of the postwar parliamentary...  Read More >>

The Nigerian Army: 1956-1966

The Nigerian Army: 1956-1966

Author: N. J. Miners
ISBN: 9781032618418
Format: Hardback
$152.00

Originally published in 1971, this book is an account of the development of the Nigerian Army in the critical ten...  Read More >>

Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam

Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam

Author: Morgan Miller
ISBN: 9781956906820
Format: Paperback
$50.13

Morgan Miller's story of his year drafted into the Vietnam War and how he exposes a major mechanical issue with...  Read More >>

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