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Week of April 29, 1962

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THE GUNS OF AUGUST
Barbara W. Tuchman
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THE GUNS OF AUGUST

by Barbara W. Tuchman · Charles Scribner's Sons

11 wks on list

"More dramtatic than fiction ... THE GUNS OF AUGUST is a magnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained ... The product of painstaking and sophisticated research." CHICAGO TRIBUNE Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started, why, and why it could have been stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, THE GUNS OF AUGUST will not be forgotten.

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SIX CRISES
Richard Nixon
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SIX CRISES

by Richard Nixon · Doubleday

4 wks on list

His personal reactions to such political events as the Hiss case and the campaign of 1960. For contents, see Author Catalog.

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THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1960
Theodore H. White

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1960

by Theodore H. White · Atheneum

42 wks on list

Analyses the 1960 election when John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States.

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CIA: THE INSIDE STORY
Andrew Tully
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CIA: THE INSIDE STORY

by Andrew Tully · William Morrow and Company

12 wks on list

An important historical overview of the initial years of the CIA following WW II. Its operations and development are carefully scrutinized and comments concerning the CIA's accomplishments and flops are drawn from a wide range of opinions and are studied from both strategic and tactical angles.

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A BRIDGE FOR PASSING
Pearl S. Buck

A BRIDGE FOR PASSING

by Pearl S. Buck · John Day

1 wks on list

The autobiography of Pearl S. Buck. A continuation of her first autobiography, "My Several Worlds."

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.