ONE - 20th Century 1

The cultural and political history of the Pledge of Allegiance, how it came to be, what it means to Americans, and why we have battled over it for generations For more than a century, reciting the P……続きを見る

Vietnam: A War, Not a Country explores the conflicting ways in which the American-Vietnamese War has been collectively remembered and represented from the perspective of the war’s three primary bell……続きを見る

Stories of war and conflict form the backbone of much of the Western literary canon, portraying a certain image of heroism, stoicism, and survival in the face of violence. War and Imagination challe……続きを見る

From a preeminent King scholar, the origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who would lead the nation and change the world. We know who Martin Luther King, Jr. became, but who was h……続きを見る

What if the greatest threat to your freedom lurks not abroad, but within the heart of your own government? Stay ignorant of the CIA’s secrets, and you risk losing your democracy, your privacy, and t……続きを見る

Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entsteht die Erwartung, dass Konsumentscheidungen zu einer innovativen und freiheitlichen Gesellschaft beitragen. Die gestiegene Kaufkraft der Verbraucher und das stetig ……続きを見る

Die deutsche Frage löste in Italien sowohl in der Politik als auch in der öffentlichen Meinung immer harsche Gegensätze aus. Für die starke und sowjettreue Italienische Kommunistische Partei galt si……続きを見る

Even dedicated history buffs may not know the excitingーand disturbingーstory of German spy activity in the U.S. before our nation’s entry into the two World Wars. Mein Spy gives a firsthand documen……続きを見る

Il volume racconta quasi ottant’anni di vita della sinistra nell’Italia repubblicana illustrando le radici politico-ideologiche e i complessi sviluppi dei movimenti e dei partiti che hanno cercato d……続きを見る

Nach Erstem Weltkrieg und der nachfolgenden Revolution haben die Menschen kaum genug zum Leben. So geht es auch dem Kaufmann Ebstorf in der Großstadt. Am wenigsten kann er sich um die kleine Michael……続きを見る

Pia, Baronesse von Nördlingen, die Wulff-Dietrich von Niedeck versprochen werden soll, reist mit des Grafen Willibald Tochter, dem jungenhaften Wildfang Franziska, an den Rhein. Alle reisen inkognit……続きを見る

Marshaling evidence from a wide array of international sources, including the black presses of the time, Penny M. Von Eschen offers a vivid portrayal of the African diaspora in its international hey……続きを見る

Growing Up America brings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following the Second World War. Growing Up ……続きを見る

The break-in at Watergate and the cover-up that followed brought about the resignation of Richard Nixon, creating a political shockwave that reverberates to this day. But as Ken Hughes reveals in hi……続きを見る

Good Trouble will show the strong connection between the Black Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the Catholic Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland – specifically the influence of t……続きを見る

The British campaign in Northern Ireland remains one of the most controversial actions in recent history. This book by Aaron Edwards considers the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of what……続きを見る

**“Germany has waged war upon us, and has waged war against our property, and has waged war against the lives of non-combatants, including women and children, and [is] therefore a far more evil war ……続きを見る

Develops an alternative framework for describing and explaining African American politics and the American political system and applies it to a number of case studies. Few scholars have influenced t……続きを見る

“Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground” reads a plaque near the gravesite of Theodore Roosevelt, America's 26th president. During his tumultuous seven and a half years in the ……続きを見る

Annemarie Schwarzenbach was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable women, possibly the greatest sexual and political radical of the 1930s. But until now she’s been largely ignored. Born to a……続きを見る

In the tradition of Mailman of the Birdsville Track, The Man from Coolibah details the life of outback cattle property owner, helicopter muster operator and knockabout bloke Milton Jones. The younge……続きを見る

The story of the civil rights movement is not simply the history of its major players but is also the stories of a host of lesser-known individuals whose actions were essential to the movement’s suc……続きを見る

In 1947 Simone de Beauvoir took a road trip across America. She travelled from coast to coast, from New York to Hollywood, taking in New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana and Washington DC. She rode a pony t……続きを見る

**A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian’s "breathtakingly original" (Junot Diaz) reinterpretation of the eight decades surrounding the Civil War. "Capatious [and] buzzing with ideas." --The Boston Glo……続きを見る

Concentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare, and one that is important to the modern global consciousness and identity. Although the most fam……続きを見る

Robert J. Antonellis is an investigative author and researcher with a passion for uncovering hidden truths behind some of the most significant events in modern history. With a sharp analytical mind ……続きを見る

First published in 1988, Science, Politics and the Cold War is a history of the cold-war era that demonstrates the extent to which science and scientists have been implicated in every aspect of the ……続きを見る

The Camelot Murders - La Crucifixión de Mary Jo lleva a los lectores al corazón de uno de los capítulos más oscuros de la historia estadounidense. En este cautivador libro, Robert J. Antonellis dese……続きを見る

National Bestseller NPR Best Book of the Year “Not all superheroes wear capes, and Elizebeth Smith Friedman should be the subject of a future Wonder Woman movie.” ーThe New York Times Joining the ra……続きを見る

Liverpool-born Alexander Foote became a Soviet spy in Switzerland, transmitting German intelligence before facing betrayal and disillusionment. In his short life, Liverpool-born Alexander Foote went……続きを見る