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Norton Essays in American History

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  1. Book ImageEisenhower and Berlin, 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe

    Stephen E. Ambrose

    Paperback

    In the final months of World War II, with the Allied forces streaming into Germany on two fronts, a major decision had to be made: where to draw a stop line to prevent an accidental clash between the Russian and the Anglo-American armies.More

  2. Book ImageThe Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson

    Michael Les Benedict

    Paperback

    "The definitive account of Andrew Johnson's impeachment and of the dramatic events that first put a president on trial before the Senate." - Eric FonerMore

  3. Book ImageOn Every Front: The Making and Unmaking of the Cold War

    Thomas G. Paterson

    Paperback

    Revised Edition

    How and why did the Cold War begin? How and why did it end? What will its end mean for international relations?More

  4. Book ImageA New England Town: The First Hundred Years

    Kenneth A. Lockridge

    Paperback

    Enlarged Edition

    In his highly original and controversial study. Professor Lockridge traces the origins of Dedham, Massachusetts, carefully examining its establishment as a utopia in 1636, the changes that occurred during the first four generations of its settlement, and the kind of community it had become by the mid-eighteenth century.More

  5. Book ImageDeliver Us from Evil: An Interpretation of American Prohibition

    Norman H. Clark

    Paperback

    This book traces the efforts of American society to legislate protective barriers against on of its most public devastations—drunkenness.More

  6. Book ImageDiplomacy for Victory: FDR and Unconditional Surrender

    Raymond G. O'Connor

    Paperback

    In January of 1943, at Casablanca, Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a statement to the press which became a guiding policy of Allied Diplomacy in the Second World War.More

  7. Book ImageThe Jacksonian Economy

    Peter Temin

    Paperback

    During the age of Jackson the nation experienced one of the worst depressions in its history.More

  8. Book ImageThe Great Bull Market: Wall Street in the 1920s

    Robert Sobel

    Paperback

    Wall Street and the stock market were major symbols of the 1920s, and the great crash was considered the end of that era. It is surprising, therefore, that little intensive study has been given to the bull market of the period.More

  9. Book ImageAndrew Jackson and the Bank War

    Robert V. Remini

    Paperback

    One of the most controversial issues during the presidency of Andrew Jackson centered around the future of the Second Bank of the United States.More