Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 books

16140 books were found.

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China

Author: Yuan Yang
ISBN: 9781526655905
Format: Paperback
$34.99

'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' VOGUE 'A portrait of China through four women who refused...  Read More >>

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China

Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China

Author: Yuan Yang
ISBN: 9781526655899
Format: Hardback
$44.99

'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' VOGUE 'A portrait of China through four women who refused...  Read More >>

Why the Nineties Matter

Why the Nineties Matter

Author: Terry H. Anderson (Professor of History, Professor of History, Texas A&M University)
ISBN: 9780197763018
Format: Hardback
$52.95

An entertaining and deeply insightful history of a decade that matters more than we think: the 1990s. Nearly a quarter...  Read More >>

Responsible Pleasure: The Brook Advisory Centres and Youth Sexuality in Postwar Britain

Responsible Pleasure: The Brook Advisory Centres and...

Author: Caroline Rusterholz (Assistant Professor in International History and Politics, Assistant Professor in International History and Politics, Graduate Institute, Geneva)
ISBN: 9780192866271
Format: Hardback
$63.95

This book offers a historical account of the public debates, institutional monitoring, and private experiences of...  Read More >>

The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 8: American Fiction since 1940

The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 8:...

Author: Cyrus R. K. Patell (Professor of English, New York University) ,  Deborah Lindsay Williams (Clinical Professor of Liberal Studies, New York University)
ISBN: 9780192844729
Format: Hardback
$260.95

An overview of US fiction since 1940 that explores the history of literary forms, the history of narrative forms,...  Read More >>

Hezbollah: Mobilisation and Power

Hezbollah: Mobilisation and Power

Author: Aurelie Daher
ISBN: 9781911723448
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Drawing on first-hand interviews with rank and file members of Hezbollah, the author illuminates the inner workings...  Read More >>

1963: That Was the Year That Was

1963: That Was the Year That Was

Author: Andrew Cook
ISBN: 9781803996899
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A compendium of milestone stories and watershed events in popular culture, national and international politics from...  Read More >>

Revolutionary Emotions in Cold War Egypt: Islam, Communism, and Anti-Colonial Protest

Revolutionary Emotions in Cold War Egypt: Islam, Communism,...

Author: Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah
ISBN: 9781350383760
Format: Hardback
$170.00

In autumn 1951, a diverse array of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish students from clubs like the Muslim Brotherhood...  Read More >>

The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five black ballerinas, one incredible story

The Swans of Harlem: Fifty years of sisterhood, five...

Author: Karen Valby
ISBN: 9781786582508
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The story of the groundbreaking Dance Theatre of Harlem, established by the first Black principal of the NYC Ballet,...  Read More >>

Red Dragon Bombers: China’S Long-Range Bomber Force Since 1956

Red Dragon Bombers: China’S Long-Range Bomber Force...

Author: Andreas Rupprecht
ISBN: 9781950394142
Format: Paperback
$140.00

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The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on Hope and Freedom

The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on Hope and Freedom...

Author: Nasser Abu Srour ,  Luke Leafgren
ISBN: 9780241705384
Format: Paperback
$42.99

A Palestinian prisoner's memoir of thirty years' captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts...  Read More >>

Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence

Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence

Author: Christopher Turner
ISBN: 9781838510558
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Emerging in the death throes of colonial rule, the story of Tropical Modernism is one of politics and power, decolonization...  Read More >>

Vikings in Vietnam: Norwegian Patrol Boat Captains in CIA Clandestine Operations

Vikings in Vietnam: Norwegian Patrol Boat Captains in...

Author: Alessandro Giorgi
ISBN: 9780764367885
Format: Hardback
$65.00

A history of Norwegian skippers hired by the CIA to command fast patrol boats on secret missions into North Vietnam...  Read More >>

A Cold War Exodus: How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews

A Cold War Exodus: How American Activists Mobilized...

Author: Shaul Kelner
ISBN: 9781479879397
Format: Hardback
$75.99

Reveals the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews and reshaped the Jewish American experience from...  Read More >>

Exiled in East Germany: Life Stories of Malawian and South African Freedom Fighters During the Cold War

Exiled in East Germany: Life Stories of Malawian and...

Author: Sebastian Pampuch
ISBN: 9783111201481
Format: Hardback
$35.72

"Recounting the life stories of Malawian and South African freedom fighters living in exile in East Germany during...  Read More >>

Operation Eldorado Canyon: The 1986 Us Bombing Raid on Libya

Operation Eldorado Canyon: The 1986 Us Bombing Raid...

Author: Jim Rotramel
ISBN: 9781950394128
Format: Paperback
$145.00

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When Grandpa Delivered Babies and Other Ozarks Vignettes

When Grandpa Delivered Babies and Other Ozarks Vignettes...

Author: Benjamin G. Rader
ISBN: 9780252087844
Format: Paperback
$47.99

People in the Ozarks have long told humorous vignettes that make sense of triumph and tragedy, relay family and...  Read More >>

Vietnam and the Cold War 1945-1954: French Imperial Decline and Defeat at Dien Bien Phu

Vietnam and the Cold War 1945-1954: French Imperial...

Author: John Pike
ISBN: 9781526789297
Format: Hardback
$75.00

A forensic study of war, imperial history and international relations, following the Second World War and leading...  Read More >>

Cold Peace: Avoiding the New Cold War

Cold Peace: Avoiding the New Cold War

Author: Michael W. Doyle (Columbia University School of International and Pu)
ISBN: 9781324094531
Format: Paperback
$36.95

An urgent examination of the world barrelling toward a new Cold War, from a scholar on the diplomatic front lines...  Read More >>

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