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History and Current Events November 2017
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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A compelling portrait of the historic Barack Obama era, combining new and annotated essays from the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me, includes the articles, "Fear of a Black President" and "The Case for Reparations" as well as two new pieces on the Obama administration and what is coming next.
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What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism
by Dan Rather
The Emmy Award-winning veteran journalist shares passionate essays about what it means to be an American and the relevance of patriotism in today's world, exploring subjects ranging from the institutions that support the nation, major events from that past half century and how the country can better unite to secure a collective future.
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| The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide by Gary Jonathan BassIn this award-winning account, Princeton University professor Gary Bass details a 1971 genocide in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Drawing on extensive research, including President Richard Nixon's White House recordings, Bass renders a powerful indictment of Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who preferred, during the Cold War, to align with authoritarian Pakistan against democratic, liberal India (supported by the Soviet Union). Despite outcries from State Department Officials and others, they refused to acknowledge or take action against the atrocities in East Pakistan. In The Blood Telegram, Bass "holds these leaders to a much-needed reckoning" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book by Peter FinnDoctor Zhivago, a novel published in translation during the late 1950s by Russian author Boris Pasternak, created a sensation in the West with its negative depiction of the Russian Revolution. The CIA recognized that the book could promote anticommunist sentiment within the Soviet Union, so they arranged to produce copies of the banned original Russian text and sneak them into Russia. The Zhivago Affair relates the exciting story of the book-smuggling, the severe consequences for Pasternak and his family, and the international controversy over the novel. |
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| The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E. HoffmanIn 1978, at the height of the Cold War, Adolf Tolkachev, a Soviet military engineer, began passing details of the USSR's technological developments to an American CIA agent in Moscow. Tolkachev's information allowed the U.S. to match and surpass Soviet weapons development, justifying the astronomical sums the CIA paid him. In this riveting, well-researched book, author David Hoffman traces the heart-stopping risks that marked both Tolkachev's activities and those of the CIA. The Billion Dollar Spy brings Tolkachev to life while revealing some of the most significant -- and dangerous -- intelligence gathering of the era. |
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| The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men by Eric LichtblauWidely acknowledged to have been part of an anticommunist Cold War strategy, the CIA's quietly executed project dubbed "Paperclip" brought a few German scientists to the U.S. to aid in American weaponry and rocket development. However, recent discoveries reveal that much larger numbers of Nazis (perhaps 10,000) immigrated to the U.S. with the government's assistance. In The Nazis Next Door, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Lichtblau chronicles American policy regarding Holocaust collaborators over several decades. This "riveting account" is an "essential" book for Cold War buffs, according to Library Journal. |
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| Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World by Evan ThomasIn Ike's Bluff, acclaimed journalist Evan Thomas dissects President Dwight Eisenhower's strategy of ambiguity about the use of atomic weapons. Concealing his keen tactical thinking behind an affable and sometimes bumbling manner, Eisenhower kept the Chinese and Soviet leadership of the early 1950s on edge while restraining the hawks in his administration who were in favor of nuclear strikes. Thomas details Eisenhower's policy moves and vividly depicts his temperament, persuasively arguing that his approach prevented World War III. |
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