History Pack 2 (Retail ePub)

Part 2 of the History pack from Demonoid.

Affection and Trust: The Personal Correspondence of Harry S. Truman and Dean Acheson, 1953-1971
Published for the first time: the personal letters of President Harry S. Truman and his secretary of state, Dean Acheson, from 1953, the year when both were newly out of office, until Acheson's death at the age of 78 in 1971.

Behind the Berlin Wall: East Germany and the Frontiers of Power by Patrick Major
Few historical changes occur literally overnight, but on 13 August 1961 eighteen million East Germans awoke to find themselves walled in by an edifice which was to become synonymous with the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. This new history rejects traditional, top-down approaches to Cold War politics, exploring instead how the border closure affected ordinary East Germans.

Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire by Judith Herrin
In a concise and compelling account, Herrin focuses each short chapter around a theme such as a building (the great church of Hagia Sophia), luxury silks, iconoclasm, the fork, the crusades, or an individual, using them to take the reader on a journey from ancient to medieval times.

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary
A sweeping narrative history by the acclaimed author of "West of Kabul, East of New York" illuminates how Muslims have seen the history of the world--and what western world history leaves out.

Empire Lost: Britain, the Dominions and the Second World War by Andrew Stewart
This fascinating book explores British imperial unity at the outbreak of the Second World War and how this ultimately led to its own dissolution in post-war years.

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Weatherford resurrects the true history of Genghis Khan, from the story of his relentless rise through Mongol tribal culture to the waging of his devastatingly successful wars and the explosion of civilization that the Mongol Empire unleashed.

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll
From Steve Coll, the managing editor of The Washington Post, comes this news-breaking account of the CIAUs involvement in the covert wars in Afghanistan that fueled Islamic militancy and gave rise to bin Laden's al Quaeda.

The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848 by Niall Ferguson
In his rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family, Oxford scholar and bestselling author Niall Ferguson uncovers the secrets behind the family's phenomenal economic success. of color photos.

House of Rothschild, the Vol 2: The World's Banker 1848-1999 by Niall Ferguson
An Oxford Historian, journalist, bestselling author, and the first scholar to be granted unrestricted access to all the surviving historical archives continues and concludes his myth-breaking portrait of one of the most fascinating and powerful families of modern times.

Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused by Mike Dash
In 1630s' Holland thousands of people, from the wealthiest merchants to the lowest street traders, were caught up in a frenzy of buying and selling. The object of the speculation was not oil or gold, but the tulip, a delicate and exotic bloom that had just arrived from the east. Mike Dash recreates this bizarre episode in European history, separating myth from reality.

White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple unearths such colourful figures as 'Hindoo Stuart', who travelled with his own team of Brahmins to maintain his templeful of idols; and Sir David Auchterlony, who took all 13 of his Indian wives out for evening promenades, each on the back of their own elephant. In "White Mughals", William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of seduction and betrayal.


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