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In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century 16 reviews Andrew Carroll, Robert Torricelli, ...
Washington Square Press, 2000
A Century of Outstanding Spoken Wisdom
+ A Great Resource! + Great Reference of Speeches
In Our Own Words is a treasure of the greatest American speeches of the twentieth century. The greatest minds and their messages have been chronologically compiled bringing us all the wisdom their spoken words have served to alter the course of humanity.
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Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World 132 reviews Margaret Macmillan
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
Paris 1919
+ Paris 1919 + Paris 1919 A contrast to 2007 in a World of One
I picked up this book as next in a series of books looking at why countries go to war. Given Germany's propensity for such since it's unification, this material seems to fit my quest. Summarily this book covers the mood of the times closing out one war and at the same time laying the pretext for ...
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More Unsolved Mysteries of American History 6 reviews Paul Aron
Wiley, 2004
History's Mysteries
+ Clear, Consise, Informative + Clear, Well-Balanced and Fascinating + Extremely fun
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Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis 37 reviews Robert F. Kennedy
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
AS WE APPROACH IN HALF A YEAR THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FBI ASSASSINATION LET US RECALL WHEN WISDOM AND DIPLOMACY RULED
+ Essential study material for all who aspire to be U. S. president + We were in the middle of it + On the precipice of annihilation + Inside look at critical inclusive decision making
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America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S. Engagements from the Fall of Saigon to Baghdad 1 review Peter Huchthausen
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
A fascinating overview of an eventful era in U.S. military history
"America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S. Engagements from the Fall of Saigon to Baghdad," by Peter Huchthausen, is a fascinating guide to a quarter century of American military actions. Starting with the S.S. _Mayaguez_ incident off the coast of Cambodia in 1975, Huchthausen tells ...
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Unsolved Mysteries of History: An Eye-Opening Investigation into the Most Baffling Events of All Time 12 reviews Paul Aron
Wiley, 2001
A Fascinating Tour through World History
+ Only intelligent and curious readers need apply + Thought provoking but... + Very Intriguing
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda 215 reviews Philip Gourevitch
Picador, 1999
Never Again - Again and Again
+ "The Idea is the Crime" + One of the best books I have read in a long time + The best, most educational and most gripping account of the genocide
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Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis 37 reviews Robert F. Kennedy
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
AS WE APPROACH IN HALF A YEAR THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FBI ASSASSINATION LET US RECALL WHEN WISDOM AND DIPLOMACY RULED
+ Essential study material for all who aspire to be U. S. president + We were in the middle of it + On the precipice of annihilation + Inside look at critical inclusive decision making
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda 215 reviews Philip Gourevitch
Picador, 1999
Never Again - Again and Again
+ "The Idea is the Crime" + One of the best books I have read in a long time + The best, most educational and most gripping account of the genocide
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In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century 16 reviews Andrew Carroll, Robert Torricelli, ...
Washington Square Press, 2000
A Century of Outstanding Spoken Wisdom
+ A Great Resource! + Great Reference of Speeches
In Our Own Words is a treasure of the greatest American speeches of the twentieth century. The greatest minds and their messages have been chronologically compiled bringing us all the wisdom their spoken words have served to alter the course of humanity.
If you are looking for a book that is ...
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Unsolved Mysteries of History: An Eye-Opening Investigation into the Most Baffling Events of All Time 12 reviews Paul Aron
Wiley, 2001
A Fascinating Tour through World History
+ Only intelligent and curious readers need apply + Thought provoking but... + Very Intriguing
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America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S. Engagements from the Fall of Saigon to Baghdad 1 review Peter Huchthausen
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
A fascinating overview of an eventful era in U.S. military history
"America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S. Engagements from the Fall of Saigon to Baghdad," by Peter Huchthausen, is a fascinating guide to a quarter century of American military actions. Starting with the S.S. _Mayaguez_ incident off the coast of Cambodia in 1975, Huchthausen tells ...
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Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World 132 reviews Margaret Macmillan
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
Paris 1919
+ Paris 1919 + Paris 1919 A contrast to 2007 in a World of One
I picked up this book as next in a series of books looking at why countries go to war. Given Germany's propensity for such since it's unification, this material seems to fit my quest. Summarily this book covers the mood of the times closing out one war and at the same time laying the pretext for ...
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More Unsolved Mysteries of American History 6 reviews Paul Aron
Wiley, 2004
History's Mysteries
+ Clear, Consise, Informative + Clear, Well-Balanced and Fascinating + Extremely fun
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