Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II by Keith LowePaperback496 Pages2013 The end of World War II in Europe is remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, but the reality was quite different. Across Europe,...

Saving Freudby Andrew NagorskiHardcover352 Pages2022 A dramatic true story about Sigmund Freud’s last-minute escape to London following the German annexation of Austria and the group of friends who made it possible.In March 1938, German soldiers...

Sex in the Heartland   by Beth BaileyPaperback265 Pages2002   Sex in the Heartland is the story of the sexual revolution in a small university town in the quintessential heartland state of Kansas. Bypassing the oft-told tales of radicals and...

The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945 to the Present by William I. HitchcockPaperbackFebruary 2004560 PagesFrom the ashes of World War II to the conflict over Iraq, William Hitchcock examines the miraculous...

Targeted: Beirut: The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror By James Scott and Jack Carr Hardcover 464 Pages 2024 The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that...

The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950sby William I. HitchcockPaperback672 Pages2019 A New York Times bestseller, this is the “outstanding” (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower’s...

The Four Freedoms: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Evolution of an American Ideaby Jeffrey EngelHardcover248 Pages2015 The specter of global war loomed large in President Franklin Roosevelt's mind as he prepared to present his 1941 State of the Union...

The Girls Next Door: Bringing the Home Front to the Fron Lines by Kara Dixon VuicHardcoverFeb 2019392 Pages The story of the intrepid young women who volunteered to help and entertain American servicemen fighting overseas, from World War I through the...

The Great War: An Imperial HistoryJohn H. MorrowPaperback384 Pages2005 John Morrow’s The Great War presents a comprehensive analysis of World War I, examining its causes, battles, and global impact. This book offers a thorough and accessible...

The Internationalists: How A Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro Hardcover 608 Pages 2017 A bold and provocative history of the men who fought to outlaw war and how an often overlooked treaty signed in 1928...

The New Civil Rights Movement Reader: Resistance, Resilience, and Justice By Traci Parker Paperback 600 Pages 2023 This reader, compiled by Traci Parker, brings together pivotal texts and essays on the modern Civil Rights Movement, offering a...

The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America by Michael S. Neiberg  (Author) Hardcover 320 Pages 2016   When war broke out in Europe in August of 1914, it seemed, to observers in the United States, the height of...

The Pope of Physics Gino SegrèPaperback372 Pages2017 Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world’s physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called “the Pope” by his peers, he was regarded as...

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers By: Paul Kennedy Paperback 704 Pages About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the five centuries since...

The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940- 1941: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl HarborBy: Paul Dickson416 pagesJuly 2020 The dramatic, untold story of how the American Army was mobilized from scattered outposts two years...

The Treaty of  Versailles    By: Michael Neiberg Hardcover136 Pages2017   Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very...

The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home Patrick K. O'Donnell Hardcover 288 Pages 2018 The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery...

The U.S. Army Cooks' Manual: Rations, Preparation, Recipes, Camp Cooking R. Sheppard Hardcover 270 Pages 2008 An army marches on its stomach—so the classic saying goes. This book brings together excerpts from contemporary manuals for U.S. Army...

The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burningby Allen R. MillettHardcover348 Pages Emphasizing the Korean perspective, Millett recasts the war's origins - providing a new starting date in 1948 - and establishes the struggle of a post-colonial Asian war...

The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning by Allan MillettPaperback368 Pages2015 When the major powers sent troops to the Korean peninsula in June of 1950, it supposedly marked the start of one of the last century's bloodiest conflicts. Allan...