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  • Road to Disaster

    A New History of America's Descent into Vietnam

    "This book is sure to appeal to those still searching for Vietnam War answers that even McNamara, Johnson, and their best and brightest advisers never found." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Many books have been written on the tragic decisions regarding Vietnam made by the young stars of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Yet despite millions of words of analysis and reflection, no ... Leer más

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  • Pandora's Keepers

    Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb

    The author of Road to Disaster "[examines] the thoughts, feelings, and judgments of these nine men who created the first weapon of mass destruction" ( The Boston Globe).There were nine of them—Oppenheimer, Teller, Fermi, Bohr, Lawrence, Bethe, Rabi, Szilard, and Compton—men who believed in science and who saw before anyone else did the awesome workings of an invisible world.They came from many ... Leer más

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  • Waste Land

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  • The Fifteen

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  • The Invisible Spy

    Churchill's Rockefeller Center Spy Ring and America’s First Secret Agent of World War II

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  • The Small and the Mighty

    Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement

    **A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom America’s favorite government teacher, a “fascinating and fun” (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.**In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone ... Leer más

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  • Road to Surrender

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  • The Strategists

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  • History Year by Year

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    The entire course of history is revisited in this unique and unforgettable visual guide.The most memorable moments and significant events of each year are charted in a definitive timeline that runs throughout the book. From the ancient origins of our earliest African ancestors right up to our modern world today, Timelines of History includes a diverse range of people, cultures, and countries. ... Leer más

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