The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
By: Benn Steil
4.07
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshal…
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1. Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
By: Jason K. Stearns
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations… read more
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"As so often happens in politics, what appears to be politically expedient for those in power rarely overlaps with the public interest. The lesser evils of the regime become entrenched, while the grea…"-Jason K. Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
2. Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
By: Keith Lowe
4.22
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for anot… read more
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"Los británicos, al igual que los estadounidenses, recuerdan la Segunda Guerra Mundial como una época en la que su mejor generación salvó al mundo de la maldad del nazismo."-Keith Lowe, Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
"While this has never been the mainstream view in Germany, there are still political groups there today who refuse to acknowledge the Holocaust on the grounds that what Germans in eastern Europe suffe…"-Keith Lowe, Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
"The rationing system that was set up in Britain at the outbreak of the hostilities was as revolutionary as anything the Communists could have dreamed up. Almost every basic item of food was rationed …"-Keith Lowe, Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
3. The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman & the Destruction of Hitler's Germany 1941-45
By: Michael R. Beschloss
2.50
Format: 32 pages,
As Allied troops advanced, Franklin Roosevelt &, later, Harry Truman fought in private with Churchi… read more
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4. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
By: Timothy Snyder
4.38
Format: 524 pages, Hardcover
Americans call the Second World War “The Good War.” But before it even began, America’s wartime al… read more
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"Now we will live!"-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"Closure is a false harmony, a siren song masquerading as a swan song."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"The vast majority of Jews killed in the Holocaust never saw a concentration camp."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
"When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring about more meaning."-Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
5. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
By: David Halberstam
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"In a grand gesture of reclamation & remembrance, Mr Halberstam has brought the war back home."--NY… read more
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6. Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
By: Max Hastings
3.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly globa… read more
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7. The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance
By: Paul Strathern
3.58
Format: None pages, Paperback
A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, Th… read more
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8. Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
By: Adam Makos
3.87
Format: None pages, Hardcover
For readers of Unbrokenand The Boys in the Boatcomes an unforgettable tale of courage from America'… read more
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9. UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Government's Search for Alien Life Here―and Out There
By: Garrett M. Graff
3.73
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times-bestselling author Garrett M. Graff comes the first comprehensive and eye-openi… read more
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10. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
By: Hampton Sides
4.51
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more
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11. Homelands: A Personal History of Europe
By: Timothy Garton Ash
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tel… read more
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12. Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
By: Matthew C. Klein
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests… read more
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13. Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
By: Antony Beevor
4.21
Format: 459 pages, Hardcover
The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian … read more
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"It is only when one faces death, observed one of the men there, that one realises the great value of life."-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"The smell of roasted flesh permeated the air for hours afterwards with the stench of oily-black smoke from the blazing vehicles . Gräbner's body was never identified among all the other carbonized co…"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
"Many historians, with an ‘if only’ approach to the British defeat, have focused so much on different aspects of Operation Market Garden which went wrong that they have tended to overlook the central …"-Antony Beevor, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
14. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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15. The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
By: Susan Casey
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the … read more
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16. The Twilight Zone
By: Nona Fernández
4.20
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
An engrossing, incantatory novel about the legacy of historical crimes by the author of Space Invad… read more
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"No importa lo que ves, importa lo que crees que ves."-Nona Fernández, The Twilight Zone
"Ser estúpido es una elección personal y no necesariamente hay que llevar uniforme para ejercer ese maligno talento."-Nona Fernández, The Twilight Zone
"La empatía y la compasión son rasgos de lucidez, la posibilidad de ponerse en los zapatos del otro, de transmutar la piel y enmascararse con un rostro ajeno es un ejercicio de pura inteligencia."-Nona Fernández, The Twilight Zone
"I believe that evil is directly proportional to idiocy. I believe that the territory you roamed in anguish before you disappeared is ruled by idiots. It isn’t true that criminals are masterminds. It …"-Nona Fernández, The Twilight Zone
17. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
By: Ian W. Toll
4.76
Format: 944 pages, Hardcover
Twilight of the Gods is a riveting account of the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacifi… read more
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"TURKEY TROTS TO WATER GG FROM CINCPAC ACTION COM THIRD FLEET INFO COMINCH CTF SEVENTY-SEVEN X WHERE IS RPT WHERE IS TASK FORCE THIRTY FOUR RR THE WORLD WONDERS"-Ian W. Toll, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
18. On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
By: Hampton Sides
4.57
Format: 394 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle… read more
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19. The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
By: Benn Steil
4.07
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshal… read more
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- economics
20. The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945–2020
By: Tim Weiner
4.07
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
From Tim Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, an urgent and gripping a… read more
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21. To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
By: Robert Draper
4.30
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dead Certain comes the definitive, revelatory reck… read more
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