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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Bridge at Andau
James A. Michener · 258 pages
Recounts, through interviews with refugees, the 1956 Hungarian revolt against Russia.
A History of Modern Russia: From Nicholas II to Vladimir Putin
Robert Service · 658 pages
The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague
Timothy Garton Ash · 167 pages
Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion
Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain · 384 pages
Mao Zedong
Jonathan D. Spence · 198 pages
"From humble origins in the provinces, Mao Zedong rose to absolute power, unifying with an iron fist a vast country torn apart by years of weak leadership, colonialism, and war."--BOOK JACKET. "Both a canny tactician and a hardworking organizer, Mao parlayed the privations of the famous Long March and the success of his guerrilla army into a powerful cult of personality and a dominant position in
Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua
Stephen Kinzer · 450 pages
The story of the centuries old power struggle that erupted in 1979 with the overthrow of the Somozo dictatorship.
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
Mark Kurlansky · 452 pages
Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine
Eugene Finkel · 336 pages
The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union
Serhii Plokhy · 489 pages
Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War
Giles Whittell · 274 pages
Who were the three men the American and Soviet superpowers exchanged at Berlin's Glienicke Bridge and Checkpoint Charlie in the first prisoner exchange between East and West? Bridge of Spies traces the paths to that exchange on February 10, 1962. It is the story of three men -- William Fisher, alias Rudolf Abel, a British born KGB agent arrested by the FBI in New York City and jailed as a Soviet s
The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times
Odd Arne Westad · 498 pages
The Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States indelibly shaped the world we live in today -- especially international politics, economics, and military affairs. This volume shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the 20th century created the foundations for most of today's key international conflicts, including the "war on terror." Odd Arne Westad examines the origi
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre · 364 pages
Berlin 1961
Frederick Kempe · 640 pages
Based on a new documents and interviews, this work is a look at the Berlin Crisis of 1961, with powerful applications for the present. In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called it "the most dangerous place on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berlin Crisis of 1961 was more decisive in shaping the Cold War, and more pe
A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn · 702 pages
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, *A People's History of the United States* is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers.
Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman--from World War to Cold War
Michael Dobbs · 418 pages
An account of the pivotal six-month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the beginning of the Cold War.
My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Abigail Adams, John Adams · 528 pages
A collection of letters between Abigail and John Adams written from 1762 to 1801 covering topics of revolution, independence, and nation building, along with those that reflect their love for one another.
Ho Chi Minh: A Life
William J. Duiker · 695 pages
"This book chronicles Ho's childhood as the son of a willfully poor and brilliant scholar. It follows Ho through his early years as an itinerant expatriate - forced to leave French Indochina to escape arrest, he shipped out as a cook on a passenger steamer and traveled the globe. It tells of his years in the heady environment of London and Paris during and after World War I, where he supported hi
The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
Jay Winik · 659 pages
It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink, Russia was a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional histories tell it, none of these events occurred in isolation. Here, historian Winik shows how their fates combined to change the course of civilization. Here is a savage world war, the toppli
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
Robert Middlekauff · 736 pages
Recounts the events leading up to the Revolution and discusses the major leaders, campaigns, and battles of the war.
Seize The Hour: When Nixon Met Mao
Margaret MacMillan · 384 pages
In 1972 Nixon amazed the world by going to China. The first trip ever by a US President marked the end of deep freeze in Sino-American relations. Was Nixon the supplicant to the Middle Kingdom? Has the US been at a disadvantage ever since? Will the 21st century see co-operation or China challenging American dominance?
K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist
Peter Carlson · 327 pages
K Blows Top is the hilarious true story of a stranger in a strange land. The stranger was Nikita Khrushchev, the fat-bellied, thin-skinned, funny, cranky premier of the Soviet Union. The strange land was America in the 50s, a world of tail fins, movie stars, missile silos, and duck-and-cover drills. Khrushchev's bizarre 1959 trip across America was, as historian John Lewis Gaddis called it, "a sur