In this innovative study, Marietta Morrissey reframes the debate over slavery in the New World by focusing on the experiences of slave... Læs mere
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Shows Lady Bird Johnson as a catalyst for environmental ideas and as a powerful and persuasive force within her husband’s administration. Lady Bird Johnson... Læs mere
Because Kansas has been called ‘the leading Midwestern Populist state’, and the Midwestern phrase was the principle one of this significant movement in American history,... Læs mere
After the Chinese detonated their first nuclear test in 1964, America and India were both concerned. The CIA knew it needed to gather more... Læs mere
Speaking from personal experience as well as reporting research findings, the contributors of Graduate Students at Work illustrate... Læs mere
Continuing his magisterial account of the Eastern Front campaigns, David M. Glantz focuses here on the Red Army's... Læs mere
From the first, America has considered itself as uniquely lighting the right way for the world. But it is hard to reconcile this picture, the... Læs mere
Traces Mrs Truman’s many philanthropic efforts both before and during her White House years and places her public activities in the larger context of... Læs mere
Luftwaffe commander Wolfram von Richthofen was a master of the tactical and operational air war and one of the key catalysts in the resurrection of... Læs mere