By: 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.
By: 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.
By: 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.
By: 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.
By: 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.
By: 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.
By: 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.
By: 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.
By: 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.
By: 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.
By: Kennedy, David M.
Examines the forces and people that shaped United States history between the Great Depression and the end of World War II
By: Burrows, Edwin G., 1943-
A history of New York City leads readers from the region's Indian tribes to the birth of the skyscraper
