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Outgrowing Democracy: A History of the United States in the Twentieth Century

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By John Lukacs

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9780385175388 | Doubleday, March 1, 1984, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An interpretation of the history of the United States over the last century discusses such topics as inflation, the American character, world influence, and major historical figures

Paperback:

9780819153562 | Reprint edition (Univ Pr of Amer, July 1, 1986), cover price $31.00 | About this edition: Book by Lukacs, John

Historical Consciousness, or the Remembered Past

Constructs a philosophy of history and historical interpretation and applies it to various past and present events

By John Lukacs

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9780805207309 | Rev enl edition (Schocken Books, June 1, 1985), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Constructs a philosophy of history and historical interpretation and applies it to various past and present events

Immigration and Migration: A Historical Perspective

By John Lukacs

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9780936247052 | Amer Immigration Control Fndtn, June 1, 1986, cover price $2.00

Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture

Describes life in turn of the century Budapest, discusses the historical background of the period, and surveys the city's intellectual life and social classes

By John Lukacs

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9781555840600 | Weidenfeld & Nicholson, December 1, 1988, cover price $20.95 | About this edition: Describes life in turn of the century Budapest, discusses the historical background of the period, and surveys the city's intellectual life and social classes

Paperback:

9780802132505 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, November 1, 1990), cover price $17.00

Confessions of an Original Sinner

Product Description: In this eloquent and thought-provoking "autohistory", John Lukacs, distinguished historian and writer, describes the history of his own convictions and beliefs. The journey takes us from the Hungary of the 1930s and the ravaged Budapest of World War II to Lukacs's discovery of the New World, his forays into the intellectual life of New York City, and finally his settling in Philadelphia...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By John Lukacs

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9781890318123 | St Augustine Pr Inc, May 1, 2000, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: In this eloquent and thought-provoking "autohistory", John Lukacs, distinguished historian and writer, describes the history of his own convictions and beliefs.

9780899199566 | Ticknor & Fields, April 1, 1990, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A writer and historian describes his journey from 1930s Hungary to the United States, intellectual life in New York City, and his settling in Philadelphia, examining, along the way, fascism, communism, democracy, anti-Semitism, and Christian realism

The Duel: 10 May-31 July 1940, the Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler

Depicts the eighty day struggle in 1940 between Adolph Hitler and Winston Churchill, revealing how close England and the democratic world came to losing World War II

By John Lukacs

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9780899199672 | Ticknor & Fields, January 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Depicts the eighty day struggle in 1940 between Adolph Hitler and Winston Churchill, revealing how close England and the democratic world came to losing World War II

The Duel: 10 May - 31 July 1940 : The Eighty Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler

Depicts the eighty day struggle in 1940 between Adolph Hitler and Winston Churchill, revealing how close England and the democratic world came to losing World War II

By John Lukacs

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9780395618639 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, February 1, 1992), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Depicts the eighty day struggle in 1940 between Adolph Hitler and Winston Churchill, revealing how close England and the democratic world came to losing World War II

The End of the Twentieth Century: And the End of the Modern Age

In a critical analysis of twentieth-century history, a distinguished historian argues that the great watershed events of the century have been the world wars and that, with the end of the modern era, the world faces a troubled time. 15,000 first printing.

By John Lukacs

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9780395584729 | Ticknor & Fields, February 1, 1993, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A summing up of the twentieth century argues that the great watershed events of the century have been the two world wars

Historical Consciousness: The Remembered Past

Product Description: One of the most important developments of Western civilization has been the growth of historical consciousness. Consciously or not, history has become a form of thought applied to every facet of human experience; every field of human action can be studied, described, or understood through its history...read more

By John Lukacs

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9781560007326 | Reprint edition (Transaction Pub, April 1, 1994), cover price $35.95 | About this edition: One of the most important developments of Western civilization has been the growth of historical consciousness.

Destinations Past: Traveling Through History With John Lukacs

Looks back at the author's forty years of travel in the United States and Europe, contrasting cities in different time periods (view table of contents)

By John Lukacs

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9780826209566 | Univ of Missouri Pr, May 1, 1994, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Looks back at the author's forty years of travel in the United States and Europe, contrasting cities in different time periods

George F. Kennan and the Origins of Containment, 1944-1946: The Kennan-Lukacs Correspondence

By John Lukacs

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Hardcover:

9780826260871 | Univ of Missouri Pr, March 31, 1997, cover price $20.00

9780826211088 | Univ of Missouri Pr, March 1, 1997, cover price $24.95

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9780826211095 | Univ of Missouri Pr, March 1, 1997, cover price $20.00

The Hitler of History

By examining the more than one hundred biographies of Adolf Hitler and their authors, a historian reassesses the reality of Hitler's life and his place in the history of the twentieth century and of the world. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. NYT.

By John Lukacs

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9780679446491 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 1997, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: By examining the more than one hundred biographies of Adolf Hitler and their authors, a historian reassesses the reality of Hitler's life and his place in the history of the twentieth century and of the world

Paperback:

9780375701139 | Vintage Books, December 1, 1998, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Examines biographies of Adolf Hitler and their authors to reassess the reality of Hitler's life and his place in the history of the twentieth century

A Thread of Years

Traces the decline of Anglo-American civilization and the concept of the gentleman in a fictionalized social history that follows a man named Kensington and the people who surround him from 1901 to 1969, and discusses the reasons why the author chose to write about each episode

By John Lukacs

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9780300071887 | Yale Univ Pr, February 17, 1998, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Traces the decline of Anglo-American civilization and the concept of the gentleman in a fictionalized social history that follows a man named Kensington and the people who surround him from 1901 to 1969, and discusses the reasons why the author chose to write about each episode

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9780300080759 | Yale Univ Pr, November 10, 1999, cover price $24.00

Five Days in London: May 1940

The period May 24-28 1940 altered the course of history as members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. These five days are the focus of Lukacs' book. Conveying their drama and importance he takes us into the unfolding events at 10 Downing Street while investigating the mood of the people.

By John Lukacs

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Hardcover:

9780300080308, titled "Five Days in London, May 1940" | Yale Univ Pr, September 10, 1999, cover price $22.00

Paperback:

9780300084665, titled "Five Days in London, May 1940" | Yale Univ Pr, August 11, 2001, cover price $14.00

CD/Spoken Word:

9781470889272 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 1, 2013), cover price $29.95

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786116850 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2000), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: The period May 24-28 1940 altered the course of history as members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war.

Duel: The 8 Day Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler

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By John Lukacs and John McDonough

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9780788703584 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, November 1, 1999), cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Great audio cassette set!

Student's Guide to History

Looks at the study of history, how it has evolved through the centuries, and its importance to today's students. (view table of contents)

By John Lucas and John Lukacs

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9781882926411 | Isi Books, July 1, 2000, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: Looks at the study of history, how it has evolved through the centuries, and its importance to today's students.

The Duel: Struggle Between Churchill & Hitler

By John Lukacs

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9780788734021 | Abridged edition (Recorded Books, May 1, 2000), cover price $99.00

Krudy's Chronicles: Turn-Of-The-Century Hungary in Gyula Krudy's Journalism

Product Description: A wistful and nostalgic image of the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian empire, following the bloodless democratic revolution of 1918, the KÃ¡rolyi government and the short-lived Soviet Republic, and presents cameos of the leading political figures of the day, such as Ferenc Kossuth, MihÃ¡ly KÃ¡roli and BÃ©la Kun...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By John Batki (editor), Gyula Krudy and John Lukacs (introduced by)

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9789639116795 | Central European Univ Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A wistful and nostalgic image of the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian empire, following the bloodless democratic revolution of 1918, the KÃ¡rolyi government and the short-lived Soviet Republic, and presents cameos of the leading political figures of the day, such as Ferenc Kossuth, MihÃ¡ly KÃ¡roli and BÃ©la Kun.

Krudy's Chronicles: Early Twentieth Century in Gyula Krudy's Non Fiction Works

Product Description: As one of the most prolific writers of Hungarian literature, Gyula Krudy provides us with a collection of articles that display his intimate knowledge of Hungarian society. Written during the 1910s, `20s and `30s, Krudy provides us with a wistful and nostalgic image of the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian empire, with portraits of the Habsburgs, culminating in first hand reports in 1916, from Vienna on the funeral of Emperor Francis Joseph I, and from Budapest on the coronation of Charles IV, the last king of Hungary...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By John Batki (editor), Gyula Krudy and John Lukacs (introduced by)

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9789639116788 | Central European Univ Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: As one of the most prolific writers of Hungarian literature, Gyula Krudy provides us with a collection of articles that display his intimate knowledge of Hungarian society.

At the End of an Age

Product Description: At the End of an Age is a deeply informed and rewarding reflection on the nature of historical and scientific knowledge. Of extraordinary philosophical, religious, and historical scope, it is the product of a great historianâs lifetime of thought on the subject of his discipline and the human condition...read more

By John Lukacs

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Hardcover:

9780300092967 | Yale Univ Pr, March 11, 2002, cover price $22.95

Paperback:

9780300101614 | Yale Univ Pr, September 10, 2003, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: At the End of an Age is a deeply informed and rewarding reflection on the nature of historical and scientific knowledge.

The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler

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By John Lukacs

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9780300089165 | Yale Univ Pr, March 11, 2001, cover price $15.95

The Last European War: September 1939 - December 1941

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By John Lukacs

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9780300089158 | Yale Univ Pr, March 11, 2001, cover price $22.00

Cinco Dias En Londres

Product Description: Entre el viernes 24 y el martes 28 de mayo de 1940, Winston Churchill tomÃ³ una decisiÃ³n esencial para la historia moderna: pactar o no con la Alemania de Hitler. Esta obra, del profesor emÃ©rito de Historia en Chestnut Hill College (Filadelfia), John Lukacs, da cuenta detallada de cada uno de los sucesos ocurridos durante ese crucial fin de semana...read more

By John Lukacs

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9789681664459 | Fondo De Cultura Economica USA, June 28, 2002, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Entre el viernes 24 y el martes 28 de mayo de 1940, Winston Churchill tomÃ³ una decisiÃ³n esencial para la historia moderna: pactar o no con la Alemania de Hitler.

Churchill: Visionary, Statesman, Historian

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By John Lukacs

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Hardcover:

9780300097696 | Yale Univ Pr, September 10, 2002, cover price $25.00

Paperback:

9780300103021, titled "Churchill: Visionary. Statesman. Historian" | Yale Univ Pr, April 10, 2004, cover price $15.00

What Ifs? of American History: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

By Antony Beevor (editor), Calebert Carr (contributor), Robert Cowley (editor), Robert Dallek (contributor) and John Lukacs (contributor)

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Hardcover:

9789990083767 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 2003, cover price $0.02 | also contains What Ifs? Of American History: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

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