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101 Most Influential Coming of Age Movies
A journalist and lifelong movie buff puts his knowledge and passion on paper to show you the best examples of his favorite movie genre, “Coming of Age.

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1968: Dreams of Revolution
For the two generations who have grown up since Lyndon Johnson was president, the events as well as the thinking behind the revolutionary and romantic pretensions of the Sixties are almost equally unclear.

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A Bird in the Bush:
Failed Domestic Policies of the George W. Bush Administration
In this collection of essays the authors, professors of history and political science at US colleges and universities, analyze George W. Bush’s record on domestic issues ranging from women’s rights to the environment, power, transportation, taxes…

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A Brave Man Stands Firm: The Historic Battles of Chief Justice Marshall and President Jefferson
The author presents Thomas Jefferson’s historic confrontation with Aaron Burr and Chief Justice John Marshall’s responses to Jefferson’s efforts to influence, if not dictate to, the Judicial Branch.

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A Long Cold War
A Chronology of American Life and Culture 1945 to 1991
A Long Cold War is a 2-volume work using short notes to encapsulate the details that added up to a major shift in American culture and thinking. Many events are recorded in or two sentences, as you might have read the headlines at the time.

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A More Imperfect Union
How Inequity, Debt, and Economics Undermine the American Dream
Inflation and an addiction to debt characterize the U.S. economy.

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A Ruinous and Unhappy War
New England and the War of 1812
Anticipating the harm another war with England would bring, New England’s regional leaders opposed it from the outset. Party politics played a major role.

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A Vietnam Trilogy. Vol. 1
Veterans and Post Traumatic Stress
The large numbers of psychiatric casualties from war used to be attributed to an underlying psychiatric disorder ‘ presenting the classic blame-the-victim scenario.

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Abe Lincoln’s Secret War Against The North
Many aspects of the Civil War have been swept under the rug, but through this investigation of three Northern states that opposed Abraham Lincoln’s policies, and one state that fervently supported him, the true reality will be kept alive.

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Abraham Lincoln: Letters to His Generals, 1861-1865
I have long believed that the most comprehensive portrait of historical figures might be seen in their personal correspondence and journal entries. Abraham Lincoln is certainly no exception, and those letters and telegrams he penned as commander-in-chief —?

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Against the Grain
Six Men Who Shaped America
In history books we read tales of men and women who spoke for ideas well in advance of their acceptance by the public; sometimes such heresy exacted heavy tolls sacrifice of reputation, abandonment of personal goals, and loss of office or fortune.

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Alexander Hamilton
America's Forgotten Founder
Alexander Hamilton: America’s Forgotten Founder describes the character and achievements of a man who was instrumental in casting the form of our government and especially its strong financial structure.

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America the Beautiful or America the Caput?
Predictions of gloom and doom flood the media, with soaring unemployment and underemployment, depopulated cities and demographic decline. At the same time, we are bombarded with declarations of robust economic growth, political cooperation, and social rebirth.

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America the Great and Its Self-Destruction
Viewing the Superpower through the Lenses of Ancient Confucianism and Chaos Theory
In this book we explore how the basic concepts of the yin-yang vision, and socioeconomic chaos theory, can help us understand American civilization, what it represents, and the natural cycles it is going through.

Wei-Bin Zhang Price range: $21.95 through $31.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
American Conservative
Reclaiming Conservatism From the Right
Are you conservative but tired of having to defend your conservatism by explaining what it is not? Are you liberal but troubled by calls from liberal peers to support authoritarian policies asserted in the name of liberalism?

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American Narcissism
The Myth of National Superiority
Nationalism is not unique to America: it was invented with the birth of modern nations. But nationalism is unique in America. Americans conceive themselves and their nation to be incontrovertibly superior to the other peoples and nations of the earth.

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