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As a married man and Stanford graduate student nearing thirty, Christopher Donner would likely have qualified for an exemption from the draft. Like most of his generation, however, he responded promptly to the call to arms after Pearl Harbor. His wartime experiences in the Pacific Theater were seared into his consciousness, and in early 1946 he set out to preserve those memories while they were still fresh.

In this bold and provocative book, historian Gregory Smithers investigates how African Americans have narrated, remembered, and represented slave-breeding practices. He argues that while social and economic historians have downplayed the significance of slave breeding, African Americans have refused to forget the violence and sexual coercion associated with the plantation South.

In the summer of 1982, the body of 20-year-old Maggie Hume was found under a pile of blankets in the closet of her apartment. A Catholic school girl and daughter of a local football coach, Maggie had been raped and strangled. It was the only active murder investigation in Battle Creek, Michigan, suggesting the case would be an easy victory for authorities. Plus, they already had two persons of interest on watch.

An NPR Best Book of the Year From an acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer, an “eloquently written, impeccably researched, and intensely moving” (The Wall Street Journal) Civil War biography of Abraham Lincoln’s indispensable Secretary of the Treasury: antislavery leader...

Following the end of the Civil War, Mississippians responded to broader movements in the country, to changes in the economy, and to congressional initiatives as they worked to recover from the devastation of war and pursue new expressions of freedom. Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862-1877 is a compelling account of how Black Mississippians embraced this freedom and how white Mississippians could not.

What if the most infamous murder case of the 1960s was never as simple as America was told? In August 1969, a series of brutal murders shocked Los Angeles and turned Charles Manson into one of the darkest names in American crime. The victims were real people with real lives: Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, Leno LaBianca, Rosemary LaBianca, Gary Hinman, and others caught in the violent orbit of the Manson Family. But the story that followed became something larger than murder. It became a courtroom drama. A Hollywood nightmare. A cult case.

The surprising story of how John F. Kennedy’s obsession with Winston Churchill defined his life, transformed his politics, and helped elevate him to the nation’s highest office. “A fascinating and discerning exploration of how one iconic twentieth-century leader helped shape the rhetoric...

From the foremost scholar of the subject, a groundbreaking history of American involvement in Iraq to the present day Since 1979, the United States has waged at least five wars with or against Iraq. Yet the history of American involvement there has not been told in full, and what has been told...

In this meticulously researched and vividly written account, a prominent historian reclaims a forgotten incident of racial violence in the Jim Crow South. The Rifle and the Plough reconstructs a little-known episode from the summer of 1910, when the Black farming settlement of Sandy Beulah in...

Sex är ett ämne som man spontant kanske inte förknippar med religion. Men sambandet mellan de två företeelserna är starkt. Religionerna har länge format många av de normer och regler som ligger till grund för vår syn på sex än i dag. Ofta har religiösa företrädare haft en negativ...

One decision. One president. One moment that changed history. In Decisions of Consequence, Forrest Tower identifies the single most important decision made by every U.S. president and examines the consequences that shaped America. From George Washington's refusal of monarchical power to Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Franklin D. Roosevelt's entry into World War II, Richard Nixon's resignation, and Joe Biden's decision not to seek reelection, each chapter reveals the pressures, risks, and lasting impact behind history's defining presidential choices.

Bloomsbury presents The Kennedy Half-Century by Larry J. Sabato, read by Christopher Ragland. John F. Kennedy died almost half a century ago, yet because of his extraordinary promise and untimely death, his star still resonates strongly. On the anniversary of his assassination, celebrated...

In Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland, William McCarthy presents a groundbreaking study centered on the history of Disneyland and Disney theme park enthusiasts. Focusing on two unexplored yet interconnected phenomena—the dynamic relationship between the...

Courage has long been a favorite theme of philosophers, generals, and poets alike. A fundamental virtue since ancient times, courage is perhaps most readily identified with military exploits. But what does courage mean beyond the battlefield? And what do traditional ideals of bravery, dedication...

För dig som tycker om historia. För dig som är nyfiken på en del av historien som det sällan berättats om. Kvinnohistorien. Målande, nästintill skönlitterärt berättad och samtidigt en faktaåtergivande vandring genom årtusenden. Forntida kvinnor jägare, vikingahustru, prästinna...

Vinnare av Pulitzerpriset I den här storslagna biografin skildrar Jonathan Eig medborgarrättsikonen Martin Luther King Jr. som en stor tänkare, en skicklig strateg och aktivist som ledde en av historiens största rörelser, och vars krav på etnisk och social rättvisa är lika aktuella idag...

In Racial Minorities, historian Geroid Tanquary Robinson examines race relations in the United States through the experiences of Black Americans, Native Americans, Jewish Americans, and Asian Americans. Writing in 1922, Robinson challenges the then-common claim that racial prejudice can be...

This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines a pivotal event of the civil rights movement—the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till—“and demands that we do the one vital thing we aren’t often enough asked to do with history: learn from it” (The Atlantic). * A New York Times Notable...

A New York Times bestseller, Jeff Guinn’s definitive, myth-busting account of the most famous gunfight in American history reveals who Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons and McLaurys really were and what the shootout was all about—“the most thorough account of the gunfight and its...

Nebraska has spent most of American history being underestimated. Flat, boring, forgettable. Flyover country. Which is impressive, considering Nebraska helped feed the nation, fuel westward expansion, shape the Populist movement, host the command center for America’s nuclear arsenal, and quietly become one of the most important agricultural regions on Earth.