20th Century Books


WAR DOG: Fighting Other People's Wars -The Modern Mercenary in Combat Best Price: $14.23 still not done reading it, been pretty busy. but none the less the first and second person story...	The Bomb: A Life Best Price: $12.87 Gerard J. DeGroot's "The Bomb: A Life" is one of the best single-volume histories I've...	Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 Best Price: $16.84 I have to say I was mildy surprised that I finally came across a narrative so clearly depicting...	The New York World's Fair, 1939/1940: in 155 Photographs by Richard Wurts and Others Best Price: $8.92 The New York World's fair, in 1939 and 1940, was New York's crack at selling itself and the...	LIFE: Our Century in Pictures for Young People Best Price: $24.94 I purchased this book to use with Sonlight Core 300, the 20th Century. It is one of the main...



Barbarism and Civilization: A History of Europe in Our Time Best Price: $36.98 Here is the definitive history of contemporary Europe, a controversial but authoritative and...	A Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts Best Price: $31.76 This is a great book for a student who is looking for an overview of genocides from around the...	Tropicana Nights: The Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub Best Price: $2.69 As other reviewers have said, this book is fascinating in depth and breadth and extremely...	The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 Best Price: $3.49 One of the things I love about Ambrose's books is the personal history he brings to the subject....	The Power Game: How Washington Works Best Price: $8.69 Hedrick Smith wrote and amazingly in-depth novel about American Politics and Government. So...



Stolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, from World War I to Iraq Best Price: $7.91 This is a compilation of war diaries from young people, about 12-20 years old, in wars from WWI...	A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II, New Edition Best Price: $16.95 Certainly the premier one-volume work on the Send World War, this tome by Professor Weinberg...	Horse of a Different Color: Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover Best Price: $7.47 Ralph Moody's books are a national treasure demonstrating life at the end of an era while...	Twice a Stranger: The Mass Expulsions that Forged Modern Greece and Turkey Best Price: $18.76 This was a very powerful book for me as a foreigner living in Turkey. It's easy to take one...	Life in the Third Reich Best Price: $6.50 Life in the Third Reich offers eight essays on various aspects of Nazi culture. As Richard...

The Cultures of Globalization (Post-Contemporary Interventions) Best Price: $21.54 Jameson and Miyoshi, as editors, give the reader by far one of the best text on the cultures of...	The Story of World War II: Revised, expanded, and updated from the original text by Henry Steele Commanger Best Price: $8.64 This book is kind of a short summary of the second world war from an exclusively American point...	Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s Best Price: $10.07 Otto Friedrich doesn't offer a sustained argument. Rather, as in his book "City of...	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twentieth Century History Best Price: $24.00 While at a book store today, I happened to notice a copy of the Complete Idiot's Guide to the...	Smyrna 1922: The Destruction of a City Best Price: $12.35 This book has been popular, because no one independently checked the statements in the book. ...

Mao's War against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China (Studies in Environment and History) Best Price: $17.99 Even the most casual look at Chinese panoramic art over the centuries reveals an emphasis on...	A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Cuba (Envisioning Cuba) Best Price: $24.75 After thirty years of anticolonial struggle against Spain and four years of military occupation...	Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the 20th Century Best Price: $17.05 This book provides an excellent, important study of genocide and similar episodes of mass murder...	From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War Best Price: $4.95 I was hoping for a work of academic skill enhanced by practical experience. What I got was a...	Life of a European Mandarin: Inside the Commission Best Price: $26.19 I bought this book at an English language bookstore in Brussels and it became my constant...

Growing Up at Grossinger's Best Price: $4.95 A Wonderful Read!! It has you feeling like you are personally taking a trip to Grossinger's, the...	The Century Best Price: $8.00 The Century is a 15-CD retelling of American history, from the start of the 20th century to the...	68 Best Price: $8.23 Paco Ignacio Taibo II, considered by many to be Mexico's greatest modern writer, dives into his...	There's a Riot Going On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars, and the Rise and Fall of the '60s Best Price: $18.15 Between 1965 and 1972, students and other political activists around the globe prepared to mount...	The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan Best Price: $14.94 While many books demonize India or Pakistan in the blame game of partition, Yasmin Khan...

Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War Best Price: $10.88 This work has no value. I will not call it a book because its in reality an amaturish collection...	What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry Best Price: $2.88 If nothing else, the footnotes are worth the books price! I guess Computers and LSD are both...	Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe Best Price: $15.00 Despite its considerable faults, this book is a terrible indictment of our common humanity. Much...	Sources of the Holocaust (Documents in History) Best Price: $26.95 This new collection of original Holocaust documents and sources brings readers into direct...	Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties (P.S.) Best Price: $7.50 I was very much looking forward to this book as there haven't been many good ones written on the...

Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth Best Price: $11.00 This book is an outrageous lie. Sereny writes, "Speer, I was already convinced, had...	Pan American Clippers: The Golden Age of Flying Boats Best Price: $31.92 Excellent references. This was a gift for my husband and I couldn't have bought anything better!...	War Without End: The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and the Global Response Best Price: $26.50 Dilip Hiro provides a clear explanation of the Sunnis, Shias and Sufism. He explains how and why...	As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Escape from a Siberian Labor Camp and His 3-Year Trek to Freedom Best Price: $8.79 Epic story. The ending left me wondering what happened after his return and more about how he...	Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century Best Price: $17.95 Wolf's treatment of a so ideological subject, peasant wars, shows all the tallent and capacity...

A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples Best Price: $10.00 Professor Pappe has bravely attempted to pull together a history of Palestine that admits to bad...	Century of Difference: How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years Best Price: $29.41 Berkeley sociology professors Fischer and Hout give a great overview of what America is like and...	Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present Best Price: $12.38 In the preface to the first edition published in 1984, Norman Davies writes, "No history...	Bankrupting the Enemy: The U.S. Financial Siege of Japan Before Pearl Harbor Best Price: $20.06 In this and in his previous book, War Plan Orange, Ed Miller takes dull and mundane subjects and...	Twentieth Century History: The World Since 1900 Best Price: $31.25

What I Saw: Reports from Berlin 1920-1933 Best Price: $8.12 The prose is quick and lively, entertaining but chilling. The sense of foreboding never eases....	Century, Mini Edition: One Hundred Years of Human Progress, Regression, Suffering and Hope Best Price: $5.98 A book full of pictures that account for our doings since the start of the century. A very real...	The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger Best Price: $3.90 His book was excellantly written from the viewpoint of a soldier caught up in a political...	Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life Best Price: $13.90 John Conroy performed a courageous feat of journalism with this book. As an American writer he...	The History of Armenia (Palgrave Essential Histories) Best Price: $11.07 There is a great deal of interest in the history of Armenia since its renewed independence in...

The Century Best Price: $14.52 Everywhere, the twentieth century has been judged and condemned: the century of totalitarian...	Lords of the Land: The War for Israel's Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007 Best Price: $5.79 (This review is of the Hebrew edition of the book). This is a very well written and extremely...	Twentieth-Century America: A Brief History Best Price: $34.40 I was unsure I could get much from such a brief history of 20th century America. It was...	Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied Best Price: $19.55 This book is a must read for all. The book speaks volumes about a whole lot. This book proves...

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