The end of the Cold War makes it possible, for the first time, to begin writing its history from a truly international perspective, one reflecting Soviet, East European, and Chinese as well as American and West European viewpoints. In a major departure from his earlier scholarship, John Lewis Gaddis, the pre-eminent American authority on the United States and the Cold War, has written a comprehensive comparative history of that conflict from its origins through toits most dangerous moment, the Cuban missile crisis. We Now Know is packed with new information drawn from previously unavailable sources; it also reflects the findings of a new generation of Cold War historians. It contains striking new insights into the role of ideology, democracy, economics, alliances, and nuclear weapons, as well as major reinterpretations of Stalin, Truman, Khrushchev, Mao, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. It suggests solutions to long-standing puzzles: Did the Soviet Union want world revolution? Why was Germanyd
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What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book.
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Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States¿the American Revolution. Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically...
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The definitive account of a landmark in the development of democracy - and the bloodiest political event of the nineteenth century on English soil.
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How did the beer drinking German become a fixture in the global imagination? How did a provincial production standard - the Reinheitsgebot, or Beer Purity Law - become a pillar of national consumer sentiments? A Nation Fermented explores how southern...
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