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Book cover for Edward Alwood: Dark Days in the Newsroom

Dark Days in the Newsroom : McCarthyism Aimed at the Press

Edward Alwood
Hardcover - $132.95



Book cover for Edward Alwood: Dark Days in the Newsroom

Dark Days in the Newsroom : McCarthyism Aimed at the Press

Edward Alwood
Paperback - $51.95



Book cover for Stephen E. Ambrose: Ike's Spies

Ike's Spies : Eisenhower and the Espionage Establishment

Stephen E. Ambrose
Paperback - $29.95



Book cover for Peter G. Boyle: The Churchill-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1953-1955

The Churchill-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1953-1955

Peter G. Boyle
Paperback - $54.95



Book cover for Taylor Branch: Parting the Waters

Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63

Taylor Branch
Paperback - $35.95

Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, rise to greatness and illuminates the ...

Book cover for Alison J. Clarke: Tupperware

Tupperware : The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America

Alison J. Clarke
Paperback - $29.95



Book cover for David Cowan: To Sleep with the Angels

To Sleep with the Angels : A Story of a Fire

David Cowan
Hardcover - $39.95

The story of one of the deadliest fires in American history that took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago. An absorbing account...a tale of terror. --New York Times Book Review

Book cover for David Cowan: To Sleep with the Angels

To Sleep with the Angels : The Story of a Fire

David Cowan
Paperback - $24.95

The story of one of the deadliest fires in American history that took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago. An absorbing account...a tale of terror. --New York Times Book Review

Book cover for Michael Devine: The National Security Legacy of Harry S. Truman

The National Security Legacy of Harry S. Truman

Michael Devine
Paperback - $51.95

Harry S. Truman's national security legacy, as documented here by Truman scholars and political leaders on the 50th anniversary of the end of his presidency, is marked by a series of noteworthy foreign policy initiatives. Credited with establishing p ...

Book cover for Saki Dockrill: Eisenhower's New-Look National Security Policy, 1953-61

Eisenhower's New-Look National Security Policy, 1953-61

Saki Dockrill
Hardcover - $264.95

Dr. Dockrill's incicsive revisionist analysis of the subject throws new light on what turned out to be a comprehensive and ambitious Untied States global strategy during the Eisenhower years.

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