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Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
by Jennet Conant
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by Robert M. Edsel
Published Feb 2014
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by David John
Published Jun 2013
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by Lauren Belfer
Published Apr 2011
Read ReviewsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of City of Light comes a compelling, richly detailed tale of passion and intrigue set in New York City during the tumultuous early days of World War II.
by Peter Carlson
Published Jul 2010
Read ReviewsThis hilarious account of Khrushchev's 1959 U.S. tour is also a supremely entertaining evocation of the history and atmosphere of Cold War America
by Alex Von Tunzelmann
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsThe stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, liberated 400 million people from the British Empire. With the loss of India, its greatest colony, Britain ceased to be a superpower, and its king ceased to sign himself Rex Imperator. This is the remarkable story of the events surrounding this transition.
by Simon Berthon, Joanna Potts
Published Apr 2007
Read ReviewsA fascinating "you-are-there" look at World War II through the lives of Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, told on a day-by-day, even hour-by-hour basis, affording unparalleled insights into parallel actions.
by Michael Beschloss
Published Oct 2003
Read ReviewsReveals one of the most important stories of World War II. As Allied soldiers fought the Nazis, Franklin Roosevelt and, later, Harry Truman fought in private with Churchill and Stalin over how to ensure that Germany could never threaten the world again.
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