Books published by Ivan R Dee, Inc

The struggle against the Great Depression as told in excerpts from the life stories of sixteen talented and influential women who confronted the problems that affected "ordinary" women. "A landmark collection."-Mary Banas, Booklist.

A fascinating book on the China rising and the meaning of Tiananmen.

Before he killed himself in 1942, Czerniakow was for almost three years the Nazi-sponsored "mayor" of the Warsaw Ghetto-yet a Jew, devoted to his people. This secret journal is not only the testimony of an unbearable personal burden but the documentary of the Ghetto's terminal agony. It is the most important diary to emerge from the Holocaust.

How the railroads transformed American life between 1829 and 1929, and why the cost of their achievements was so damaging to the social and economic life of the nation.

The story of one of the deadliest fires in American history that took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago. "An absorbing account...a tale of terror."-New York Times Book Review.

Explains the procedures and responsibilities of stage management, from auditions to closing night. Useful for novice and experienced theatre persons, this book includes samples of various scripts and other stage managers tools.

A masterful account of Lyndon Johnson and America's fall into Vietnam by one of our finest historians, filled with fresh interpretations, deft portraits, and new perspectives.

Why the Holocaust happened in Germany is the subject of this stunning and disturbing exploration of the unique nature of German history and its culture of racism and anti-Semitism. "For many readers, this book can safely take the place of an entire library."-Raul Hilberg.

Part of the "American Ways" series, this work presents the history of jazz. Exploring the music, the musicians, and the audience, It traces the emergence of jazz and follows its progress, showing how it has reflected shifting American values.

A compact, remarkably successful narrative history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968, chronicling the major events, describing the key players, and showing how the revolution transformed the American South. American Ways Series.

An entertaining, abundantly illustrated history of a Chicago landmark, inspired by Daniel Burnham and a feat of engineering, now a grand locale for public recreation.

Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Trojan War is, despite its heroic background, in many respects a domestic tragedy. Plays for Performance Series.

The mortal conflict of the sexes, traced here by Strindberg in the clash between an aristocratic young woman and her valet. Plays for Performance Series.

A newly revised and updated study of CIA and Pentagon covert operations from World War II through the Persian Gulf-a landmark book about U.S. intelligence agencies in the postwar era. An important book."-New York Times.

A biographical, historical, and philosophical study of the impact of Darwinism on the intellectual climate of the nineteenth century, challenging the conventional view of Darwin's greatness. "A thorough and masterly book."-Times Literary Supplement.

One of the few minor classics to emerge from the cold war years of McCarthyism-an essay in sociological analysis and political philosophy that considers the cold war preoccupation with espionage, sabotage, and subversion at home, and the agitation so wildly directed against the "enemy." "Brief...lucid...brilliant."-American Political Science Review. With an Introduction by Daniel P. Moynihan.

A brilliant and original account of how Gorbachev's easing of information controls destroyed the illusions of communism and drove the Soviet system to ruin.

The first book to sum up the consequences of the cold war for Americans.

A reappraisal of American communism and anticommunism in the cold war era, focusing on episodes, personalities, and institutions, and based upon fresh evidence that overturns a great deal of received wisdom.

A compact but comprehensive history of the American armed forces in World War II, examining the strategy, logistics, high command, operations, and home-front aspects of the military campaign. "Consistently absorbing....As inclusive and compact a rundown as general readers are likely to get anytime soon." -Kirkus Reviews. American Ways Series.

Sensual gaiety is at the heart of this comic masterpiece which continues the merry tale of the little barber of Seville, a clever common man whose wits overcome his superiors who would suppress him. Plays for Performance Series.