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 Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of AmericaBest Price: $23.19 The country was already fractured by the time Nixon took office. Why do you think LBJ... |  Boom!: Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for TomorrowBest Price: $10.60 It isn't fair of me to compare Boom! to The Greatest Generation, since the topics are dissimilar... |  Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent FaithBest Price: $7.48 A horrific crime is put into the context of religious fanaticism. Fanatics are generally... |  Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIABest Price: $10.07 Well having an interest history and how we held the soviets back I bought the book and audio cd... |  The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed AmericaBest Price: $13.81 The controversy over the damage that comic books can do to young impressionable minds in the... |
 Frost/Nixon: Behind the Scenes of the Nixon InterviewsBest Price: $3.25 What are the words that describe this man? Mysterious. Illusive. Battling demons beyond scope.... |  Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American CommunityBest Price: $5.49 I am currently enrolled in American Society and this is the corresponding textbook. After... |  A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great BooksBest Price: $14.40 This is a funny book--funny as in "amusing," and funny as in "stranger than... |  TrumanBest Price: $16.00 I heard of the name of David Mccullough in the past as a writer, but was never inclined to check... |  America In Space: NASA's First Fifty YearsBest Price: $27.51 A large coffee table book containing the most comprehensive black-and-white and color... |
 Division Street: AmericaBest Price: $5.70 As I have done on other occasion when I am reviewing more than one work by an author I am using... |  The Right StuffBest Price: $8.93 Having seen the movie before reading the book, I expected Wolfe's THE RIGHT STUFF to be good. I... |  The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008Best Price: $15.46 Sean Wilentz is a famous historian who wrote an excellent book, The Rise of American Democracy,... |  Young Men and FireBest Price: $4.55 This is Mr. Maclean's last book and it is a brilliantly written and thoroughly researched,... |  Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War (Vintage)Best Price: $11.31 This book is not only an outstanding objective analysis of the life of Wernher von Braun, but... |
 Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. KennedyBest Price: $17.38 Mr Bugloisi needs to review the Zapruder film and several other films by medical experts that... |  Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953 (The American Presidents Series)Best Price: $11.79 Harry S. Truman's life story in a short, accessible biography. That's the premise of The... |  Eisenhower: Soldier and President (The Renowned One-Volume Life)Best Price: $7.95 Ambrose's 'Eisenhower' is a very popular book, if the reviews here are anything to do by. I... |  Willful Blindness: Memoir of the JihadBest Price: $11.95 Who better than the lead federal prosecutor of the Blind Sheikh (mastermind of the 1993 WTC... |  All the President's MenBest Price: $3.89 I just finished this book a few minutes ago. All I can say is, "WOW!" Having grown... |
 The Cold War: A New HistoryBest Price: $7.99 The title to the New York Times book review of "The Cold War: A New History" is... |  You Learn by LivingBest Price: $12.30 I purchased this book as a gift for an elderly woman whom is a fan of eleanor Roosevelt. She... |  Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to VietnamBest Price: $7.95 Every member of Congress should read this book. Every person who fulfills his or her precious... |  WitnessBest Price: $12.11 I've never given much thought to Whittaker Chambers, although I was sympathetic to him in the... |  Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the United States)Best Price: $14.75 Whenever you pick up an Oxford history of the United States you expect an attention to detail... |
 On Wings of EaglesBest Price: $5.78 After reading _The Pillars of the Earth_ and its sequel, I was doing a little Web research... |  Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile CrisisBest Price: $6.49 There are many things that a U. S. president must know and much of that comes from documents... |  Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations With Gerald R. FordBest Price: $6.25 Gerald Ford left history a gift with this book. He developed a strong rapport with Thomas... |  Blood Done Sign My Name: A True StoryBest Price: $7.50 Nevada County is our chosen home, but we previously lived for almost a decade in North Carolina... |  Summer of '49 (P.S.)Best Price: $5.09 After reading this book you will see how great Baseball was pre 1965. The author describes... |
 Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly GamesBest Price: $11.55 It could have been better, but maybe the author has no knowledge of the massive KGB infiltration... |  The Nightingale's SongBest Price: $6.40 I would imagine if you took any 5 plebes at random one might find similar stories and... |  At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68Best Price: $11.00 All I can figure is that this book was researched by Taylor Branch and written by someone else -... |  Songs of the Doomed : More Notes on the Death of the American DreamBest Price: $7.95 Generally the most the trenchant social criticism, commentary and analysis complete with a... |  On the Trail of the AssassinsBest Price: $97.12 One thing that is clear about the murder of JFK is that the truth was already known as soon as... |
 Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High SeasBest Price: $8.80 An excellent read for any offshore fisherman anywhere- recreational or commercial. Author also... |  Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte CanteenBest Price: $4.93 Typical of Greene's style of writing, this book is captivating in the first few pages. He has a... |  The CIA and the Culture of Failure: U.S. Intelligence from the End of the Cold War to the Invasion of IraqBest Price: $17.71 The explicit concept guiding this book is that intelligence failures (or successes) are not... |  Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of that Decadent DecadeBest Price: $6.00 Like the title says, Matthew Rettenmund's book on the 1980's is "totally awesome"! He... |  Ronald Reagan's America with CD: His Voice, His Dreams, and His Vision of TomorrowBest Price: $17.60 Ronald Reagan, "The Great Communicator," knew the power of words. His voice confronted... |
 Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65Best Price: $4.92 This is an intense book filled with many facts. Often far too many facts to process well and... |  Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan that Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for AmericaBest Price: $4.98 I recommended this book to a friend, went to email the link, and couldn't believe there was only... |  The Trial of Henry KissingerBest Price: $5.24 Superb book. There are a few generalities, lousy index, and no footnotes or bibliography.... |  Contrails Over the Mojave: The Golden Age of Jet Flight Testing at Edwards Air Force BaseBest Price: $18.78 Book was in perfect condition. Exactly as advertised and I couldn't be happier. It arrived in... |  From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold WarBest Price: $4.95 I was hoping for a work of academic skill enhanced by practical experience. What I got was a... |
 The CommandersBest Price: $7.95 This is an EXCELLENT book about the inner workings and decision makeing process of the Bush... |  Fundamentalism and American Culture (New Edition)Best Price: $11.15 Fundamentalism is the movement arising among Christians in the early 20th century who fervently... |  The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club: Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation's CapitalBest Price: $4.76 EXCELLENT BOOK ABOUT GEORGETOWN AND WASHINGTON DC. WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE READ MORE . THE... |  High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill ClintonBest Price: $5.44 If you're a conservative looking for a book to reinforce your predefined views of liberalism,... |  Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore (Oxford History of the United States)Best Price: $11.43 What I liked best about the book was sense of balance. It discussed good things and bad things... |
 One More Time: The Best of Mike RoykoBest Price: $7.33 A great book! The only bad part is that some of the subject matter would not be what his best... |  Better Together: Restoring the American CommunityBest Price: $6.46 Robert Putnam dissected what might be the fraying of American community in "Bowling... |  Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a First CommandBest Price: $14.63 As a former Navy service member I looked forward to reading this book. I wanted to see what... |  Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy YearsBest Price: $5.70 This is a good book to give you ideas of waht was on the mind of RFK after his brother's murder.... |  America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11Best Price: $13.96 The caption does little justice to the main tenet of the book since no war worth the name... |
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