Alan Axelrod
Author
Publisher
Sterling, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Gilded Age-- the name coined by Mark Twain to refer to the period of rapid economic growth in America between the 1870s and 1900-- offers some intriguing parallels to our own time. Prolific historian Alan Axelrod tackles this subject in a fresh way, exploring "this intense era in all its dimensions ... This book will reveal it ... as, truly, the overture of the "American Century." He also looks at how it presaged our current era, which many are...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the iconic American general as a controversial tactician whose methods and legacy still evoke heated debates, in an account that evaluates his military innovations and contributions to preparing America's first generation of desert soldiers.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Who are the pivotal figures in American history--the men and women who have helped shape who we are as a people and how we look at ourselves as Americans? Historian Axelrod suggests we can answer this question only after we look with an open mind into all the areas of our collective past. This book highlights the famous as well as the infamous, the virtuous as well as the notorious, from the nation's earliest days to the present. Serving up history...
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A man of omniverous interests, Roosevelt was a "progressive" in social and political issues. He believed wholeheartedly in capitalism, that bold entrepreneurial enterprise and long-established big business were both the great drivers of the American ecomony and American greatness. At the same time, he believed that capitalism must be overseen by the strong stewardship of good government.
Author
Series
Real history volume 5th
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Examines the history of Vietnam leading up to the war, investigates the reasons for the conflict, looks at the war's escalation and progression (or lack thereof), and explores its repercussions then and now"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"What does Charles Darwin have in common with Johannes Gutenberg's or with Jackson Pollock, Martin Luther, Betty Friedan, Steve Jobs, and DJ Kool Herc? They were the disruptors, upending cultural, technical, spiritual, or scientific paradigms and altering the way we live forever. Bestselling author Alan Axelrod presents engaging profiles, accompanied by original line drawings, of 50 visionaries who rewrote the rules. Their innovations range from the...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Immediately after the armistice was signed in November, 1918, an American journalist asked Paul von Hindenburg who won the war against Germany. He was the chief of the German General Staff, co-architect with Erich Ludendorff of Germany's Eastern Front victories and its nearly war-winning Western Front offensives, and he did not hesitate in his answer. "The American infantry," he said. He made it even more specific, telling the reporter that the final...
Author
Publisher
Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
"There is renewed interest in the Nazi Party that ruled Germany as a fascist state from 1933 to 1945 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. However, the events that led to the rise of Nazism-and the near victory of the Axis Powers in World War II-date back to the economics and politics of 1860s Europe" --
(p.99) UNEMPLOYMENT: The German people unquestionaly were looking for salvation...anything to free them from the scourge of joblessness. With...
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