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Into The Bright Sunshine - Young Hubert Humphrey And The Fight For Civil Rights

by Samuel G. Freedman

~~26,49€~~ 21,19€ 20% OFF

 From one of the country's most distinguished journalists, a revisionist and riveting look at the American politician whom history has judged a loser, yet who played a key part in the greatest social movement of the 20th century.
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Into The Bright Sunshine - Young Hubert Humphrey And The Fight For Civil Rights

by Samuel G. Freedman

~~26,49€~~ 21,19€ 20% OFF

 From one of the country's most distinguished journalists, a revisionist and riveting look at the American politician whom history has judged a loser, yet who played a key part in the greatest social movement of the 20th century.
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Unconditional - The Japanese Surrender In World War Ii

by Marc Gallicchio

~~21,19€~~ 16,95€ 20% OFF

 Unconditional not only offers a narrative of the Japanese surrender in its historical moment, but reveals how the policy underlying it poisoned American postwar politics and warped our understanding of World War II for decades.
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Unconditional - The Japanese Surrender In World War Ii

by Marc Gallicchio

~~21,19€~~ 16,95€ 20% OFF

 Unconditional not only offers a narrative of the Japanese surrender in its historical moment, but reveals how the policy underlying it poisoned American postwar politics and warped our understanding of World War II for decades.
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Into The Bright Sunshine - Young Hubert Humphrey And The Fight For Civil Rights

by Samuel G. (Professor Of Journalism, Professor Of Journalism, Columbia University) Freedman

~~40,55€~~ 32,44€ 20% OFF

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 From one of the country's most distinguished journalists, a revisionist and riveting look at the American politician whom history has judged a loser, yet who played a key part in the greatest social movement of the 20th century.
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Unconditional - The Japanese Surrender In World War Ii

by Marc (Professor Of History, Professor Of History, Villanova University) Gallicchio

~~18,92€~~ 15,14€ 20% OFF

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 Unconditional not only offers a narrative of the Japanese surrender in its historical moment, but reveals how the policy underlying it poisoned American postwar politics and warped our understanding of World War II for decades.
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My Lai - Vietnam, 1968, And The Descent Into Darkness

~~29,73€~~ 23,78€ 20% OFF

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 A trenchant and haunting account of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and its aftermath.
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Compleat Victory - Saratoga And The American Revolution

by Kevin J. Weddle

~~27,81€~~ 22,25€ 20% OFF

 <strong>Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award & Winner of The Society of the Cincinnati Prize. </strong>In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion the following year and devised what they believed a war-winning strategy, sending General John Burgoyne south to rout the Americans and take Albany. When British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga with unexpected ease in July of 1777, it looked as if it was a matter of time before they would break the rebellion in the North. Less than three and a half months later, however, a combination of the Continental Army and Militia forces, commanded by Major General Horatio Gates and inspired by the heroics of Benedict Arnold, forced Burgoyne to surrender his entire army. The American victory stunned the world and changed the course of the war. Kevin J. Weddle offers the most authoritative history of the Battle of Saratoga to date, explaining with verve and clarity why events unfolded the way they did. In the end, British plans were undone by a combination of distance, geography, logistics, and an underestimation of American leadership and fighting ability. Taking Ticonderoga had misled Burgoyne and his army into thinking victory was assured. Saratoga, which began as a British foraging expedition, turned into a rout. The outcome forced the British to rethink their strategy, inflamed public opinion in England against the war, boosted Patriot morale, and, perhaps most critical of all, led directly to the Franco-American alliance. Weddle unravels the web of contingencies and the play of personalities that ultimately led to what one American general called "the Compleat Victory."
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Compleat Victory - Saratoga And The American Revolution

by Kevin J. Weddle

~~27,81€~~ 22,25€ 20% OFF

 <strong>Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award & Winner of The Society of the Cincinnati Prize. </strong>In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the British were determined to end the rebellion the following year and devised what they believed a war-winning strategy, sending General John Burgoyne south to rout the Americans and take Albany. When British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga with unexpected ease in July of 1777, it looked as if it was a matter of time before they would break the rebellion in the North. Less than three and a half months later, however, a combination of the Continental Army and Militia forces, commanded by Major General Horatio Gates and inspired by the heroics of Benedict Arnold, forced Burgoyne to surrender his entire army. The American victory stunned the world and changed the course of the war. Kevin J. Weddle offers the most authoritative history of the Battle of Saratoga to date, explaining with verve and clarity why events unfolded the way they did. In the end, British plans were undone by a combination of distance, geography, logistics, and an underestimation of American leadership and fighting ability. Taking Ticonderoga had misled Burgoyne and his army into thinking victory was assured. Saratoga, which began as a British foraging expedition, turned into a rout. The outcome forced the British to rethink their strategy, inflamed public opinion in England against the war, boosted Patriot morale, and, perhaps most critical of all, led directly to the Franco-American alliance. Weddle unravels the web of contingencies and the play of personalities that ultimately led to what one American general called "the Compleat Victory."
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American Maelstrom - The 1968 Election And The Politics Of Division

by Michael A. (National Politics Columnist, National Politics Columnist, The Boston Globe) Cohen

~~31,08€~~ 24,86€ 20% OFF

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 American Maelstrom captures the full drama of the 1968 watershed election, taking us to the source of the politics of division.
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My Lai - Vietnam, 1968, And The Descent Into Darkness

by Howard Jones

~~18,54€~~ 14,83€ 20% OFF

 A reexamination of the 1968 My Lai massacre offers new perspective on the events and their relevance today in light of Abu Ghraib and other US Military scandals
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My Lai - Vietnam, 1968, And The Descent Into Darkness

by Howard Jones

~~18,54€~~ 14,83€ 20% OFF

 A reexamination of the 1968 My Lai massacre offers new perspective on the events and their relevance today in light of Abu Ghraib and other US Military scandals
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Braddock'S Defeat - The Battle Of The Monongahela And The Road To Revolution

by David L. (Assistant Professor Of History, Assistant Professor Of History, The Citadel) Preston

~~21,62€~~ 17,30€ 20% OFF

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 An account of the July 1755 defeat of British troops to French and Native American forces at the Battle of the Monongahela, testing ground for the American Revolution
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A Storm Of Witchcraft - The Salem Trials And The American Experience

by Emerson W. (Professor Of History, Professor Of History, Salem State College) Baker

~~20,27€~~ 16,22€ 20% OFF

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 This fascinating account of the Salem Witch Trials explores their religious, social, and political dimensions, their origins, their critics, and their aftermath, as well as their influence on the American cultural imagination to the present day.
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Braddock'S Defeat - The Battle Of The Monongahela And The Road To Revolution

by David L. Preston

~~13,24€~~ 10,59€ 20% OFF

 An account of the July 1755 defeat of British troops to French and Native American forces at the Battle of the Monongahela, testing ground for the American Revolution.
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Braddock'S Defeat - The Battle Of The Monongahela And The Road To Revolution

by David L. Preston

~~13,24€~~ 10,59€ 20% OFF

 An account of the July 1755 defeat of British troops to French and Native American forces at the Battle of the Monongahela, testing ground for the American Revolution.
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Lincoln'S Last Speech - Wartime Reconstruction And The Crisis Of Reunion

by Louis P. Masur

~~11,91€~~ 9,53€ 20% OFF

 Louis P. Masur uses Abraham Lincoln's final public address in April 1865 to trace the debate over reconstruction policies from the earliest days of the Civil War.
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Lincoln'S Last Speech - Wartime Reconstruction And The Crisis Of Reunion

by Louis P. Masur

~~11,91€~~ 9,53€ 20% OFF

 Louis P. Masur uses Abraham Lincoln's final public address in April 1865 to trace the debate over reconstruction policies from the earliest days of the Civil War.
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Storm Of Witchcraft - The Salem Trials And The American Experience

by Emerson W. Baker

~~11,91€~~ 9,53€ 20% OFF

 This fascinating account of the Salem Witch Trials explores their religious, social, and political dimensions, their origins, their critics, and their aftermath, as well as their influence on the American cultural imagination to the present day.
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Storm Of Witchcraft - The Salem Trials And The American Experience

by Emerson W. Baker

~~11,91€~~ 9,53€ 20% OFF

 This fascinating account of the Salem Witch Trials explores their religious, social, and political dimensions, their origins, their critics, and their aftermath, as well as their influence on the American cultural imagination to the present day.
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Roosevelt'S Second Act - The Election Of 1940 And The Politics Of War

by Richard Moe

~~15,89€~~ 12,71€ 20% OFF

 Filling a gap in presidential history, Roosevelt's Second Act uncovers in complex detail what lay behind Roosevelt's decision to stand for an unprecedented third term, and examines the multiplicity of conflicting forces at work on him.
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Roosevelt'S Second Act - The Election Of 1940 And The Politics Of War

by Richard Moe

~~15,89€~~ 12,71€ 20% OFF

 Filling a gap in presidential history, Roosevelt's Second Act uncovers in complex detail what lay behind Roosevelt's decision to stand for an unprecedented third term, and examines the multiplicity of conflicting forces at work on him.
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The Battle Of Midway

~~27,03€~~ 21,62€ 20% OFF

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 The Battle of Midway in the central Pacific, on the morning of June 4, 1942, marked a dramatic turning point in the Second World War, when Allied forces seized the upper hand from the Axis powers. Lincoln Prize winner Craig Symonds' riveting, global account of the Battle is now in paperback.
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Rainbow'S End - The Crash Of 1929

by Maury Klein

~~31,79€~~ 25,43€ 20% OFF

 The Crash of '29 is one of the key moments in American, and indeed world history. This gifted narrative historian addresses its effects on both business and society, and recreates the coming together of economic forces culminating in this disaster.
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