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The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of Little Big Horn

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Description: Covers those involved in Custer's Last Stand from the Oglala Sioux warrior Crazy Horse and Major Marcus Reno who led the first attack, to Libby Custer waiting with the other army wives at Fort Lincoln. This book provides an account of what happened there - and why ....

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The Audacity of Hope

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Description: If Barack Obama is successful in his quest to become President of the United States, he will dramatically change the face that his country presents to the world. This book discusses the importance of empathy in politics, his hopes for a different America with diffe....

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The American Civil War: A Military History

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Description: The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. It is also one of the most mysterious. This book unpicks the geography, leadership and strategic logic of the war and takes us to the heart of the conflict.....

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Arena Books)

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Description: Describes how the American Indians lost their land and lives to a dynamically expanding white society. This book described the opening of the West from the Indians' viewpoint. It focuses on a national disgrace.....

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Inside 9-11: What Really Happened

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Review: An absolutely gripping read,we all know the tragic story of the twin towers but maybe we are not so familiar with the personal accounts.This book is so descriptive you will see through the eyes of many of the victims of that horrendous day.We receive a detailed de....

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Nemesis

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Description: Explores the feud between Aristotle Onassis and the Kennedy family, documenting Robert Kennedy's role in barring Onassis from US trade and the shipping magnate's early relationship with Jacqueline Kennedy.....

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The Penguin History of the United States of America

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Description: From early British colonisation to the Reagan years, this title captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America's triumphant progress, it explores the period leading to Independence from the American and the British points of view....

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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (Modern Classics)

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Review: Not an easy read as some reiews suggest, however it is a refreshing and informative antidote to the sickening americanism regularly pushed and preached in the media over the last 100 years. You're not the world's greatest democracy, you're a very naughty country.......

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The Social Contract (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

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Review: This is a classic for a reason, because many of todays governments have their origins in it, against it, or simply influenced by it. Because of this it should be read. Buy it. It's not that evil, it's not that perfect.....

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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Penguin history)

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Description: A history of the American Civil War starting with an account of the years preceding it and its causes. It discusses slavery, the two sides of the war, the international dimension, the position and role of the free blacks and slaves, the end of the war and reconstru....

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