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Summary: A dual portrait of Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi describes their fierce, forty-year struggle against each other for the future of Indian independence, from the outbreak of the Great War to the end of World War II, detailing their dramatic influence on each other, as well as their lasting legacy for the British empire and the future course of modern history.Historian Arthur Herman sheds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 954.035 HERHerman, Arthur
Summary: "How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies--a change that would go on to kill millions? In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson--champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice--thrust the United States into the First World War in order to make the 'world safe for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.3 HERHerman, Arthur
Summary: A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everything became the twin fountainheads of Western culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Randome House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0982 HERHerman, Arthur
Summary: Explores the seminal contributions of Scotland to the development of modern Western civilization, discussing the impact of such ideals as democracy, freedom of speech, equal opportunity, and a commitment to education.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2001
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Summary: "From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 948 HERHerman, Arthur
Summary: Assesses the pivotal role of American big business in building weapons and enabling industrial dominance for Allied forces in World War II, tracing the contributions of Danish immigrant William Knudsen and shipbuilding industrialist Henry Kaiser.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.531 HERHerman, Arthur
Summary: "How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies--a change that would go on to kill millions? In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson--champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice--thrust the United States into the First World War in order to make the 'world safe for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.3 HERHerman, Arthur
Summary: Herman shows how Gandhi and Churchill's 40-year rivalry revolutionized India and the British Empire, paving the way for a new era. Gandhi championed India's independence, Churchill the British Empire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008