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  • The United States in the Long Twentieth Century

    Politics and Society since 1900

    by Professor Michael Heale ...
    The United States in the Long Twentieth Century explores the nature of American politics and society in the period from 1900 to the present day, illuminating both the changes and the continuities. This was a period largely characterized by exceptional growth and international power, though one also assailed by the crises and divisions that Michael Heale carefully examines. A strength of the book ... Read more

    $153.89 USD

  • Historians across Borders

    Writing American History in a Global Age

    Edited by Nicolas Barreyre, Michael Heale, Stephen Tuck, Cecile Vidal ...
    In this stimulating and highly original study of the writing of American history, twenty-four scholars from eleven European countries explore the impact of writing history from abroad. Six distinguished scholars from around the world add their commentaries.Arguing that historical writing is conditioned, crucially, by the place from which it is written, this volume identifies the formative impact ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    The New Deal and War

    by Michael Heale ...
    Series series Lancaster Pamphlets
    This compact study assesses the personality, political and economic policies in war and peace, of America's longest-serving president and one of the most important political figures of the twentieth century, Franklin. D. Roosevelt. Also providing an overview of the America over which Roosevelt presided, the book offers a concise survey of both domestic and foreign affairs. ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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    John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order

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    When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives of forty-four nations gathered in July 1944, in the midst of the century's second great war, has become shorthand for enlightened globalization. The ... Read more

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  • Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century

    by Jeffry A. Frieden ...
    "Magisterial history...one of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." —Michael Hirsh, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1900 international trade reached unprecedented levels and the world's economies were more open to one another than ever before. Then as now, many people considered globalization to be inevitable and irreversible. Yet the entire edifice collapsed in a few ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Money Makers

    How Roosevelt and Keynes Ended the Depression, Defeated Fascism, and Secured a Prosperous Peace

    by Eric Rauchway ...
    Shortly after arriving in the White House in early 1933, Franklin Roosevelt took the United States off the gold standard. His opponents thought his decision unwise at best, and ruinous at worst. But they could not have been more wrong.With The Money Makers, Eric Rauchway tells the absorbing story of how FDR and his advisors pulled the levers of monetary policy to save the domestic economy and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • Comparing Liberal Democracies

    The United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the European Union

    by Arthur B. Gunlicks ...
    In this age of a globalism, understanding the governments and politics of other countries is important in understanding the world around us. In Comparing Liberal Democracies, author Arthur B. Gunlicks contributes to this understanding in a discussion of the institutional structures and backgrounds of four liberal or Western democracies: the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • European Integration

    A Political History

    by Mark Gilbert ...
    Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this book remains the standard for concise histories of the European Union. Mark Gilbert offers a clear and balanced narrative of European integration since its inception to the present, set in the wider history of the post-war period. Gilbert concludes by considering the Union’s future in light of the mood of crisis that has taken hold in the EU in the ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    by Alan Brinkley ...
    "No president since the founders has done more to shape the character of American government," notes Alan Brinkley in this magnificent biography of America's thirty-second president. "And no president since Lincoln has served through darker or more difficult times. Roosevelt thrived in crisis. It brought out his greatness, and his guile. It triggered his almost uncanny ability to communicate ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Verwoerd

    Architect of Apartheid

    by Henry Kenney ...
    On 6 September 1966, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was assassinated in Parliament by a deranged parliamentary messenger. The architect of apartheid was dead, sending shockwaves throughout South Africa and the world.Today, half a century later, the effects of Verwoerd's grand ambition linger on, and it is vitally important to reappraise the lasting impact – both physical and psychological – of ... Read more

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  • Greatness

    Reagan, Churchill, and the Making of Extraordinary Leaders

    by Steven F. Hayward ...
    The incredible unexplored connections between two of history’s greatest leadersRonald Reagan and Winston Churchill were true giants of the twentieth century, but somehow historians have failed to notice the many similarities between these extraordinary leaders. Until now.In Greatness, Steven F. Hayward—who has written acclaimed studies of both Reagan and Churchill—goes beneath the superficial ... Read more

    $4.99 USD