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  • How to Look Like You Have Your Shit Together

    When You Absolutely Know You Don't

    by Michael Schaller ...
    Series Book 1 - The Quiet Competence Series
    How to Look Like You Have Your Shit Together is a calm, ironic, and sharply observant book about modern exhaustion, invisible social pressure, and the performance of competence. It is written for people who appear functional, capable, and reliable - while quietly improvising everything behind the scenes. Instead of offering motivation, routines, or self-optimization strategies, this book removes ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Ronald Reagan

    by Michael Schaller ...
    In this short biography, Michael Schaller, acclaimed historian of the American political right, offers readers a poignant account of Ronald Reagan's life and achievements, from his small-town upbringing in rural Illinois to his cinematic success in Hollywood, entry into politics as governor of California, and meteoric rise to the White House, where he served for eight years. The polarizing Great ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Reckoning with Reagan

    America and Its President in the 1980s

    by Michael Schaller ...
    At the height of Ronald Reagan's popularity in July 1986, Time magazine wrote glowingly of how he had "found America's sweet spot." Reagan seemed a "magician who carries a bright, ideal America like a holograph in his mind and projects its image in the air." Not since the rhapsody about "Camelot" that surrounded John F. Kennedy in the wake of his assassination had a president been spoken of so ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Deconstructing Reagan

    Conservative Mythology and America's Fortieth President

    by Kyle Longley, Jeremy Mayer, Michael Schaller, John W. Sloan ...
    Although he left office nearly 20 years ago, Ronald Reagan remains a potent symbol for the conservative movement. The Bush administration frequently invokes his legacy as it formulates and promotes its fiscal, domestic, and foreign policies. His name is watchword for campus conservatives who regard him in a way that borders on hero worship. Conservative media pundits often equate the term "Reagan ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Reckoning with Reagan

    America and Its President in the 1980s

    by Michael Schaller ...
    At the height of Ronald Reagan's popularity in July 1986, Time magazine wrote glowingly of how he had "found America's sweet spot." Reagan seemed a "magician who carries a bright, ideal America like a holograph in his mind and projects its image in the air." Not since the rhapsody about "Camelot" that surrounded John F. Kennedy in the wake of his assassination had a president been spoken of so ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • The American Occupation of Japan : The Origins of the Cold War in Asia

    The Origins of the Cold War in Asia

    by Michael Schaller ...
    In this novel and intriguing book, Michael Schaller traces the origins of the Cold War in Asia to the postwar occupation of Japan by U.S. troops. Determined to secure Japan as a bulwark against both Soviet expansion and Asian revolution, the U.S. instituted ambitious social and economic reforms under the direction of the flamboyant Occupation Commander, General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur was ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

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    Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath

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    In Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath, former president offers a revisionist reexamination of World War II, including his frank evaluation of Franklin D. Roosevelt's foreign policies before and during the war. He also examines the war's consequences, including the expansion of the Soviet empire and the eruption of the Cold War. Herbert ... Read more

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  • The Marshall Plan

    Dawn of the Cold War

    by Benn Steil ...
    “[A] brilliant book…by far the best study yet” (The Wall Street Journal) of the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan and its long-lasting influence on our world.In the wake of World War II, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin’s on the rise, US officials under new Secretary of State George C. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism ... Read more

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  • Harry S. Truman

    The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953

    by Robert Dallek ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth centuryIn April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. Many believed he would be overmatched by the job, but Harry S. Truman would surprise them all.Few ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Strategies of Containment

    A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War

    by John Lewis Gaddis ...
    When Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis' classic carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's postwar plans, Gaddis provides a thorough critical analysis of George ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea

    The Unending Conflict in Korea

    by Sheila Miyoshi Jager ...
    A major historical account of the Korean War, its origins, and its evolving impact on the world.Sixty years after North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea, the Korean War has not yet ended. Sheila Miyoshi Jager presents the first comprehensive history of this misunderstood war, one that risks involving the world’s superpowers—again. Her sweeping narrative ranges from the ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Sword and the Dollar

    Imperialism, Revolution, and the Arms Race

    by Michael Parenti ...
    To many, the foreign policy directives of the United States seem bewildering and sometimes inharmonious with its domestic political values. Why does the U.S. seem to support foreign dictators? Why has it invested so many of its resources in stockpiling nuclear arms? Why doesn't the U.S. act as a force for peace throughout the world? In this probing, provocative analysis, Michael Parenti reveals ... Read more

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