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36 Days: The Complete Chronicle of the 2000 Presidential Election Crisis

Provides a day-by-day summary of events during the post-election fight for the White House, beginning with the television networks who prematurely declared a winner in Florida and ending with the U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended the recount and decided the presidency.

By Douglas Brinkley (editor) and New York Times Company

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9780805068504 | 1 edition (Times Books, February 1, 2001), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Provides a day-by-day summary of events during the post-election fight for the White House, beginning with the television networks who prematurely declared a winner in Florida and ending with the U.

American Heritage History of the United States

An authoritative companion book to The American Heritage New History of the Civil War surveys the whole history of the United States through more than 720 photographs and illustrations, many in full color, and twenty-two maps. 40,000 first printing. Tour. (view table of contents)

By Douglas Brinkley

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Hardcover:

9780670869664 | Viking Pr, November 1, 1998, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Surveys the whole history of the United States and includes hundreds of photographs and illustrations

Argentina: What Went Wrong

By Douglas Brinkley (foreword by) and Colin M. MacLachlan

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Hardcover:

9780275990763 | Praeger Pub Text, April 30, 2006, cover price $55.00

The Atlantic Charter

By Douglas Brinkley (editor) and David R. Facey-Crowther (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780312089306 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 15, 1994, cover price $125.00

The Boys Of Pointe Du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-day, And The U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion

Draws on recently released documents from the Reagan Library archive to provide an in-depth account of the D-Day activities of the elite U.S. Army 2nd Rangers, recounting how they defended themselves for two days against Nazi counterattacks, in a volume that then describes President Reagan's fortieth-anniversary speech that commended their achievements. Reprint.

By Douglas Brinkley

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9780060565305 | Reprint edition (Perennial, June 1, 2006), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Draws on recently released documents from the Reagan Library archive to provide an in-depth account of the D-Day activities of the elite U.

9780060759346 | Large print edition (Harpercollins, June 1, 2005), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Draws on recently released documents from the Reagan Library archive to provide an in-depth account of the D-Day activities of the elite U.

The Boys Of Pointe Du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-day, and the U.s. Army 2nd Ranger Battallion

By Douglas Brinkley

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9780060759599 | Unabridged edition (Harperaudio, June 1, 2005), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Relates the D-Day activities of the elite U.

The Boys Of Pointe Du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, And The U.S. Army 2nd Rangers Battalion

By Douglas Brinkley and Ronald Reagan

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Hardcover:

9780060565275 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 2005, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Relates the D-Day activities of the elite U.

Cronkite

By Douglas Brinkley

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Hardcover:

9780061374265 | Harpercollins, May 29, 2012, cover price $34.99

Paperback:

9780061374272 | Reprint edition (Perennial, May 21, 2013), cover price $19.99 | also contains Cronkite

9780062002433 | Lgr edition (Harpercollins, June 19, 2012), cover price $34.99

Dean Acheson and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy

Product Description: President Truman's Secretary of State (1949-53), Dean Acheson was a crucial figure in the shaping of the postwar world. In an astonishingly creative and demanding tenure Acheson was involved to a degree seldom realized today in a huge range of issues: from the creation of NATO to the Korean War...read more

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9780333567357 | Palgrave Macmillan, February 9, 1993, cover price $189.00 | About this edition: President Truman's Secretary of State (1949-53), Dean Acheson was a crucial figure in the shaping of the postwar world.

9780312050160 | Palgrave Macmillan, February 1, 1993, cover price $189.00 | About this edition: President Truman's Secretary of State (1949-53), Dean Acheson was a crucial figure in the shaping of the postwar world.

Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years 1953-71

Describes Acheson's life and career during the period he served as an advisor to the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations, and looks at his influence on American foreign policy after his term as Secretary of State

By Douglas Brinkley

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Hardcover:

9780300047738, titled "Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, 1953-71" | Yale Univ Pr, November 1, 1992, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Describes Acheson's life and career during the period he served as an advisor to the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations, and looks at his influence on American foreign policy after his term as Secretary of State

Paperback:

9780300060751 | Reissue edition (Yale Univ Pr, August 1, 1994), cover price $42.00

Douglas Brinkley on the March on Washington

By Douglas Brinkley

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Hardcover:

9780471420118 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, February 4, 2009, cover price $22.95

Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal

The World War II American secretary of the navy and later Cold War strategist is reveals as a brilliant but troubled man in this hard-hitting biography of a great American. Winner of the 1992 Roosevelt Naval History Prize. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By Douglas Brinkley and Townsend Hoopes

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Hardcover:

9780394577616 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 1, 1992, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A biography of the founder of the U.

Paperback:

9781557503343 | Reprint edition (Naval Inst Pr, September 1, 2000), cover price $36.95 | About this edition: The World War II American secretary of the navy and later Cold War strategist is reveals as a brilliant but troubled man in this hard-hitting biography of a great American.

9780679727217 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, December 1, 1993), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A haunting portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the mid-twentieth century, this biography takes a penetrating look at James Forrestal's life and work.

Etched in Stone: Enduring Words from Our Nation's Monuments

Traces the history of the United States through the words of its people as found engraved on monuments across the country, in a four-part, illustrated volume that includes such sections as 'In Praise of Public Lives,' 'Ordinary Heroes,' 'Bearing Witness,' and 'A More Perfect Union.' 25,000 first printing.

By Douglas Brinkley (foreword by), Ryan Coonerty and Carol M. Highsmith (photographer)

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9781426200267 | Natl Geographic Society, March 20, 2007, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Depicts monuments and their often poignant inscriptions from across the United States, which call attention to and honor the people, organizations, and events that have played a significant role in the history of the nation.

FDR and the Creation of the U.N

By Douglas Brinkley and Townsend Hoopes

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Hardcover:

9780300069303 | Yale Univ Pr, April 1, 1997, cover price $50.00

Paperback:

9780300085532 | Yale Univ Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $32.00

Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968-1976

Letters spanning the years between 1968 and 1976 highlight the author's biting wit, scary powers of observation, and encounters with such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut.

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9780684873152 | Simon & Schuster, November 1, 2000, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Letters spanning the years between 1968 and 1976 highlight the author's biting wit, scary powers of observation, and encounters with such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut.

Paperback:

9780684873169 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, December 1, 2001), cover price $19.00 | About this edition: Letters spanning the years between 1968 and 1976 highlight the author's biting wit, scary powers of observation, and encounters with such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781482998382, titled "Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, 1968-1976" | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 15, 2014), cover price $64.95

Gerald R. Ford

A biography of the first president to be sworn into office as a result of his predecessor's resignation.

By Douglas Brinkley

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Hardcover:

9780805069099 | Times Books, February 6, 2007, cover price $33.00 | About this edition: A biography of the first president to be sworn into office as a result of his predecessor's resignation.

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, And the Mississippi Gulf Coast

An account of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it left in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast documents the events and repercussions of the tragedy and its aftermath and the ongoing crisis confronting the region.

By Douglas Brinkley

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Hardcover:

9780061124235 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: An account of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it left in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast documents the events and repercussions of the tragedy and its aftermath and the ongoing crisis confronting the region.

Paperback:

9780061148491 | Perennial, August 1, 2007, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: An account of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it left in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast documents the events and repercussions of the tragedy and its aftermath and the ongoing crisis confronting the region.

9780125093651, titled "Advanced File Maker Pro 4.0 Developer's Guide" | Morgan Kaufmann Pub, May 1, 2000, cover price $49.95 | also contains Advanced File Maker Pro 4.0 Developer''s Guide

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9780061128943 | Abridged edition (Harperaudio, June 1, 2006), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: An account of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it left in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast documents the events and repercussions of the tragedy and its aftermath and the ongoing crisis confronting the region.

Iraq and Afghanistan: State and Dod Should Ensure Interagency Acquistions Are Effectively Managemed and Comply With Fiscal Law

By Government Accountability Office (corporate author)

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Paperback:

9781492992769 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 18, 2013, cover price $14.10

Jean Monnet: The Path to European Unity

Product Description: "Jean Monnet: the path to European unity" is a collection of essays, first-hand accounts and critical commentaries about one of the key architects of a united Europe. Close friends who supported Monnet's goals of a European community in partnership with the United States are balanced by those whose affection for the French citizen of action did not extend to complete acceptance of his views of a supra-national Europe...read more

By Douglas Brinkley and Clifford Hackett (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780312047733 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 15, 1991, cover price $120.00 | About this edition: "Jean Monnet: the path to European unity" is a collection of essays, first-hand accounts and critical commentaries about one of the key architects of a united Europe.

Paperback:

9780312086084 | Palgrave Macmillan, October 15, 1992, cover price $47.00 | About this edition: "Jean Monnet: the path to European unity" is a collection of essays, first-hand accounts and critical commentaries about one of the key architects of a united Europe.

Jimmy Carter: The Triumph and the Turmoil

An illuminating portrait of the former president follows the life and achievements of Jimmy Carter in the post-presidential period, detailing his new roles as diplomat and social activist and examining criticism of his activities. 40,000 first printing. Tour.

By Douglas Brinkley and Jimmy Carter

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Hardcover:

9780679447429 | Random House Inc, January 1, 1999, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Follows the activities of Jimmy Carter in his post-presidential years, detailing his new roles as diplomat and social activist and examining criticism of his activities

John F. Kennedy and Europe

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By Douglas Brinkley (editor) and Richard T. Griffiths (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780807123324 | Louisiana State Univ Pr, August 1, 1999, cover price $69.95 | About this edition: Book by

The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey

Product Description: Professor Douglas Brinkley arranged to teach a six-week experimental class aboard a fully equipped sleeper bus. The class would visit thirty states and ten national parks. They would read twelve books by great American writers. They would see Bob Dylan in Seattle, gamble at a Vegas casino, dance to Bourbon Street jazz in New Orleans, pay homage to Elvis Presley's Graceland and William Faulkner's Rowan Oak, ride the whitewater rapids on the Rio Grande, and experience a California earthquake...read more

By Douglas Brinkley

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Hardcover:

9780151556946 | Harcourt, March 1, 1993, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Excerpts from student journals and photographs mark a Hofstra University professor's account of his 'travelling classroom,' in which seventeen students took a six-week bus tour across America, reading, meeting cultural heroes, and experiencing the country

Paperback:

9781560254966 | 2 rev upd edition (Basic Books, May 5, 2003), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Professor Douglas Brinkley arranged to teach a six-week experimental class aboard a fully equipped sleeper bus.

9780385474191 | Anchor Books, July 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Excerpts from student journals and photographs mark a Hofstra University professor's account of his 'travelling classroom,' in which seventeen students took a six-week bus tour across America, reading, meeting cultural heroes, and experiencing the country

The Making of America: The History of the United States from 1492 to the Present