books about: 1945-1965     books:       Porsche 911 Red Book: 1965-1999 (Red Books)8 reviews Patrick Paternie Motorbooks International, 2000 Ultimate 911 Shopping Guide I am currently in the process of buying my first 911 and a book like this is absolutely essential. The 911 is one of those unique cars that comes in so many variations that it is almost impossible to know all the vital statistics of every variant. This Redbook distills the myriad of information out there into once concise source. If the 911 you are shopping for, isn't in the Redbook, then it ...             Summons of Trumpet: U.S.-Vietnam in Perspective15 reviews Dave R. Palmer Presidio Press, 1995 Excellent overview of Vietnam War Palmer's book was one on the first I have ever read on Vietnam, and remains one of the best. It is mostly concerned with overall strategy and campaigns; less with individual battles and operations. The book severely criticizes the Johnson Administration (with a particular venom for Robert McNamara) but is much more positive about Nixon. The author's attitude towards the South Vietnamese ...             A Gathering of Fugitives: American Political Expatriates in Mexico 1948-19654 reviews Diana Anhalt Archer Books, 2001 Strangers in a Strange Land We've heard about the Hollywood Ten and other Communists and those suspected of Communist activities who sought haven in Mexico in the 1950s. What happened to these people and their families as they struggled to earn a living in an alien culture, always fearful of being deported? Diana Anhalt, who was 10 years old when her parents left the Bronx for Mexico City, has tracked down many of these ...             Americans in Kodachrome 1945-19654 reviews Guy Stricherz Twin Palms Publishers, 2002 A "Must-Have" picture book for any American! I have had the great privilege of seeing this project from conceptual stages through it's fruition in the form of this wonderful book and the amazing collection of images assembled by Guy Stricherz therein. Not only have I been able to see many of the original transparencies, themselves, as well as some of the tens of thousands of images from various amateur archives from which these images were ...             Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam10 reviews Fredrik Logevall University of California Press, 1999 Choosing War Not only is Professor Logevall an excellent historian...he is an excellent teacher as well! I have taken one of his classes at UC Santa Barbara; they are the best and most popular classes on campus.             A Life in a Year : The American Infantryman in Vietnam, 1965-197210 reviews James R. Ebert Presidio Press, 1993 What it was like in 'Nam So, you would like to know what it was like to serve in Vietnam? Well, here is a comprehensive guide to the Veitnam Conflict. High school teacher James R. Ebert tells us in the forward to his book that he became interested in the War because of his brother-in-law, who was a vetern. Afterward Ebert went out and interveiwed some sixty or seventy Vietnam vets, mostly from the Army and Marine ...             Backfire: A History of How American Culture Led Us into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did7 reviews Loren Baritz William Morrow & Co, 1985 Hard book to put down This is a remarkable book that I found very hard to put down. If you are interested in discovering why we went to war, and how we lost it, Backfire if for you. The author avoids the usual mantra of both the left and the right and gives us what may be the most comprehensive analysis of this war written to date. Although I will take issue with some of the authors assumptions, this book should ...             Sideshow13 reviews William Shawcross Touchstone, 1987 History to be reviewed over and over again Shawcross gets into the minds of Kissinger and Nixon so well. His is a book to be read over and over again to see the working of the U.S. Government and how it can destroy a country. He talks about the 25 pound shark at the bottom of a swimming pool full of children -- and we understand how the USA's leaders destroyed a country. It is a lesson to be learned over and over again as we go about ...             Their Finest Hour (The Second World War)10 reviews Winston, Sir Churchill Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981 The best of the series "Their Finest Hour" is in my opinion the apex of Churchill's 6-volume series on World War II. It tells the tale of the perilous Battle of Britain. At this stage in the war, victory was anything but certain for the United Kingdom, which struggled against the Nazi menace alone. Like the rest of "The Second World War," the tale is told from the vantage point of Great Britain's indefatigable Prime ...             The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam During the Kennedy Era5 reviews Singal Daniel Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007 required reading Before reading this book, my knowledge of the Vietnam war was limited to the movies I had seen on the subject, until recently when a friend recommended this book to me after a brief discussion of the war, its political agenda and its intrigue. Making of a quagmire is an extensive and thourough account of the events in 1961 and 1962 that lead to the eventual full american involvemnt in ...             Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster2 reviews J. Millard Burr, Robert O. Collins Markus Wiener Publishers, 2006 Back Cover Text Images of the genocide in Darfur have shocked the Western world: Upwards of 300,000 of its inhabitants have died, and another 2.5 million have become refugees. Those affected by the violence are estimated at almost 4 million, 700,000 of whom are now beyond the reach of humanitarian assistance. These are staggering numbers, and the fractious insurgent groups involved-- Islamist Arab tribal ...             The Informant: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo4 reviews Yale University Press, 2005 A Dark Chapter of the FBI's Past Forty years ago, a civil rights movement grew in the south that was opposed by white supremacists who thought blacks should not have equal opportunities in shopping, dining, transportation, and education, and who were ready to use violence to maintain segregation. The murder in Alabama of white civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo on 25 March 1965 got the immediate attention of the nation, and of ...             The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Krushchev, 1960-19632 reviews Michael R. Beschloss Perennial, 1992 Simply Superlative Over a decade has passed since "The Crisis Years" was published. Since then, additional details about The Cuban Missile Crisis as well as JFK's personal life have floated into public view. Yet, despite the availability of this "new" information, even a cursory re-reading of excerpts from "The Crisis Years" confirms how accurate, comprehensive and riveting this account of two Cold War titans ...             The Castro Obsession: U.S. Covert Operations in Cuba, 1959-19653 reviews Don Bohning Potomac Books Inc., 2005 The Mystery of Cuba Now at about 75 years old, Fidel Castro is in ailing health. Cuba's economy, as with most of the communist centrally planned economies, is at subsistence level. Average annual per capita income is about $1,500 per person. But still it survives. Two new books go a long ways towards explaining why. Don Bohning's "The Castro Obsession", talks about the secret (and not so secret) operations ...             Churchill (Life & Times) (Life&Times)2 reviews Sebastian Haffner, Peter Hennessy, ... Haus Publishing, 2003 A powerfully written and informative biography This powerfully written and informative biography of Winston Churchill tells the story of a monumental British figure who was to influenced the world of the 20th Century. European journalist and Churchill biographer Sebastian Haffner was one of the foremost figures in European writing and influenced Churchill's policy towards Germany and the Nazis. In this major examination of Churchill's life ...             Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950-19653 reviews Caroline A. Jones University of California Press, 1989 You really should buy this book I had the opportunity to see this show in Philadelphia and it absolutely blew me away. Not only does it include Richard Diebenkorn's best work, but it also includes work by Paul Wonner, Elmer Bischoff, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliveira and David Park (among others). I have drawn endless inspiration from this book and you most likely will too.             Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life (Problems in American History)4 reviews Robert Buzzanco Blackwell Publishers, 1999 Review of Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life designates the aspects of the Vietnam War as well as the political and social movements of the American people during the 1960's. Dr. Buzzanco's main thesis that he is trying to convey is divided into two parts, the Vietnam War and the issues of the 1960's. His first theme on the Vietnam War subject is the United States after World War II tried ...             Clymer Honda: 50-110Cc Ohc Singles 1965-19992 reviews Primedia, 2000 Finally information on servicing a 50-110cc Honda bike There is finally a saviour to us millions of owners of single cylinder OHC Honda engines and bikes. Clymer have produced a book with a wealth of information on every Honda unit (as best I can tell) for the last 35 years. Regardless of wether you want information in regards to general service or for a complete overhaul this will have it. Wether you have the original manuals or not you will require ...             American Dreams and Nazi Nightmares: Early Holocaust Consciousness and Liberal America, 1957-1965 (Brandeis ...2 reviews Kirsten Fermaglich Brandeis, 2006 Draws Very Intriguing Connections In four brief, well-researched chapters, Fermaglich shows how Stanley Elkins on slave personality, Betty Friedan on oppressed women, Stanley Milgram on obedience to authority, and Robert Jay Lifton on the psychology of survivors, drew an analogy between the Nazi experience and aspects of American society. Moreover, she demonstrates how these analogies, such as Freidan's between the concentration ...             Vietnam: The Valor and the Sorrow4 reviews Thomas D. Boettcher Little Brown and Company, 1985 Vietnam: The Valor and the Sorrow Those who intend to read only one book about Vietnam should read this one. The author covers this disaster with a unique insight into the flawed decision-making processes of otherwise intelligent bureaucrats who failed to understand the complexity of the situation. War games prior to our massive air campaign had predicted the eventual tragic outcome, yet the results were completely ignored. A ...              search for books 1945-1965, 1948-1965, 1950-1965, 1957-1965, 1959-1965, 1960-1963, 1965-1972, 1965-1999, americans, backfire, churchill, consciousness, disaster, escalation, expatriates, figurative, fugitives, gathering, holocaust, infantryman, informant, kodachrome, krushchev, nightmares, obsession, operations, perspective, political, sideshow, transformation books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen VHS: Asterix in Britain Impressum - about us get your own free tagboard