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

"Introducing ""Vietnam War: From Saigon to Hanoi,"" the definitive guide to one of the most complex and significant...  Read More >>

Based on new archival evidence, this volume examines Soviet Empire-building in Hungary and the American...  Read More >>

Bank robber, convicted murderer, escape artist. John Massey's autobiography reveals what it's like to spend five...  Read More >>

Vimbai Chaumba Kwashirai explores the history and significance of election violence in Zimbabwe from the 1980s to...  Read More >>

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

This book uncovers the contribution that homegrown women's magazines made to shaping complex debates about the position...  Read More >>

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"""The moving story of a small group of veterans, scientists, and pacifists who forced the U.S. government to take...  Read More >>

Ralph White tells the remarkable story of how as a young banker in Saigon during the final weeks before the city...  Read More >>

Providing an account of the Nixon administration’s efforts to undermine and unseat Chilean President Salvador Allende,...  Read More >>

This book examines the counterinsurgency campaign in South Vietnam, 1963-64. Using captured Viet Cong documents...  Read More >>

Throughout the Second World War, a wide range of people, including political leaders and government officials,...  Read More >>

This book is a small tribute to the bond esteemed veterans formed during their time together in Vietnam. It is a...  Read More >>

The book tells the untold story of the Conservative Party’s involvement in terms of stance and policy in the destruction...  Read More >>

Throughout the Second World War, a wide range of people, including political leaders and government officials,...  Read More >>

The first book to consider the subject, Wholesale Couture: London and Beyond, 1930-70 seeks to revise the notion...  Read More >>

The very purpose of history is to gather up what is about to be lost for ever.  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2023 A place of incarceration and liberation, political debate...  Read More >>

Home before Morning is the story of a woman whose courage, stamina, and personal history make this a compelling...  Read More >>

The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) was a highly classified, multi-service...  Read More >>

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

An in-depth investigation of the Romanian secret police's file on Müller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature,...  Read More >>

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