Four Hats in the Ring

The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics

by Lewis Gould

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Publisher: Univ. Press of Kansas

Publication date: April 09, 2008

A superbly detailed account that brings to life one of the greatest battles of American political history.

LIFE: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Charles Johnson

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Publisher: Time Inc.

Publication date: November 01, 2008

In this magnificent portrait of the most pivotal figure of the Civil Rights movement, Martin Luther King’s journey unfolds in dramatic detail through every important photo that was ever taken of him.

The Rise and Fall of Communism

by Archie Brown

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Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Publication date: June 01, 2009

An erudite look at a system of government that was (and is) more complex, dynamic and varied than is often assumed.

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Packing the Court

The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court

by James MacGregor Burns

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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd.

Publication date: June 29, 2009

An illuminating critique of how the Supreme Court has come to wield more power than the Founding Fathers ever intended.

Kissinger

1973, The Crucial Year

by Alistair Horne

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Publication date: June 16, 2009

The year 1973 in the career of Henry Kissinger, when his Cold War foreign-policy efforts were threatened by Watergate.

The Eccentric Realist

Henry Kissinger and the Shaping of American Foreign Policy

by Mario Del Pero

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Publisher: Cornell University Press

Publication date: October 01, 2009

This astute look at Henry Kissinger questions depictions of the statesman as the quintessential foreign policy realist.

The Teapot Dome Scandal

How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country

by Laton McCartney

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Publisher: RH Trade Publishing/Div. of Random Hous

Publication date: February 12, 2008

The only complete treatment of the 1922 Teapot Dome Scandal, which forever tarnished the legacy of Warren G. Harding.

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The Ascent of George Washington

The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon

by John Ferling

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Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Publication date: June 01, 2009

Historian John Ferling takes issue with the traditional portrayal of George Washington as a stoic leader who stood above the fray of partisan politics, instead revealing him as an ambitious and skilled politician.

The Forty Years War

The Rise and Fall of the Neocons, from Nixon to Obama

by Len Colodny

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Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Publication date: December 08, 2009

A history of neoconservatism—from the neocons’ role in Richard Nixon’s downfall to their ascension under George W. Bush.

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Abigail & John

by Edith Gelles

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Publisher: William Morrow & Co, Inc/Imp of Har.

Publication date: April 14, 2009

This double biography of John and Abigail Adams views the birth of America through the lens of one extraordinary couple.