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

17128 books were found.

Accidental Eden: Hippie Days on Lasqueti Island

Accidental Eden: Hippie Days on Lasqueti Island

Author: Douglas Hamilton ,  Darlene Kay Olesko
ISBN: 9781927575529
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Lasqueti Island has a rowdy and divided reputation. Between the 1970s and early 80s, the island attracted a flood...  Read More >>

Internationalization and Re-Confessionalization: Law and Religion in the Nordic Realm 1945-2017

Internationalization and Re-Confessionalization: Law...

Author: Pamela Slotte ,  Niels Henrik Gregersen
ISBN: 9788740832884
Format: Paperback
$94.18

This volume explores the interaction between law and religion in the Nordic region and Germany in the post-World...  Read More >>

The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of ""Democracy"" in Russian Political Discourse. Volume 2:: The Promise of ""Democracy"" during the Yeltsin Years

The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of ""Democracy"" in Russian...

Author: David Cratis Williams ,  Marilyn J. Young
ISBN: 9781644696507
Format: Hardback
$270.00

Russia in the 1990s had a ""Wild West"" vibe, as reformist and conservative elements struggled for ascendancy. It...  Read More >>

The Unknown War: Anti-Soviet armed resistance in Lithuania and its legacies

The Unknown War: Anti-Soviet armed resistance in Lithuania...

Author: Arūnas Streikus
ISBN: 9781032185088
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The 1944 armed anti-Soviet resistance movement in Lithuania has yet to become established in the common narrative...  Read More >>

Feeding Victory: Innovative Military Logistics from Lake George to Khe Sanh

Feeding Victory: Innovative Military Logistics from...

Author: Jobie Turner
ISBN: 9780700634026
Format: Paperback
$87.09

Successful logistics cannot guarantee victory, but poor logistics portends defeat. In Feeding Victory, Jobie Turner...  Read More >>

Echo Among Warriors: Close Combat in the Jungle of Vietnam

Echo Among Warriors: Close Combat in the Jungle of Vietnam...

Author: Richard Camp
ISBN: 9781636240343
Format: Paperback
$44.99

A fictional account of gut-level combat as seen through the eyes of American and North Vietnamese participants....  Read More >>

Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front

Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation...

Author: Michael Robert Dedrick ,  Christoph Giebel
ISBN: 9780813155951
Format: Hardback
$79.20

Firsthand accounts add a new layer to the history of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.  Read More >>

Run Run Cricket Run: America's Secret War in Laos

Run Run Cricket Run: America's Secret War in Laos

Author: Tom G Thompson
ISBN: 9781636240367
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Young American pilots feel the weight of destiny as they are tasked with shutting down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in...  Read More >>

They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans

They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions...

Author: Joseph L. Galloway ,  Marvin J. Wolf
ISBN: 9781400208838
Format: Paperback
$32.99

They Were Soldiers showcases the inspiring true stories of 49 Vietnam veterans who returned home from the 'lost...  Read More >>

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Author: Hunter S. Thompson
ISBN: 9780008557546
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times,...  Read More >>

Life History and the Irish Migrant Experience in Post-War England: Myth, Memory and Emotional Adaption

Life History and the Irish Migrant Experience in Post-War...

Author: Barry Hazley
ISBN: 9781526163752
Format: Paperback
$57.99

This book makes innovative use of migrant life histories to further understanding the role of memory in the production...  Read More >>

Sustainable Development of Denmark in the World, 1970–2020: A Critical Introduction

Sustainable Development of Denmark in the World, 1970–2020:...

Author: Bo Fritzbøger
ISBN: 9783030982928
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book provides a holistic overview of the history of sustainable development in Denmark over the last fifty...  Read More >>

Utopian Universities: A Global History of the New Campuses of the 1960s

Utopian Universities: A Global History of the New Campuses...

Author: Miles Taylor (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) ,  Jill Pellew (Institute of Historical Research, UK)
ISBN: 9781350227385
Format: Paperback
$61.99

"""A global and comparative history of newly-established public universities which appeared in the latter half of...  Read More >>

The Hoengsong Valley Massacre: Command Collapse or Cover-up?

The Hoengsong Valley Massacre: Command Collapse or Cover-up?...

Author: Arthur Sharp
ISBN: 9781977253415
Format: Paperback
$41.27

The Hoengsong Massacre in the Korean War was one of the most devastating embarrassments in U.S. Army history. The...  Read More >>

The Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent Goleniewski

The Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History...

Author: Tim Tate
ISBN: 9780552177689
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The EOKA Cause: Nationalism and the Failure of Cypriot Enosis

The EOKA Cause: Nationalism and the Failure of Cypriot...

Author: Andrew R. Novo (The National Defense University, Washington, USA)
ISBN: 9780755635344
Format: Paperback
$61.99

This book explores the origins, conduct, and failure of Greek Cypriot nationalists to achieve the unification of...  Read More >>

Ideal Minds: Raising Consciousness in the Antisocial Seventies

Ideal Minds: Raising Consciousness in the Antisocial...

Author: Michael Trask
ISBN: 9781501764639
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Following the 1960s, that decade's focus on consciousness-raising transformed into an array of intellectual projects...  Read More >>

The 1960s: Ireland in Pictures

The 1960s: Ireland in Pictures

Author: Lensmen Photographic Archives ,  Lensmen Photographic Archives
ISBN: 9781788493413
Format: Paperback
$38.79

A decade of rapid change caught by two of Ireland’s premier photographers, The Lensmen. Covers everything from the...  Read More >>

Abnormalitat (de-)konstruiert: Die Heilpadagogische Abteilung der Wiener Universitats-Kinderklinik und ihre Patient*innen in der ersten Halfte des 20. Jahrhunderts

Abnormalitat (de-)konstruiert: Die Heilpadagogische...

Author: Ina Friedmann
ISBN: 9783205215417
Format: Hardback
$230.26

Text in German. The curative education department, as the evaluation body for children's behavior, unfolded its...  Read More >>

Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One 1944-1979

Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume...

Author: Kenneth Rose ,  Richard Thorpe
ISBN: 9781474601559
Format: Paperback
$39.99

The wry and amusing journals of royal biographer and Sunday Telegraph journalist Kenneth Rose, one of the most astute...  Read More >>

Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two 1979-2014

Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume...

Author: Kenneth Rose ,  Richard Thorpe
ISBN: 9781474610599
Format: Paperback
$36.99

The wry and amusing second volume of the journals of royal biographer and Sunday Telegraph journalist Kenneth Rose,...  Read More >>

Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942

Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta...

Author: Max Hastings
ISBN: 9780008364984
Format: Paperback
$22.99

The Sunday Times bestseller ‘One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new...  Read More >>

Warfighter: The Story of an American Fighting Man

Warfighter: The Story of an American Fighting Man

Author: Col Jesse L Johnson ,  Alex Holstein
ISBN: 9798212290623
Format: Audio
$110.85

In Warfighter, Colonel Jesse L. Johnson, one of the most decorated living American veterans, recounts the action-packed...  Read More >>

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