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Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Four decades after Ronald Reagan's landslide win in 1980, Jimmy Carter's one-term presidency is often labeled a failure; indeed, many Americans view Carter as the only ex-president to have used the White House as a stepping-stone to greater achievements. But in retrospect the Carter political odyssey is a rich and human story, marked by both formidable accomplishments and painful political adversity. In this deeply researched, brilliantly written...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird’s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West.
On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded outside the American Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people. The attack was a geopolitical turning point. It marked the beginning...
On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded outside the American Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people. The attack was a geopolitical turning point. It marked the beginning...
Author
Publisher
DEBATE
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Formats
Description
El libro en el que se basa la nueva película de Christopher Nolan protagonizada por Cillian Murphy. La biografía definitiva de Oppenheimer, el padre de la bomba atómica y una de las figuras más emblemáticas del siglo XX. Premio Pulitzer 2006
National Book Critics Circle Award 2005
Duff Cooper Prize 2008
El 16 de julio de 1945, en el desierto de Nuevo México, se detonaba en secreto la primera bomba atómica. Impactado por el poder destructivo...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Through a blend of memoir and history, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Kai Bird recounts the Western experience in the Middle East and just why it has been so turbulent. Through Bird 's Zelig-like presence, the reader experiences the Suez War of 1956, the June 1967 War and the Black September hijackings of 1970 that led to the Jordanian Civil War. Bird 's memoir also shows how all of these momentous events led to the rise and tragic downfall of a secular...
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