David Fromkin, Author . Knopf $26.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-375-41156-4
The world of nihilistic terrorist conspiracy, paranoid empires and diplomatic opportunism that Fromkin (In the Time of the Americans
) describes in this terrific account of WWI's underpinnings will seem eerily familiar to 21st-century denizens....
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David Fromkin, Author . Penguin Press $25.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-59420-187-5
In this problematic book, Boston University professor Fromkin (A Peace to End All Peace
) asserts a personal strategic relationship between president Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward VII during the Algeciras Conference of 1906. The gathering was...
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David Fromkin, Author Vintage Books USA $22.5 (800p) ISBN 978-0-679-76728-2
Fromkin's group study focuses on America's political shift from isolationist to global superpower. (May)
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David Fromkin, Author Alfred A. Knopf $30 (618p) ISBN 978-0-394-58901-5
Inspired by President Woodrow Wilson's idealistic internationalism, three subsequent U.S. presidents--Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower--steered Americans away from isolationism to support an active, major role for the U.S. on the...
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David Fromkin, Author Knopf Publishing Group $25 (272p) ISBN 978-0-679-44609-5
As its subtitle indicates, this is a broad, ambitious work. Boston University historian Fromkin (A Peace to End All Peace) guides readers on a whirlwind journey from the dawn of time to the present, touching on subjects as wide-ranging as Jane...
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David Fromkin, Author Free Press $21 (224p) ISBN 978-0-684-86889-9
An expansion of a March Wall Street Journal op-ed piece, this effort suffers from the speed with which it was crashed into print (see Hot Deals, Apr. 19). Fromkin, chairman of Boston University's international relations department and author, most...
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National Geographic Society, Author, Daniel Schorr, Author, David Fromkin, Author National Geographic Society $30 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7922-6915-1
It is commonplace to remark with wonder on the reasons for the continued violent unrest in the Middle East. The contributors to this tremendously helpful survey of the history of the region provide illumination in short, focused essays on topics...
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