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America First
Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War
Av H. W. Brands
Häftad, 2025
214 kr
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Bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands narrates the fierce debate over America's role in the world in the runup to World War II through its two most important figures: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who advocated intervention, and his isolationist nemesis, aviator and …
Dreams of El Dorado
A History of the American West
Av H. W. Brands
Häftad, 2020
241 kr
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In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West, from Lewis and Clark's expedition in the early 19th century to the closing of the frontier by the early 20th. He introduces us to explorers, mountain men, cowboys, missionaries and …
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Av H. W. Brands
Häftad, 2002
294 kr
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The Devil We Knew
Americans and the Cold War
Av H. W. Brands
Häftad, 1994
284 kr
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In the late 1950s, Washington was driven by its fear of communist subversion: it saw the hand of Kremlin behind developments at home and across the globe. The FBI was obsessed with the threat posed by American communist party--yet party membership had sunk so low, writes H.W. Brands, that it could …
The Wages of Globalism
Lyndon Johnson and the Limits of American Power
Av H. W. Brands
Häftad, 1997
821 kr
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Historian H.W. Brands offers a fresh look at Johnson's handling of international relations, putting Vietnam in the context of the many crises he confronted and the outdated policies of containment he was expected to uphold. The result is a fascinating portrait of a master politician at work, …
Devil We Knew
Americans and the Cold War
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 1994
185 kr
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In the late 1950s, Washington was driven by its fear of communist subversion: it saw the hand of Kremlin behind developments at home and across the globe. The FBI was obsessed with the threat posed by American communist party--yet party membership had sunk so low, writes H.W. Brands, that it could …
Greenback Planet
How the Dollar Conquered the World and Threatened Civilization As We Know It
Av H. W. Brands
Inbunden, 2011
295 kr
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The world runs on the U.S. dollar. From Washington to Beijing, governments, businesses, and individuals rely on the dollar to conduct commerce and invest profitably and safely-even after the global financial meltdown in 2008 revealed the potentially catastrophic cost of the dollar's hegemony. But …
Traitor to His Class
The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Av H. W. Brands
Häftad, 2009
289 kr
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A brilliant evocation of one of the greatest presidents in American history by the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War "It may well be the best general biography of Franklin Roosevelt we will see for many years to come.” — …
Andrew Jackson
His Life and Times
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2006
208 kr
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National Bestseller In this, the first major single-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in decades, H.W. Brands reshapes our understanding of this fascinating man, and of the Age of Democracy that he ushered in. An orphan at a young age and without formal education or the family lineage of the …
Man Who Saved the Union
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Av H. W. Brands
Häftad, 2013
274 kr
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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
Av H. W. Brands
Häftad, 2011
285 kr
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Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2011
221 kr
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Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier James “Jubilee Jim” Fisk, Jr., was a notorious New York City figure. From his audacious attempt to corner the gold market in 1869 to his battle for control of the geographically crucial Erie Railroad, …
Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2012
205 kr
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Though he was a hero of the Revolutionary War, a prominent New York politician, and vice president of the United States, Aaron Burr is today best remembered as the villain who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. But as H. W. Brands demonstrates in this fascinating portrait of one of the most …
First American
The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2010
224 kr
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National Bestseller He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a mythic caricature in the public imagination. Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this masterly biography. Wit, diplomat, …
Reagan
The Life
Av H. W. Brands
Häftad, 2016
266 kr
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From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War — and "the rare academic historian who can write like a bestselling novelist" ( USA Today )—comes an irresistible portrait of an underestimated politician whose pragmatic leadership and steadfast …
Traitor to His Class
The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2008
236 kr
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER A brilliant evocation of the qualities that made FDR one of the most beloved and greatest of American presidents. Drawing on archival material, public speeches, correspondence and accounts by those closest to Roosevelt early in his career and during his presidency, H. W. Brands …
Man Who Saved the Union
Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2012
233 kr
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From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history. Ulysses Grant rose from …
American Colossus
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2010
252 kr
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In a grand-scale narrative history, the bestselling author of two finalists for the Pulitzer Prize now captures the decades when capitalism was at its most unbridled and a few breathtakingly wealthy businessmen utterly transformed America from an agrarian economy to a world power. The years between …
Reagan
The Life
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2015
160 kr
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From master storyteller and New York Times bestselling Historian H. W. Brands comes the definitive biography of a visionary and transformative president In his magisterial new biography, H. W. Brands brilliantly establishes Ronald Reagan as one of the two great presidents of the twentieth century, …
General vs. the President
MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2016
233 kr
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From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America''s future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent …
Heirs of the Founders
The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
Av H. W. Brands
E-bok, 2018
155 kr
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From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteenth-century America, a new set of political giants battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of our democracy In the early 1800s, three young men strode onto …
America First
Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War
Av H. W. Brands
Inbunden, 2024
403 kr
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American Patriarch
The Life of George Washington
Av H. W. Brands
Inbunden, 2026
378 kr
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From historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands comes an inspiring portrait of George Washington that examines his unrivaled leadership in the birth of America. “With this masterly volume, Brands has further solidified his standing as one of our nation’s greatest historians. American …
