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History for the IB Diploma: Causes, Practices and Effects of Warsby Mike Wells
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 26.00An exciting new series that covers the five Paper 2 topics of the IB 20th Century World History syllabus. more...
Truman Fires MacArthur (ebook excerpt of Truman)by David McCullough
Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 1.99An intemperate general. An unpopular war. A military and diplomatic team in disarray. Those are the challenges President Obama has faced as he attempts to make a success of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. They are also the challenges President Truman surmounted in the winter of 1950 as he began managing a war in Korea that risked becoming bigger and more costly. It was the first significant armed conflict of the Cold War: U.S. troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur came to the aid of the South Koreans after North Korea invaded. When Communist China entered the conflict on the side of the North Koreans, the crisis seemed on the verge of flaring into a world war. Truman was determined not to let that happen. MacArthur... more...
History for the IB Diploma: The Cold Warby Allan Todd
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 26.00An exciting new series that covers the five Paper 2 topics of the IB 20th Century World History syllabus. more...
McGraw-Hill's SAT Subject Test United States Historyby Daniel Farabaugh; Stephanie Muntone
McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc. 2012; US$ 18.00Expert guidance on the U.S. History exam. Many colleges and universities require you to take one or more SAT II Subject Tests to demonstrate your mastery of specific high school subjects. McGraw-Hill's SAT Subject Test: U.S. History is written by experts in the field, and gives you the guidance you need perform at your best. This book includes: 6 full-length sample tests updated for the latest test format; 30 top test items to remember for test day; Glossary of tested names and terms; Constitution of the United States, annotated for easy study; Step-by-step review of important people and events in United States history from Colonial times to the present—updated to 2011; Everything you need to know about the SAT Subject Test in United... more...
Historyby Beverley Southgate
Routledge 1996; US$ 26.95An introductory survey of the nature(s) and purpose(s) of history. It argues that the traditional model of the subject as a re-discovery of the past `as it was' has now been superseded: but proposes a positive role for current historical study. more...
Routledge Companion to Historical Studiesby Alun Munslow
Routledge 1999; US$ 29.95This companion provides a much-needed critical introduction to the key issues, the historians and philosophers and their concepts, ideas and theories which have prompted the rethinking of history that has gathered pace in the 1990's. more...
History 7-11by Jon Nichol; Jacqui Dean
Routledge 1997; US$ 44.95Many teachers remember learning history as being about learning dates. This book is concerned with 'doing history' - making sense of the past through the process of investigation, as a true historian would. more...
Ancient Historyby Neville Morley
Routledge 1999; US$ 35.95Ancient History is a sourcebook of writings on ancient history. It offers an invaluable introduction to the most important ideas, theories and controversies, and a thought-provoking survey of the range of views and approaches. more...
Historical Theoryby Mary Fulbrook
Routledge 2002; US$ 31.95A highly original argument about the 'fact or fiction' debate which takes a fresh look at major debates on the nature of history and the dilemmas facing historians today. more...
Trumanby David McCullough
Simon & Schuster 2003; US$ 14.99The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters -- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean Acheson -- and dramatic events. In this riveting biography, acclaimed historian David McCullough not only captures the man -- a more complex, informed, and determined man than ever before imagined -- but also the turbulent times in which he rose, boldly, to meet unprecedented challenges. The last president to serve as a living link between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, Truman's story spans the raw world of the Missouri frontier, World War I, the powerful Pendergast machine of Kansas City, the legendary Whistle-Stop... more...









