Lien-Hang T. Nguyen

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam

While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of U.S. involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes the reader from the marshy swamps of the Mekong Delta to the bomb-saturated Red River Delta, from the corridors of power in Hanoi and Saigon to the Nixon White House, and from the peace negotiations in Paris to high-level meetings in Beijing and Moscow, all to reveal that peace never had a chance in Vietnam. Hanoi's War renders transparent the internal workings of America's most elusive enemy during the Cold War and shows that the war fought during the peace negotiations was bloodier and much more wide ranging than it had been previously. Using never-before-seen archival materials from the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as materials from other archives around the world, Nguyen explores the politics of war-making and peace-making not only from the North Vietnamese perspective but also from that of South Vietnam, the Soviet Union, China, and the United States, presenting a uniquely international portrait.

Hanoi's War

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Mary Lynn Rampolla

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

History

An essential writing, reading, and research tool for all history students, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History offers a best-selling combination of concise yet comprehensive advice in a portable and accessible format. This quick-reference guide provides a practical introduction to typical history assignments, exercising critical reading skills, evaluating and documenting sources, writing effective history papers, conducting research, and avoiding plagiarism. Building on its time-tested approach, the seventh edition offers expanded, hands-on guidance for writing and researching in the digital age, and additional coverage on working with primary and secondary sources.

A Pocket Guide to Writing in History

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Kevin J. Cooney

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Provides a detailed assessment of Japan's foreign policy since 1945, including policy options and choices that Japan faces in the twenty-first century. Using information based on interviews with policymakers in Japan, this text provides an insight into Japan's foreign policy options and analyzes the nation's role in international affairs.

Japan's Foreign Policy Since 1945

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Stefan Tanaka

Rendering Pasts into History

Winner of the John K. Fairbank Prize, American Historical Association. Examines how late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese historians created the equivalent of an 'Orient' for their new nation state

Japan's Orient

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John Burrow

Epics, Chronicles, and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present. With a light step and graceful narrative, he gathers together over 2,500 years of the moments and decisions that have helped create Western identity. This unique approach is an incredible lens with which to view the past. Standing alone in its ambition, scale and fascination, Burrow's history of history is certain to stand the test of time.

A History of Histories

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Chang Jae Baik

Jorge i. Domínguez

Yong-Sup Han

Sung Gul Hong

Paul D. Hutchcroft

Hyug Baeg Im

Byung-joon Jun

Eun Mee Kim

Hyung-A Kim

Joo Hong Kim

Taehyun Kim

Yong-Jick Kim

Jung-Hoon Lee

Min Yong Lee

Nae-Young Lee

Young Jo Lee

Seok-jin Lew

Chung-in Moon

Gregory W. Noble

Gil-Sung Park

Myung-Lim Park

Sang-young Rhyu

The Transformation of South Korea

In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee's presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited with modernizing South Korea, but at a huge political and social cost. South Korea's political landscape under Park defies easy categorization. The state was predatory yet technocratic, reform-minded yet quick to crack down on dissidents in the name of political order. The nation was balanced uneasily between opposition forces calling for democratic reforms and the Park government's obsession with economic growth. The chaebol (a powerful conglomerate of multinationals based in South Korea) received massive government support to pioneer new growth industries, even as a nationwide campaign of economic shock therapy-interest hikes, devaluation, and wage cuts-met strong public resistance and caused considerable hardship. This landmark volume examines South Korea's era of development as a study in the complex politics of modernization. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources in both English and Korean, these essays recover and contextualize many of the ambiguities in South Korea's trajectory from poverty to a sustainable high rate of economic growth.

The Park Chung Hee Era

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Peter Duus

The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910

"This is a major historical work that, in the field of Japanese imperialism, will set a standard for careful and comprehensive analysis. The Abacus and the Sword is the handiwork of a master historian."—Mark R. Peattie, author of Nan'yo: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885-1945 "This book . . . deserves a wide readership, especially among East Asia history specialists, for it represents difficult and complex scholarship at its best. . . . It is clear from an analysis of his documentation that he put solid study into the Japan-Korea relationship problem, one of the most complex in modern East Asian history—the equivalent perhaps of the English-Irish relationship in Western History. . . . This book is . . . well worth reading, not only for East Asian specialists but for anyone fascinated by the mysteries of history." Hilary Conroy, American Academy of Political Science

The Abacus and the Sword

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Bao Ninh

A Novel of North Vietnam

In a novel of the Vietnam War, told from the North Vietnamese point of view, Kien narrates his memories of his youth, the war, and his attempts to cope with the horrors of war and his own survival

The Sorrow of War

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Herbert Walther

Ward Rutherford

S. L. Mayer

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The Life and Times of Adolf Hitler

Der Fuhrer

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C. R. Williams

C. R. Williams

@profcwill

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