9 Best nonfiction books like Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era by Jussi M. Hanhimäki

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Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era

By: Jussi M. Hanhimäki

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

"One of the best US Cold War History books of all time" - BookAuthority A bold argument that tackl…

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1. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

By: Hannah Arendt

4.20

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and s… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil book and Jussi M. Hanhimäki's Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era

  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"During the war, the lie most effective with the whole of the German people was the slogan of “the battle of destiny for the German people"

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"In the Third Reich evil lost its distinctive characteristic by which most people had until then recognized it. The Nazis redefined it as a civil norm."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

"It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble! Whereas it is rather hard and certainly depressing to admit guilt and to repent."

-Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

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2. The Remains of the Day

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

4.14

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0571225381 here. In the summer of 1956, St… read more

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"The rest of my life stretches out as an emptiness before me."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

"One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

"If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

"شاید بهتر بود خداوند مارا هم مثل گیاهان خلق می‌کرد، یعنی پایمان محکم توی زمین باشد. آن‌وقت هیچ‌کدام از این کثافت‌کاری مربوط به جنگ و مرز و این چیزها اصلاً پیش نمی‌آمد."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

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3. In Wartime: Stories from Ukraine

By: Tim Judah

4.11

Format: None pages,

From one of the finest journalists of our time comes a definitive, boots-on-the-ground dispatch fro… read more

Similar categories in Tim Judah's In Wartime: Stories from Ukraine book and Jussi M. Hanhimäki's Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era

  • politics
  • nonfiction
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4. The Cold War: A New History

By: John Lewis Gaddis

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The “dean of Cold War historians” (The New York Times) now presents the definitive account of the g… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision."

-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History

"Enrollments in American colleges tripled between 1955 and 1970, 250% in the Soviet Union, 400% in France, and more than 200% in China by 1965. Gaddis writes, "What governments failed to foresee was t…"

-John Lewis Gaddis, The Cold War: A New History

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5. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

By: Tony Judt

4.37

Format: 933 pages, Paperback

Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of th… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Broken eggs make good omelettes. But you cannot build a better society on broken men."

-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

"Far from addressing the Soviet nationalities question, the Afghan adventure had, as was by now all too clear, exacerbated it. If the USSR faced an intractable set of national minorities, this was in …"

-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

"The imposition of a Russian rather than a German solution cut Europe’s vulnerable eastern half away from the body of the continent. At the time this was not a matter of great concern to western Europ…"

-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

"Maastricht had three significant side-effects. One of them was the unforeseen boost it gave to NATO. Under the restrictive terms of the Treaty it was clear (as the French at least had intended) that …"

-Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

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6. Our Enemies Will Vanish

By: Yaroslav Trofimov

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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7. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

By: Serhii Plokhy

4.30

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"

-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

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8. The Story of Russia

By: Orlando Figes

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern R… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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9. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

By: Simon Shuster

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Time  correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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10. Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era

By: Jussi M. Hanhimäki

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

"One of the best US Cold War History books of all time" - BookAuthority A bold argument that tackl… read more

Similar categories in Jussi M. Hanhimäki's Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era book and Jussi M. Hanhimäki's Pax Transatlantica: America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era

  • politics
  • nonfiction
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11. Den kinesiska drömmen : Xi makten och utmaningarna

By: Börje Ljunggren

3.80

Format: 621 pages, Paperback

Swedish / Svenska read more

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Hannah Arendt

4.20

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Tim Judah

4.11

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The Cold War: A New History

John Lewis Gaddis

3.95

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Tony Judt

4.37

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Yaroslav Trofimov

4.42

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Jim Sciutto

4.01

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Serhii Plokhy

4.30

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Annie Jacobsen

4.47

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