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

17128 books were found.

And I Lived to Tell the Tales: The Life of a Fighter Pilot

And I Lived to Tell the Tales: The Life of a Fighter...

Author: Ed Cobleigh
ISBN: 9781629672380
Format: Paperback
$39.47

"Lt. Col. Ed ""Fast Eddie"" Cobleigh flew as a fighter pilot with the US Air Force, the US Navy (TOPGUN), the Royal...  Read More >>

New Directions in Queer Oral History: Archives of Disruption

New Directions in Queer Oral History: Archives of Disruption...

Author: Clare Summerskill (Independent Researcher) ,  Amy Tooth Murphy (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
ISBN: 9780367551148
Format: Hardback
$294.00

This comprehensive international collection reflects on the practice, purpose and functionality of queer oral history,...  Read More >>

Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War

Desert Redleg: Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War...

Author: L Scott Lingamfelter
ISBN: 9780813183657
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Part military history, part personal memoir exploring the largest US artillery bombardment since World War II.  Read More >>

Crossroads: I Live Where I Like

Crossroads: I Live Where I Like

Author: Koni Benson
ISBN: 9781431432332
Format: Paperback
$28.44

This searingly observant illustrated history of the women of Crossroads during the 1970s and 1980s tells a history...  Read More >>

The Selected Writings of Jan Patocka: Care for the Soul

The Selected Writings of Jan Patocka: Care for the Soul...

Author: Jan Patocka ,  Erin Plunkett (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
ISBN: 9781350139091
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Jan Patocka’s contribution to phenomenology and the philosophy of history mean that he is considered one of the...  Read More >>

The Selected Writings of Jan Patocka: Care for the Soul

The Selected Writings of Jan Patocka: Care for the Soul...

Author: Jan Patocka ,  Erin Plunkett (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
ISBN: 9781350139107
Format: Hardback
$160.00

Jan Patocka’s contribution to phenomenology and the philosophy of history mean that he is considered one of the...  Read More >>

No Case to Answer: The Men Who Got Away with the Great Train Robbery

No Case to Answer: The Men Who Got Away with the Great...

Author: Andrew Cook
ISBN: 9780750993869
Format: Hardback
$49.99

The first book to make use of recently released government files detailing the men who got away with the Great Train...  Read More >>

The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II

The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II

Author: Ian Lloyd
ISBN: 9780750998567
Format: Hardback
$39.99

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Tito

Tito

Author: Neil Barnett
ISBN: 9781913368418
Format: Paperback
$32.95

As Neil Barnett shows in this short but engaging biography, The charismatic, near-mythological figure of Josip Broz...  Read More >>

The Double Life of Katharine Clark: The Untold Story of the Fearless Journalist Who Risked Her Life for Truth and Justice

The Double Life of Katharine Clark: The Untold Story...

Author: Katharine Gregorio
ISBN: 9781728248417
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The untold story of a female journalist who risked her life to expose the truth about Communism to the world. If...  Read More >>

Building States: The United Nations, Development, and Decolonization, 1945–1965

Building States: The United Nations, Development, and...

Author: Eva-Maria Muschik (Research Associate and Lecturer, Center for Global History)
ISBN: 9780231200257
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Building States examines how the UN tried to manage the dissolution of European empires in the 1950s and 1960s—and...  Read More >>

Vietnam War: Pathology 1967-8-Capt. Anton Sohn; Veterinarian Med. 1967-8-Capt. Warren Myers; Surgery 1967-8-Capt. Thomas Brady; Medicine 1969-70-Navy Lt. Richard Ganchan

Vietnam War: Pathology 1967-8-Capt. Anton Sohn; Veterinarian...

Author: Captain Anton P Sohn
ISBN: 9781648831508
Format: Hardback
$62.10

Bronze Star for Meritorious Service under Hostile Fire in Vietnam.  Read More >>

Building States: The United Nations, Development, and Decolonization, 1945–1965

Building States: The United Nations, Development, and...

Author: Eva-Maria Muschik (Research Associate and Lecturer, Center for Global History)
ISBN: 9780231200240
Format: Hardback
$232.95

Building States examines how the UN tried to manage the dissolution of European empires in the 1950s and 1960s—and...  Read More >>

The Rise and Decline of England's Watchmaking Industry, 1550–1930

The Rise and Decline of England's Watchmaking Industry,...

Author: Alun C. Davies
ISBN: 9781032131344
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Cinema Memories: A People's History of Cinema-going in 1960s Britain

Cinema Memories: A People's History of Cinema-going...

Author: Melvyn Stokes (University College London, UK) ,  Matthew Jones (University of Exeter, UK)
ISBN: 9781911239895
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Cinema Memories brings together and analyses the memories of almost a thousand people of going to the cinema in...  Read More >>

The Greatest Respect

The Greatest Respect

Author: 281st Ahc ,  William McCollum
ISBN: 9781506905471
Format: Paperback
$46.24

"This book tells the story of a group of exceptional young men in a controversial war. This book is a collection...  Read More >>

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and...

Author: Gary Gerstle (Paul Mellon Professor of American History, Paul Mellon Professor of American History, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780197519646
Format: Hardback
$56.95

"The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half century before...  Read More >>

The Traumatic Surreal: Germanophone Women Artists and Surrealism After the Second World War

The Traumatic Surreal: Germanophone Women Artists and...

Author: Patricia Allmer
ISBN: 9781526149794
Format: Hardback
$185.00

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Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today

Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family,...

Author: Craig McNamara
ISBN: 9781668614808
Format: Audio
$118.80

An unforgettable father and son story that confronts the legacy of the Vietnam War across two generations.Craig...  Read More >>

Graduating Present: The Vietnam War & The Class of '66:

Graduating Present: The Vietnam War & The Class of '66:...

Author: Edmund Shelby
ISBN: 9781934894804
Format: Paperback
$26.37

In GRADUATING PRESENT: THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE CLASS OF 66, Air Force veteran and journalist EDMUND SHELBY has crafted...  Read More >>

Combat to Conservation: A Marine's Journey through Darkness into Nature's Light

Combat to Conservation: A Marine's Journey through Darkness...

Author: F J Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781646636372
Format: Paperback
$31.02

In 1970, after growing up in the woods and fields of Southeast Minnesota, Francis Fitzgerald finds himself as a...  Read More >>

Goose Green: The first crucial battle of the Falklands War

Goose Green: The first crucial battle of the Falklands...

Author: Mark Adkin
ISBN: 9781474626255
Format: Paperback
$22.99

The most in-depth and powerful account yet published of the first crucial clash of the Falklands war - told from...  Read More >>

The Nixon Presidency

The Nixon Presidency

Author: Timothy N. Thurber
ISBN: 9780367500924
Format: Paperback
$77.99

The Nixon Presidency is a concise and accessible survey of domestic policy, foreign affairs, and politics during...  Read More >>

The Battle for the Falklands

The Battle for the Falklands

Author: Max Hastings ,  Simon Jenkins
ISBN: 9781529047806
Format: Paperback
$22.99

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