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Embers of war : the fall of an empire and the making of America's Vietnam
Logevall, Fredrik, 1963-
A Cornell professor presents a history of the four decades leading up to the Vietnam War that draws on international archives to offer key insights into how America's involvement occurred, identifying commonalities between the campaigns of French and American forces while discussing relevant political factors and intelligence findings. 15,000 first printing.
ISBN 9780670022205
Malcolm X : a life of reinvention
Marable, Manning, 1950-2011.
An authoritative biography of Malcolm X draws on new research to reveal information not contained in his autobiography, including the true story behind his assasination. By the author of Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics.
ISBN 9780393066180
The fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln and American slavery
Foner, Eric.
A master historian discusses the life of Abraham Lincoln and the 16th president's personal and political journey to the abolition of slavery and the recognition of former slaves as American citizens. (This title is being re-listed in Forecast.
ISBN 9781594201820
Lords of finance : the bankers who broke the world
Ahamed, Liaquat.
Argues that the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent Depression occurred as a result of poor decisions on the part of four central bankers who jointly attempted to reconstruct international finance by reinstating the gold standard.
ISBN 9780393064773
The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family
Gordon-Reed, Annette.
Traces the history of the Hemings family from early eighteenth-century Virginia to their dispersal after Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826, and describes their family ties to the third president against a backdrop of Revolutionary America and the French Revolution.
ISBN 9780195078947
What hath God wrought : the transformation of America, 1815-1848
Howe, Daniel Walker.
A panoramic history of the United States ranges from the 1815 Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War and chronicles the dramatic changes that took place in America during the period, interweaving political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history to address such issues as women's rights, religion, slavery and abolition, education, literature, and more.
ISBN 0195170342
Washington's crossing
Fischer, David Hackett, 1935-
A leading American historian provides a colorful and dramatic account of a pivotal moment in American history - the Christmas night crossing of the Delaware River to mount a sneak attack on British and Hessian troops at Trenton, New Jersey - an event that marked a turning point in America's battle for independence.
ISBN 0805062882
An army at dawn : the war in North Africa, 1942-1943
Atkinson, Rick.
The first volume in a three volume work about the liberation of Europe opens in North Africa in 1942 and charts America's rise to world-power status by its involvement in a war on two fronts.
ISBN 0374199639
The Metaphysical Club
Menand, Louis.
A narrative about personalities and American history is told through the story of an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872 to talk about ideas.
ISBN 0375405445
Founding brothers : the revolutionary generation
Ellis, Joseph J.
An analysis of the intertwined careers of the founders of the American republic documents the lives of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
ISBN 0195038347
Freedom from fear : the American people in depression and war, 1929-1945
Kennedy, David M.
Examines the forces and people that shaped United States history between the Great Depression and the end of World War II
ISBN 0195116348
Gotham : a history of New York City to 1898
Burrows, Edwin G., 1943-
A history of New York City leads readers from the region's Indian tribes to the birth of the skyscraper
ISBN 9780393073713
The internal enemy : slavery and war in Virginia, 1772-1832
Taylor, Alan, 1955-
Drawn from new sources, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian presents a gripping narrative that recreates the events that inspired hundreds of slaves to pressure British admirals into becoming liberators by using their intimate knowledge of the countryside to transform the war.