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From Crossbow to H-Bomb, Revised and Enlarged Edition
Av Bernard Brodie, Fawn M. Brodie
Häftad, 1973
225 kr
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" . . . offers the quickest way I know to acquire the basic historical background that we ought all to have." —Louis J. Halle, SurvivalThis classic in the field of military history covers weaponry from Archimedes' catapult down to MIRV and the ABM, emphasizes the contributions of science to …
Thaddeus Stevens
Scourge of the South
Häftad, 1966
411 kr
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In this biography of the chief architect of Reconstruction after the Civil War, Fawn Brodie seeks to explain the basis for his actions, the nature of his economic radicalism, and the emotional forces that resulted in his becoming one of the most controversial figures in American history. She …
Devil Drives
A Life of Sir Richard Burton
Häftad, 1984
371 kr
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Starting in a hollowed log of wood—some thousand miles up a river, with an infinitesimal prospect of returning! I ask myself "Why?" and the only echo is "damned fool! . . . the Devil drives!"So Richard Francis Burton, preparing for an exploration of the lower Congo in 1863, wrote to Monckton Milnes …
Thomas Jefferson
An Intimate History
Häftad, 2010
345 kr
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With a novelist’s skill and a scholar’s meticulous detail, Fawn M. Brodie portrays Thomas Jefferson as he wrestled with the great issues of his time: revolution, religion, power, race, and love—ambivalences that exerted a subtle but powerful influence on his political ideas and his presidency. Far …
No Man Knows My History
The Life of Joseph Smith
Häftad, 1995
264 kr
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The first paperback edition of the classic biography of the founder of the Mormon church, this book attempts to answer the questions that continue to surround Joseph Smith. Was he a genuine prophet, or a gifted fabulist who became enthralled by the products of his imagination and ended up being …
