Dean Acheson
With deft portraits of many world figures, Dean Acheson analyzes the
processes of policy making, the necessity for decision, and the role of
power and initiative in matters of state.More
Richard Aldous
An iconic friendship, an uneasy alliance—a revisionist account of the couple who ended the Cold War.More
Heidi Ardizzone, Earl Lewis
"Too important to be ignored....A fascinating look at America's obsession with race, pride, and privilege."—EssenceMore
Stephen V. Ash
A nearly forgotten Civil War episode is restored to history in this masterful account.More
Edward L. Ayers, Andrew Torget
This selection of documents offers an insightful look at one Northern
and one Southern community only 200 miles apart in the Shenandoah
Valley during the Civil War.More
Edward L. Ayers
Winner of the Bancroft Prize: Through a gripping narrative based on massive new research, a leading historian reshapes our understanding of the Civil War.More
Edward L. Ayers
“An extremely good writer, [Ayers] is well worth reading . . . on the South and Southern history.”—Stephen Sears, Boston GlobeMore
Jean Harvey Baker
"[A] sweeping narrative, beautifully written and scrupulously evenhanded, [that] does full justice to Stevenson and his people. . . . Ambitious, elegiac, and provocative."--Richard Norton Smith, Chicago Tribune, front page reviewMore
Jean Harvey Baker
"Absorbing and convincing ... a major contribution to Lincolniana."—David H. Donald, author of LincolnMore
Jean Harvey Baker, David Herbert Donald, Michael F. Holt
Long considered the standard text in the field, The Civil War and
Reconstruction—originally written by James G. Randall and revised by
David Donald—is now available in a thoroughly revised new edition
prepared by David Donald, Jean H. Baker, and Michael F. Holt.More
John Baskin
In the early 1970s, the quiet Ohio village of New Burlington was abandoned to allow construction of a dam.More
Michael Les Benedict
"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
Peter L. Bernstein
"One corner of the great American panorama enlarged to highlight starry-eyed visionaries, political machinations, indefatigable ingenuity, and cockeyed optimism."—Kirkus ReviewsMore
Michael Bérubé
"A sensitive, sensible, and compelling account of American education at its best."—Philadelphia InquirerMore
John Morton Blum
"A vivid and masterful account of the terrible discord and violence of those years."—C. Vann WoodwardMore