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  • White House Interpreter

    The Art of Interpretation

    by Harry Obst ...
    What is going on behind closed doors when the President of the United States meets privately with another world leader whose language he does not speak. The only other American in the room is his interpreter who may also have to write the historical record of that meeting for posterity. In his introduction, the author leads us into this mysterious world through the meetings between President ... Read more

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  • Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    by Robert F. Kennedy ...
    "A minor classic in its laconic, spare, compelling evocation by a participant of the shifting moods and maneuvers of the most dangerous moment in human history."—Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.In October 1962, when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. ... Read more

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  • The Glory and the Dream

    by William Manchester ...
    A New York Times–bestselling historian's in-depth portrait of life in America, from the Depression era to the early 1970s: "Magnificent" ( The New York Times).Award-winning historian and biographer William Manchester, author of The Last Lion, an epic three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, brings us an evocative exploration of the American way of life from 1932 to 1972. Covering almost every ... Read more

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  • Three Days in Moscow

    Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire

    by Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney ...
    Series Book 7 - Three Days Series
    "An instant classic, if not the finest book to date on Ronald Reagan." — Jay WinikPresident Reagan's dramatic battle to win the Cold War is revealed as never before by the #1 bestselling author and award-winning anchor of the #1 rated Special Report with Bret Baier.Moscow, 1988: 1,000 miles behind the Iron Curtain, Ronald Reagan stood for freedom and confronted the Soviet empire.In his acclaimed ... Read more

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  • Kissinger

    1923-1968: The Idealist

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    **From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, the definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papers.Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award**No American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as “Super K”—the “indispensable man” whose advice has been sought ... Read more

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  • The Folly and the Glory

    America, Russia, and Political Warfare 1945–2020

    by Tim Weiner ...
    From Tim Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, an urgent and gripping account of the 75-year battle between the US and Russia that led to the election and impeachment of an American presidentWith vivid storytelling and riveting insider accounts, Weiner traces the roots of political warfare—the conflict America and Russia have waged with espionage, sabotage, diplomacy ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Red Moon Rising

    Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries That Ignited the Space Age

    by Matthew Brzezinski ...
    A vivid, behind-the-scenes history of the Cold War's space race between the Soviets & Americans following the launch of Sputnik."In his exuberant narrative of the superpower space race . . . [Brzezinski] tells the story of American and Soviet decisions with remarkable dramatic—even cinematic—flair." — The New York Times Book ReviewIn Red Moon Rising, Matthew Brzezinski recounts the dramatic behind ... Read more

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  • The Nazi Hydra in America: Suppressed History of a Century - Wall Street and the Rise of the Fourth Reich

    by Glen Yeadon ...
    Provocative and highly controversial, The Nazi Hydra in America reveals the dark secrets of the fascist influence in the USA. While Eisenhower's troops defeated The Third Reich on the battlefields of Europe, the war against fascism was lost on the home front, to the very cadre of American plutocrats who built and paid for Hitler's war machine. At the center of this small confederacy two firms ... Read more

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  • Reagan at Reykjavik

    Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War

    by Ken Adelman ...
    A dramatic account of the Cold War's turning point, the 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland, by a key player in that weekend's world-changing events.In October 1986, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for a forty-eight-hour summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. Planned as a short gathering to outline future talks, the meeting quickly turned to major international issues, including the Strategic ... Read more

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  • Thinking In Time

    The Uses Of History For Decision Makers

    by Richard E. Neustadt ...
    “A convincing case that careful analysis of the history, issues, individuals, and institutions can lead to better decisions—in business as well as in government” (BusinessWeek).Two noted professors offer easily remembered rules for using history effectively in day-to-day management of governmental and corporate affairs to avoid costly blunders. “An illuminating guide to the use and abuse of ... Read more

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  • Understanding the F-Word

    American Fascism and the Politics of Illusion

    by David McGowan ...
    By offering a radical review of the last one hundred years of US history, this work is intended as a counterpoint to the rampant revisionism of the flurry of books glorifying the "American Century". Beginning with the rather bold and decidedly controversial assertion that the current political system in place in the United States at the dawn of the twenty-first century is fascism, the first part ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Truman

    by Thomas Fleming ...
    World War II was roaring to a climax. Harry Truman was meeting with the speaker of the House of Representatives and his old friend Sam Rayburn when he was called to the White House: Franklin Roosevelt was dead. Truman was now faced with more problems and decisions than any other leader in American history.While American, British, and Russian armies were smashing into the heart of Nazi Germany and ... Read more

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