Stephen R. Platt
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The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II
$35.00 Add to cartThe extraordinary life of forgotten World War II hero Evans Carlson, commander of America’s first special forces, secret confidant of FDR, and one of the most controversial officers in the history of … [more below]
- Author: Platt, Stephen R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 525658017
- Language: English
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Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age
$20.00 Read moreAs China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War.
- Author: Platt, Stephen R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0345803027
- Language: English
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Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
$18.95 Read moreWinner of the 2012 Cundill Prize in History
A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unfor… [more below]- Author: Platt, Stephen R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 11 2012
- ISBN10: 0307472213
- Language: English
