books by Harrison Salisbury

books by Harrison Salisbury

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Harrison Salisbury

The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad

Harrison Salisbury

HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS, 1969

Salisbury pulls Cold War punches
The classic reputation of this book led me to expect more. Salisbury, a well-known liberal historian of the post-war era often willing to apologize for the Soviet regime, focuses on the first third of the siege, when the deprivation was greatest. Then he wraps up the ...

THE OFFICIAL WARREN COMMISSION REPORT ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
Warren Commission

Doubleday, 1964

Material prepared by The New York Times exclusively for this edition.

Bitter Fruit: The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala

Stephen Kinser

Anchor, 1983

Fast-paced and balanced account of American foreign policy
I had wanted to read this book ever since reading Mr. Kinzer's account of the overthrow of Mossadegh in Iran, entitled "All the Shah's Men," which I would also heartily endorse. Like that book, "Bitter Fruit" is an intricately detailed yet fast-paced account of an ...

The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad

Harrison Salisbury

Da Capo Press, 2003

Superb example of how history should be written
Salisbury gave us a monumental work of history: not just in scope, but in depth. This is a book which entwines the epic story with the human story, basing both on the kind of scholarship too few writers are dedicated enough to accomplish. I wrote a well-received ...

The Long March: The Untold Story

Harrison E. Salisbury

Mcgraw-Hill, 1987

remarkable achievement
This book chronicles events that led to, during, and shortly after the Long March, which was a heroic journey that the Chinese Communist-led Red Army took in the mid-30's. The journey started as the Red Army was driven out of their base by Chiang Kai Shek's ...

Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany

Ilse Koehn

Puffin, 1990

I Loved It!
Mischling, Second Degree is a great book! It will keep you interested from the first page to the last. The ending of this book is wonderful, and the begining is great too. If you like books on the Haulocost, you'll love this one!

New Emperors: China...

Harrison E. Salisbury

Harper Perennial, 1993

The personalities, the influence...
This book set me off on a binge of Chinese history reading. I had to know more about Kang Sheng, for example, and "Claws of the Dragon" helped shed light on this "immortal". Then there were: Zhou Enlai's hagiography 'Eldest Son' at the hands of Han Suyin; The White ...

Siege and Survival: The Odyssey of a Leningrader

Elena Skrjabina

Southern Illinois University Press, 1971

interesting to some, not to most
_Seige and Survial_ retells the experienes of the author during the 3 year seige of Leningrad by the Nazis. The bitter cold, the near-starvation, the shelling and bombardment - all are presented here. But the book lacks a sense of the real-life drama and the sense of ...

The Long March

Harrison E. Salisbury

Macmillan, 1985

Important Compilation of Primary Sources
Whether you approve of Communism or not, the fact that the people who led the Long March survived and went on to head one of the world's largest and most populous countries makes this book important. The Long March has become a legend for today's mainland Chinese, just ...