A Thorn in the Rosebush. The American Bartók Estate and Archives During the Cold War, 1946-67, Hardcover - Carl S. Leafstedt

Reducere. This book opens up new perspectives on the history of Béla Bartók's music in the 20th century. It joins a growing literature on music and the cultu...

Reducere. American Catholic places the rise of the United States' political conservatism in the context of ferment within the Roman Catholic Church. How did ...

Reducere. In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States. The tour was part of the Soviet-American cult...

Set on a Black-owned luxury dude ranch with a fairy tale twist, the third Cowboys of California romance from award-winning author Rebekah Weathersp...

The Great Cold War is arguably the most fascinating account yet written about the Cold War--and a timely enunciation of the lessons we need to lear...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The spy novel emerged from the intrigues of the mid-20th centu...

Reducere. "Harris tells a powerful story of war's destruction of property, people, hopes, and morals during the Civil War in Louisiana. This is top-notch his...

Reducere. When Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and ...

Reducere. DescriptionA Thorn in My Pocket is Eustacia Cutler's story of raising her daughter, Temple Grandin, in the conservative "Leave-it-to-Beaver" world ...

Reducere. Disaster on the Spanish Main unveils and illuminates an overlooked yet remarkable episode of European and American military history and a land-sea ...

Reducere. The service of African Americans in defense of the Union during the Civil War required African American nurses, doctors and surgeons to heal those ...

Reducere. The story of the 'Siren of the Shenandoah' in her own wordsIsabella Maria Boyd (1844-1900) was one of the most famous and notorious female Confeder...

In this definitive history, William R. Keylor traces the tumultuous relationship between Charles de Gaulle and a host of other key twentieth-centur...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating Life of George PattonGeneral George S. Patton remains a household name to this day even though he died decades ago. Not onl...

Morgan and his contributors develop the concept of the Information Regime as a way to understand the use, abuse, and control of information in East...

This book historicises Anglo-American queer theory by excavating a rival epistemology that advanced a communist sexuality during the Cold War. It p...

The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topi...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Steven J. (Author) ZalogaIllustration(s): Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8pp of colour il...

Reducere. Robert S. Kim contributes to a fuller understanding of Asia in World War II by revealing the role of American Christian missionary families in the ...

Includes information about: H bomb, Cambridge Spies, Protect and Survive (leaflet issued in 1963 and 1980 on how to survive a nuclear attack), Fall...

Reducere. Revisiting an influential Cold War-era art competitionIn 1952 the ICA London organized an international competition around the theme of "The Unknow...

Reducere. Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government wrongfully imprisoned thousands of Japanese American citizens and profited from their labor. Japanese Am...

Publisher: Holiday House IncAuthor(s): Andrea WarrenNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 208 x 233 x 18Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cold War and Space Race, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: The Co...

Successfully cover Unit Group 2 with the right amount of depth and pace. This bespoke series from the leading History publisher follows our proven ...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Danny OrbachNumber of pages: 340Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 242 x 168 x 35Cover type: Hardba...

Twelve Japanese scholars of American studies tell their stories of how they encountered ""America"" and came to dedicate their careers to studying ...

Reducere. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson insisted that the policeman is the frontline soldier in our war against crime, and police forces, arms makers, po...

Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Herbert J. SternNumber of pages: 408Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 32Cover type: Paperback ...

This intellectual biography of Nikolai N. Bolkhovitinov (1930-2008), the prominent Russian historian who was a leading scholar of US history and Ru...

Publisher: Leonaur LtdAuthor(s): Henry M CistNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 138 x 215 x 16Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

From the drama of blockade-running to graphic descriptions of battles on the state's islands and sounds, this book portrays the explosive events th...

Reducere. The Negro's Civil War: How American Blacks Felt and Acted During the War for the Union, Paperback

Reducere. Swashbuckling stories of the Union naval blockade of the Southern states and the blockade runners who smuggled goods to the Confederacy have long b...

Publisher: DamianiAuthor(s): Richard HornikIllustration(s): 130 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

Reducere. Frank Herbert will forever be known as the "author of Dune, " the science fiction masterpiece that made his career and made his name. But he was an...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Cambridge Five, then keep reading...During the poverty-stricken years of the Great Depressio...

Amid the Cold War and global student protests, transnational forces significantly shaped the modernization of educational systems in Spain and Lati...

Reducere. Explore the Cold War and Get a Deeper Understanding of the Korean and Vietnam WarTwo captivating manuscripts in one book: Korean War: A Captivating...

Superb images and description of British post war Main Battle Tanks.

Reducere. With the exception of a few iconic moments such as Rosa Parks's 1955 refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery bus, we hear little about what bla...

Through an analysis of Cold War Era films including Border Incident , Where Danger Lives , and Touch of Evil , Stephanie Fuller illustrates how cin...

Reducere. The story of the 'Siren of the Shenandoah' in her own wordsIsabella Maria Boyd (1844-1900) was one of the most famous and notorious female Confeder...

Reducere. In the early years of the Cold War, the United States mounted expansive public diplomacy programs in the Global South, including initiatives with t...

Reducere. DescriptionThe extraordinary, touching true story of Smoky, the smallest--and arguably bravest--dog of World War IIIn February 1944, as Japanese mi...