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“alan j levine”

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  • The Soviets' Greatest Gambit

    The Cuban Missile Crisis

    by Alan J. Levine ...
    Adam J. Levine analyzes the origins of the Cuban Missile Crisis, with a particular focus on Nikita Khrushchev’s motives and the response of the Kennedy administration. Levine’s account presents a different portrayal of the events than popularly told, shedding light on John F. Kennedy’s decision-making practices and personal behavior while out of public eye. ... Read more

    $123.99 CAD

  • Bad Old Days

    The Myth of the 1950s

    by Alan J. Levine ...
    For many, especially those on the political left, the 1950s are the "bad old days." The widely accepted list of what was allegedly wrong with that decade includes the Cold War, McCarthyism, racial segregation, self-satisfied prosperity, and empty materialism. The failings are coupled with ignoring poverty and other social problems, complacency, conformity, the suppression of women, and puritanical ... Read more

    $96.18 CAD

  • After Sputnik

    America, the World, and Cold War Conflicts

    by Alan J. Levine ...
    On October 4, 1957 in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first artificial earth satellite. For the West, and especially the United States, it was a shattering blow to national morale and pride. It led to a deep-seated fear that the Soviet Union would surpass the United States in both technology and power and that even nuclear war might be near.After Sputnik shows ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

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  • Wives, Mothers, and the Red Menace

    Conservative Women and the Crusade against Communism

    by Mary Brennan ...
    In Wives, Mothers, and the Red Menace, Mary Brennan examines conservative women's anti-communist activism in the years immediately after World War II.Brennan details the actions and experiences of prominent anti-communists Jean Kerr McCarthy, Margaret Chase Smith, Freda Utley, Doloris Thauwald Bridges, Elizabeth Churchill Brown, and Phyllis Stewart Schlafly. She describes the Cold War context in ... Read more

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  • The Untold History of the United States

    by Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick ...
    **The New York Times bestselling companion to the Showtime documentary series now streaming on Netflix, updated to cover the past five years.“Indispensable…There is much here to reflect upon.” —President Mikhail Gorbachev“As riveting, eye-opening, and thought-provoking as any history book you will ever read...Can’t recommend it highly enough.” —Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian“Finally, a book with ... Read more

    $26.00 CAD

  • The Great Depression

    America 1929-1941

    by Robert S. McElvaine ...
    One of the classic studies of the Great Depression, featuring a new introduction by the author with insights into the economic crises of 1929 and today.In the twenty-five years since its publication, critics and scholars have praised historian Robert McElvaine’s sweeping and authoritative history of the Great Depression as one of the best and most readable studies of the era. Combining clear-eyed ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Abyss

    The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

    by Max Hastings ...
    A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings ‘the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis’ Daily TelegraphThe 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation.Max Hastings ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974

    The United States, 1945-1974

    by James T. Patterson ...
    Series series Oxford History of the United States
    Beginning in 1945, America rocketed through a quarter-century of extraordinary economic growth, experiencing an amazing boom that soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960s. At one point, in the late 1940s, American workers produced 57 percent of the planet's steel, 62 percent of the oil, 80 percent of the automobiles. The U.S. then had three-fourths of the world's gold supplies. English Prime ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • The Cold War

    A World History

    by Odd Arne Westad ...
    A “big, serious, and thoroughly intelligent” (New York Review of Books) history of the Cold WarWe think of the Cold War as a clash of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. But in The Cold War, award-winning historian Odd Arne Westad argues that the war must be understood as a global confrontation, with roots in the Industrial Revolution and ongoing repercussions around the world ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Communist

    by Paul Kengor ...
    “I admire Russia for wiping out an economic system which permitted a handful of rich to exploit and beat gold from the millions of plain people… As one who believes in freedom and democracy for all, I honor the Red nation.” —FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS, 1947In his memoir, Barack Obama omits the full name of his mentor, simply calling him “Frank.” Now, the truth is out: Never has a figure as deeply ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • A Century of Spies:Intelligence in the Twentieth Century

    Intelligence in the Twentieth Century

    by Jeffery T. Richelson ...
    Here is the ultimate inside history of twentieth-century intelligence gathering and covert activity. Unrivalled in its scope and as readable as any spy novel, A Century of Spies travels from tsarist Russia and the earliest days of the British Secret Service to the crises and uncertainties of today's post-Cold War world, offering an unsurpassed overview of the role of modern intelligence in every ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

  • The Crosswinds of Freedom, 1932–1988

    by James MacGregor Burns ...
    Series Book 3 - The American Experiment
    A Pulitzer Prize winner's "immensely readable" history of the United States from FDR's election to the final days of the Cold War ( Publishers Weekly).The Crosswinds of Freedom is an articulate and incisive examination of the United States during its rise to become the world's sole superpower. Here is a young democracy transformed by the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War, the ... Read more

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