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

17128 books were found.

War Photographers: IWM Photography Collection

War Photographers: IWM Photography Collection

Author: Helen Mavin
ISBN: 9781912423668
Format: Hardback
$31.99

War Photographers showcases 50 images from IWM's unique collection that present photographers as both witnesses...  Read More >>

Rockets, Sand and Amalgam

Rockets, Sand and Amalgam

Author: Robert L Engelmeier
ISBN: 9798822919112
Format: Paperback
$44.85

"An anthology of memories of a military dentist during the Vietnam conflict. Author Robert L. Engelmeier recalls...  Read More >>

The Cuban Missile Crisis: To Armageddon and Beyond

The Cuban Missile Crisis: To Armageddon and Beyond

Author: Len Scott
ISBN: 9781526779786
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Find out the real truth about the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.  Read More >>

A Curious Mix of People: The Underground Scene of '90s Austin

A Curious Mix of People: The Underground Scene of '90s...

Author: Greg Beets ,  Richard Whymark
ISBN: 9781477328132
Format: Paperback
$55.99

A twisting path through Austin’s underground music scene in the twentieth century’s last decade, narrated by the...  Read More >>

Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine...

Author: David Petraeus ,  Andrew Roberts
ISBN: 9780008567989
Format: Paperback
$37.99

‘A major book that will enlighten the layman and guide the statesman or geopolitical student’ DR. HENRY KISSINGER...  Read More >>

The Chaplain & The Corpsman

The Chaplain & The Corpsman

Author: John Peck
ISBN: 9798223209454
Format: Paperback
$63.33

Faith, God, Chaplains and Corpsmen are a big part of my life. I truly believe there are people who need to hear...  Read More >>

Daughter of a Vietnam Veteran

Daughter of a Vietnam Veteran

Author: Leiloni Caughell-Simpson
ISBN: 9781962381314
Format: Hardback
$52.77

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Lost in the Cold War: The Story of Jack Downey, America's Longest-Held POW

Lost in the Cold War: The Story of Jack Downey, America's...

Author: John T Downey ,  Thomas J Christensen
ISBN: 9781501268106
Format: Audio
$79.17

"In 1952, John T. ""Jack"" Downey, a 23-year-old CIA officer from Connecticut, was shot down over Manchuria during...  Read More >>

Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine...

Author: David Petraeus ,  Andrew Roberts
ISBN: 9780008567972
Format: Hardback
$55.00

‘A major book that will enlighten the layman and guide the statesman or geopolitical student’ DR. HENRY KISSINGER...  Read More >>

Great Events that Changed Our Lives: The Most Important Moments from 1950 to the Present

Great Events that Changed Our Lives: The Most Important...

Author: Alfredo Luis Somoza ,  Lorenzo Sagripanti
ISBN: 9788854415324
Format: Hardback
$75.00

This book revisits the greatest events in recent history – from the Korean War that marked the beginning of the...  Read More >>

Red Reckoning: The Cold War and the Transformation of American Life

Red Reckoning: The Cold War and the Transformation of...

Author: Mark Boulton ,  Tobias T. Gibson
ISBN: 9780807180082
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Hot Mics and TV Lights

Hot Mics and TV Lights

Author: Marc Phillip Yablonka ,  Rick Fredericksen
ISBN: 9781990644702
Format: Paperback
$60.69

"The Untold Stories of the American Forces Vietnam Network The American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) was the...  Read More >>

Soviet Space Technology: What We Thought We Knew in 1959

Soviet Space Technology: What We Thought We Knew in...

Author: Committee on Science and Astronautics ,  Fred Zimmerman
ISBN: 9781934840887
Format: Hardback
$100.19

With technology shocks coming at an ever-accelerating pace, and the great power competition in space technology...  Read More >>

Falling into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer

Falling into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the...

Author: Thomas Swick ,  Pico Iyer
ISBN: 9781538181775
Format: Hardback
$62.99

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A World Apart: Growing Up Stockdale During Vietnam

A World Apart: Growing Up Stockdale During Vietnam

Author: Sidney B Stockdale
ISBN: 9780578811505
Format: Hardback
$92.27

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From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin: Russia in Search of Its Identity: 1913–2023

From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin: Russia in Search...

Author: Vladimir N. Brovkin
ISBN: 9781032345987
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This book integrates Soviet and post-Soviet Russian history into a coherent whole by focusing on the culture, role...  Read More >>

AntoloGaia: Queering the Seventies, A Radical Trans Memoir

AntoloGaia: Queering the Seventies, A Radical Trans...

Author: Porpora Marcasciano ,  Francesco Pascuzzi
ISBN: 9781978835788
Format: Paperback
$92.27

In this stirring memoir by a member of the first generation of LGBTQ+ activists in Italy, Porpora Marcasciano tells...  Read More >>

The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam with the First Calvary Division Airmobile

The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam...

Author: Michael L Kelly ,  Peter Burbank
ISBN: 9798212937160
Format: Audio
$97.65

"The Gunner and the Grunt is written in the voices of two soldiers who fought in the same battles as members of...  Read More >>

The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam with the First Calvary Division Airmobile

The Gunner and the Grunt: Two Boston Boys in Vietnam...

Author: Michael L Kelly ,  Peter Burbank
ISBN: 9798212937177
Format: Audio
$110.85

"The Gunner and the Grunt is written in the voices of two soldiers who fought in the same battles as members of...  Read More >>

UNITE History Volume 6 (1992-2010): The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU): Unity for a New Era

UNITE History Volume 6 (1992-2010): The Transport and...

Author: Adrian Weir
ISBN: 9781802074864
Format: Paperback
$18.09

The last two decades of the T&G, the essential left of centre union in Britain, were turbulent years. After a decade...  Read More >>

The Soviet Sixties Lib/E

The Soviet Sixties Lib/E

Author: Robert Hornsby ,  Peter Noble
ISBN: 9798212935500
Format: Audio
$269.25

"The story of a remarkable era of reform, controversy, optimism, and Cold War confrontation in the Soviet Union...  Read More >>

Karma: My Autobiography: 'The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John' Observer

Karma: My Autobiography: 'The most entertaining music...

Author: Boy George
ISBN: 9781785120350
Format: Hardback
$56.93

The definitive autobiography from Culture Club frontman and LGBTQ+ icon, Boy George  Read More >>

Every Perspective has a Voice, Every Voice has a Perspective: 13 Compelling Stories as Told by Combat Veterans

Every Perspective has a Voice, Every Voice has a Perspective:...

Author: Larry Buttermore
ISBN: 9781633377486
Format: Paperback
$44.85

"What started out as an epilogue turned into a book of its own. The 13 stories you will read are compelling. They...  Read More >>

The Silent Veteran: A Memoir

The Silent Veteran: A Memoir

Author: Vance Becker
ISBN: 9781928667070
Format: Paperback
$34.29

In 1967, Vance Becker fears his younger brother will die in Vietnam. Unable to live with that premonition, he relinquishes...  Read More >>

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