Understanding the 20th Century
Explore the best 20th century books that shaped history, culture, and thought. Discover must-read titles for understanding the pivotal events and ideas of the 1900s.
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The Guns of August
by Barbara W. Tuchman
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • “A brilliant piece of military history which proves up to the hilt the force of Winston Churchill’s statement that the first …
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Citizen Soldiers
by Stephen E. Ambrose
From Stephen E. Ambrose, bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the inspiring story of the ordinary men of the U.S. army in northwest …
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The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956
by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago is Solzhenitsyn's attempt to compile a literary-historical record of the vast system of prisons and labor camps that came into being shortly …
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Kennedy & Nixon
by Christopher Matthews
Details the long standing friendship which existed between Kennedy and Nixon which began in 1946 when both were elected as congressmen, but degenerated into distrust …
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The Nightingale's Song
by Robert Timberg
How the legacy of the Vietnam War changed the lives of five Naval Academy graduates: John McCain, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, John Poindexter and James …
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