20th Century Books


One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Best Price: $17.00 I can't add much to the praise heaped upon this book by other reviewers. Needless to say that...	Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II Best Price: $17.97 In a society in which history is being cut from budgets in schools across the nation, this book...	Night (Oprah's Book Club) Best Price: $3.90 If you haven't read this book then you must read it. I have nothing else to say about it than...	The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America Best Price: $3.39 This book really takes you back to a time when a group of true visionaries change the world. It...	The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America Best Price: $14.87 If I were rating Bobby, there aren't enough stars in the heavens to measure how I feel about...



Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Best Price: $18.34 Read this cover to cover in two days: captivated by how easy it was to deceive an entire...	Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America Best Price: $21.48 I love this book. I hate this book. It is one of the best histories of post-'60s politics ever...	Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Best Price: $6.40 This book really left me marveling at the situation Mormons find themselves in - there is so...	Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression Best Price: $6.72 I grew up on an Iowa farm in the early 60s so I could relate to some of the items this author...	Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA Best Price: $14.98 I heartily recommend this book. Good reading, although it bogs a little in the front part with...



Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 Best Price: $10.75 Max Hastings, Retribution; the Battle for Japan, 1944-45 The author describes the last...	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Best Price: $7.47 Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one of the most powerful most inspired...	Willful Blindness: Memoir of the Jihad Best Price: $15.24 A masterful expose' of the democrat's 9/10 viewpoint that has taken over the 2008 campaign	Hiroshima Best Price: $2.35 There are works of fiction and nonfiction that transcend their genres. This is one of those...	The Age of American Unreason Best Price: $15.47 I've not read a book where I agreed with the thesis as much, and then disagreed completely with...

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Best Price: $5.97 Excellent book; if you want to know what the "Dust Bowl" was all about - how it...	Icon of Evil: Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam Best Price: $14.25 This book helped me understand how the hatred and violence of today's fundamentalist Muslims...	The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy) Best Price: $18.90 Another wow from Rick Atkinson. Loved this book as much as an Army at Dawn. Can hardly wait for...	Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th Best Price: $7.99 This is a unique look into a serious time in our history. While i am part of a newer generation...	The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Best Price: $8.43 This is a magnificently written book about a true American hero. This is not a book about a...

Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization Best Price: $18.56 Baker states that the result of WWII could not have been worse than it was. Oh no? Had the...	The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Best Price: $13.50 I really enjoyed this book and the photos; I learned a lot. (It should be required reading.) ...	No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Best Price: $4.95 If you enjoy history, this book is a must read. Doris Kearns Goodwin makes history interesting....	The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour Best Price: $14.90 Reading this book is an emotional and stirring event on many different levels. It offers one of...	Hardball : How Politics Is Played Told By One Who Knows The Game Best Price: $7.79 I have really enjoyed this book. If one has an interest in politics, this book explains how the...

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History Best Price: $7.00 Maus, A Survivor's Tale is a son's pictorial version of his father's story of survival during...	Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Best Price: $3.96 One of those books; I can't seem to put down. I'm thankful I have watched the movie, Band of...	Escape from the Deep: A Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew Best Price: $13.98 I have the privilege of being the friend of the son of one of the men who served on the USS...	JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters Best Price: $19.79 How `bout this scenario ... The good `ol Texas Oil Boys (increasingly invested in defense...	Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush Best Price: $12.97 So, our bedrock creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created...

Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 Best Price: $6.40 This book's setting is eerily similar to the current state of affairs going on in with the 2008...	Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today Best Price: $4.95 Boom! Voices of the Sixties by Tom Brokaw is a rather difficult work for me to assess as I have...	Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a First Command Best Price: $15.61 Adm. Stavridis takes the reader aboard the destroyer Barry with a day to day briefing. He...	Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" Best Price: $14.37 As a niece of Warren "Skip" Muck I owe a debt of gratitude to Don Malarkey for telling...	The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Newly Expanded Paperback Edition) Best Price: $7.45 I've used Wiesenthal's The Sunflower as a text in college courses several times. On each...

The Guns of August Best Price: $4.25 The Guns of August is an easy to read and flowing history of the early days of World War I. The...	The Hiding Place Best Price: $5.33 This is an absolutely extraordinary book. Never have I read a book in which the spiritual beauty...	Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community Best Price: $6.00 I admit I didn't finish the book. I was bored by much of it and read parts here and there. But...	Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends Best Price: $7.56 Easy Company from Band of Brothers revisited. Two of the men who became lifelong friends relate...	The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom Best Price: $3.94 After reading snippets of this book for years, I finally got it. The story was interesting and...

American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White: The Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century Best Price: $16.15 I thought this book was well researched in that it provided detailed background into Nesbit's...	The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008 Best Price: $16.24 I am a fan of Sean Wilentz. I especially found his magisterial "The Rise of American...	Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History Best Price: $4.94 I really enjoyed the suspensefully written, detailed narrative of the event itself, but what...	Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II Best Price: $3.44 Even though most people seem to know the outcome. (I didn't) it was a great summer read. There...	The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America Best Price: $13.37 Highly informative, slightly esoteric, and entirely relevant, Hajdu's case study on the hysteria...

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Best Price: $3.77 I heard about this book and was able to find it easily online and at a great price.	Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire Best Price: $13.50 A frustrating book. RAND clearly deserves a history and a cold war post mortem but this book...	An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy (The Liberation Trilogy) Best Price: $8.59 The North African campaign has always been overshadowed by the European and Pacific theaters -...	Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost--And How It Can Find Its Way Back Best Price: $13.47 I've longed for this book. When my high school friend and I reconnected after more than 50...	All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror Best Price: $8.70 This is a good history book everyone needs to read. Especially anyone running for political office.

I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World Best Price: $14.14 This is a nicely bound book with a patch embedded into the front cover. On the inside, it's...	I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away Best Price: $3.46 Mr. Bryson's half-hearted curmudgeonly approach to life makes for another enjoyable read by this...	Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus) Best Price: $6.15 One (two actually since there are two volumes) of the best submissions about the Holocaust which...

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