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

An authoritative, richly illustrated summary on the major confrontation of four superpowers over the city of Berlin,...  Read More >>

Documents the evolution of the Israeli air force from the aftermath of the 1973 war, through the events in Lebanon...  Read More >>

Languages of Trauma explores how, and for what purposes, trauma is expressed in historical sources and visual media....  Read More >>

The first book to explore the lives of pioneering women diplomats and development of equality in the government...  Read More >>

A portrait of the effectiveness of moderation in US foreign policy, as illustrated by three of America's most consequential...  Read More >>

A coming of age story of a young man facing his draft notice during the Vietnam Era, and how his decision shaped...  Read More >>

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"Text in German. For 44 years the ""Austrian Yearbook for Politics"" has provided opinion leaders, professionals,...  Read More >>

At the end of the Vietnam War, Pan American World Airways successfully evacuated 463 American and Vietnamese civilians...  Read More >>

Does unlimited power have a detrimental effect on the human psyche? In any case, this notion is widespread in the...  Read More >>

The SED was challenged three times in 1983: the nuclear confrontation escalated globally, national bankruptcy threatened...  Read More >>

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"This is a story of how one young soldier recalls the events of war. He remembers the men he served with who had...  Read More >>

An intriguing, first-of-its-kind cultural history of the turn of the 1960s.  Read More >>

This innovate argument shows how increased aversion to international war over the last century has caused countries...  Read More >>

In the face of disapproval and repression Soviet hippies created a version of Western counterculture, skilfully...  Read More >>

This vibrant graphic novel, adapted from Andrew Wiest's best-selling story of the Boys of '67, covers not only Charlie...  Read More >>

Exploring notions of justice and morality, this book offers a new interpretation of everyday life in the ghettos...  Read More >>

Letters from THE HEART provides a fascinating look at history through the daily lens of an intelligent and articulate...  Read More >>

Historical fiction has not only been a resource of political legitimation and cultural self-orientation since late...  Read More >>

The point of departure for distinguished historian Richard C. Thornton's insightful new assessment of the Reagan...  Read More >>

As the distinguished diplomatic historian Richard C. Thornton shows in this thorough reassessment of Reagan's presidency,...  Read More >>