Bøker av Maurice Isserman

Compelling and readable...I had serious trouble putting this book down.John C. McManus, author of Fire and Fortitude and The Dead and Those About to Die The epic story of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy's mountains in 1945, spearheadingthe Allied advance to the Alps and final victory.

This is the definitive interpretive survey of the political, social and cultural history of 1960s America. Arguing that the period marked the end of the country's two-century-long ascent toward widespread affluence, domestic consensus, and international hegemony, the authors explore what did and did not change in the 1960s, and why American culture and politics have never been the same since.

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery as a scientific expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. This book also covers Thomas Jefferson's support of the expedition as US president, and Meriwether Lewis' and William Clark's preparations for their journey, including purchasing supplies.

Traces the history of the exploration of western North America and the impact it had on the histories of both the United States and Canada. This title provides coverage including: John Wesley Powell's summer expedition that traversed the length of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon; and the other explorers, aside from Lewis and Clark.

Most Americans first heard of Michael Harrington with the publication of The Other America, his seminal book on American poverty. Isserman expertly tracks Harrington's beginnings in the Catholic Worke