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The Political Legacies of Barry Goldwater and George McGovern
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00This book is about redemption for people on the right and left of the political spectrum who can be proud of two politicians, Senator's Barry Goldwater and George McGovern, who demonstrated that defeat can be accepted with decency and honor. more...
FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944
Indiana University Press 2011; US$ 18.99Although the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by the war, Roosevelt?s health and his death the following April, Truman's ascendancy, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Today most people assume that FDR?s reelection was... more...
The Religious Factor in the 1960 Presidential Election
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 45.00The candidacy of John F. Kennedy provoked widespread discussion of issues relating to church and state and to the role of Catholics in American politics. This text is the inside story of that dramatic campaign and is the first scholarly examination based on actual voting returns. It includes a detailed analysis of the vote in every state, revealing... more...
A New Kind of War
Oxford University Press, USA 1989; US$ 37.99America's experience in Greece has often been cited as a model by those later policymakers in Washington who regard the involvement as a "victory" for American foreign policy. Indeed, President Johnson and others referred to Greece as the model for America's deepening involvement in Vietnam during the mid-1960's. Greece became... more...
Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier 1756-63
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 152.00While the Seven Years War pushed London towards a protective Native American policy, outcomes were determined by men on the spot. The savage Anglo-Cherokee war was resolved by Cherokee headmen willing to accept a dignified peace; and by the sympathy of the very man sent to crush them. Colonel James Grant forced his treaty upon South Carolina, demonstrated... more...
The 1970s
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 29.95The 1970s looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large. While many have seen the 1970s as simply a period of failures epitomized by Watergate, inflation, the oil crisis, global unrest, and disillusionment with military efforts in Vietnam, Thomas Borstelmann creates... more...
The First Cold Warrior
The University Press of Kentucky 2006; US$ 40.00From the moment he took the oath of office in April 1945, Harry Truman was required to make difficult decisions in an increasingly dangerous world. The results -- notably the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- were the building blocks of containment, a strategic approach usually associated with George... more...
Canadians with Custer
Dundurn 2012; US$ 11.99When Lieutenant-Colonel George Armstrong Custer made his last stand in the battle at Little Bighorn River in 1876, there were 17 Canadians with the U.S. 7th Cavalry at the scene. Some had been in the Civil War, some were close friends or admirers of Custer, and some were mercenaries who just wanted a job with adventure. more...
The Gods of Prophetstown
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 20.99It began with an eclipse. In 1806, the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa ("The Open Door") declared himself to be in direct contact with the Master of Life, and therefore, the supreme religious authority for all Native Americans. Those who disbelieved him, he warned, "would see darkness come over the sun." William Henry Harrison, governor... more...
Ronald Reagan in Quotations
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 45.00President Ronald Reagan's folksy way with words and evocative delivery earned him the moniker "The Great Communicator." From witty political challenges like "Go ahead, make my day" to legendary international demands such as "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," Reagan's idioms have become engrained in America's... more...









