The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made 1541736486, 9781541736481

Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made 9781250274700, 2022045421, 9781250274694

Drawing on new materials, Unlikely Heroes constructs an entirely fresh understanding of FDR and his presidency by spotli

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Britain’s War at Sea, 1914-1918: The War They Thought and the War They Fought 1472426274, 9781472426277

In Britain, memory of the First World War remains dominated by the trench warfare of the Western Front. Yet, in 1914 whe

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The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World 9781400884254

This panoramic book tells the story of how revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment about freedom, equality, evolution

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The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World That He Made 9781782391425

The Prince, a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli, is widely

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Supreme Court justices in the post-Bork era: confirmation politics and judicial performance 0820456837, 9780820456836

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The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made [Paperback ed.] 1476728828, 9781476728827

With a new introduction by the authors, this is the classic account of the American statesmen who rebuilt the world afte

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The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made 0671504657, 9780671504656

s/t: Acheson, Bohlen, Harriman, Kennan, Lovett, McCloy A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The W

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How They Won the War in the Pacific: Nimitz And His Admirals 0762772859, 9780762772858

More than 70 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, this is the classic book about the principal architects of victory

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The World the Cold War Made 9780415908214, 0415908205, 0415908213

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The Constrained Court: Law, Politics, and the Decisions Justices Make [Course Book ed.] 9781400840267

How do Supreme Court justices decide their cases? Do they follow their policy preferences? Or are they constrained by th

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