History

1945-1989

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Voices from Chernobyl Voices from Chernobyl Svetlana Alexievich
Sex with Presidents Sex with Presidents Eleanor Herman
Village of Secrets Village of Secrets Caroline Moorehead
War Against War War Against War Michael Kazin
The Cold War's Killing Fields The Cold War's Killing Fields Paul Thomas Chamberlin
Vietnam Vietnam Max Hastings
Best sellers
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Reality Isn't What It Used to Be Reality Isn't What It Used to Be Walter Truet Anderson
A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel Ronald Radosh
Munich, 1938 Munich, 1938 David Faber
A House Divided: Catholics, Socialists, and Flemish Nationalists in Nineteenth-Century Belgium A House Divided: Catholics, Socialists, and Flemish Nationalists in Nineteenth-Century Belgium Carl Strikwerda
The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm Joseph Loconte
Working Class Heroes: Rock Music and British Society in the 1960s and 1970s Working Class Heroes: Rock Music and British Society in the 1960s and 1970s David Simonelli
Supreme Commander Supreme Commander Seymour Morris, Jr.
The Hotel on Place Vendome The Hotel on Place Vendome Tilar J. Mazzeo
Crossing Boundaries: Ethnicity, Race, and National Belonging in a Transnational World Crossing Boundaries: Ethnicity, Race, and National Belonging in a Transnational World Brian D. Behnken
Made Men: Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals, and Myth Made Men: Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals, and Myth Antonio Nicaso
Out For Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in Ame Out For Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in Ame Dudley Clendinen
The Great Famine & Genocide in Iran: 1917-1919 The Great Famine & Genocide in Iran: 1917-1919 Mohammad Gholi Majd
Illusive Identity: The Blurring of Working Class Consciousness in Modern Western Culture Illusive Identity: The Blurring of Working Class Consciousness in Modern Western Culture Thomas J. Edward Walker
Titanic: History in an Hour Titanic: History in an Hour Sinead Fitzgibbon
The Great Powers and Poland: From Versailles to Yalta The Great Powers and Poland: From Versailles to Yalta Jan Karski
Let Us Fight as Free Men: Black Soldiers and Civil Rights Let Us Fight as Free Men: Black Soldiers and Civil Rights Christine Knauer
Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power Fred Kaplan
What the Citizen Should Know About Our Arms and Weapons What the Citizen Should Know About Our Arms and Weapons James E. Hicks
The Secret War The Secret War Max Hastings
The Vatican Pimpernel The Vatican Pimpernel Brian Fleming
New releases
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Land Rover: Military Versions of the British 4x4 Land Rover: Military Versions of the British 4x4 Ben Skipper
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Peter C. Smith
Mitsubishi A6M Zero Mitsubishi A6M Zero Robert Jackson
Dambuster-in-Chief Dambuster-in-Chief Richard Mead
A Forgotten Ambassador in Cairo A Forgotten Ambassador in Cairo N.S. Vinodh
Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary Johnnie Johnson's 1942 Diary Dilip Sarkar Mbe
Eyewitness RAF Eyewitness RAF James Goulty
Bomber Command's War Against Germany Bomber Command's War Against Germany An Official History
RAF WWII Operational and Flying Accident Casualty Files in The National Archives RAF WWII Operational and Flying Accident Casualty Files in The National Archives Mary Hudson
Hitler's Spies Hitler's Spies Mel Kavanagh
The Kassel Raid, 27 September 1944 The Kassel Raid, 27 September 1944 Eric Ratcliffe
Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain Chris Goss
Countering Hitler's Spies Countering Hitler's Spies Stephen Wynn
RAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold War RAF and East German Fast-Jet Pilots in the Cold War Nigel Walpole
Operation Moonglow Operation Moonglow Teasel Muir-Harmony
Hawker's Secret Cold War Airfield Hawker's Secret Cold War Airfield Christopher Budgen
Three War Marine Hero Three War Marine Hero Richard Camp
Ruin and Renewal Ruin and Renewal Paul Betts
The Iron Sea The Iron Sea Simon Read
Air War on the Eastern Front Air War on the Eastern Front Mike Guardia