{"title":"Jay Winik","description":"The author of the #1 and New York Times bestselling April 1865 and the New York Times bestsellers 1944 and The Great Upheaval, Jay Winik is renowned for his creative approaches to history. The Baltimore Sun called him \"one of our nation's leading public historians.\" He is a popular public speaker and a frequent television and radio guest. He has been a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal book review section, as well as to The New York Times. His many national media appearances include Today, Good Morning America, World News Tonight, NPR, and FOX News. He is a former board member of the National Endowment for the Humanities and was the historical advisor to National Geographic Networks.","products":[{"product_id":"the-great-upheaval-america-and-the-birth-of-the-modern-world-1788-1800-paperback","title":"The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional histories tell it, none of these remarkable events occurred in isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, for the first time, acclaimed historian Jay Winik masterfully illuminates how their fates combined in one extraordinary moment to change the course of civilization. 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It saw Lincoln's assassination just five days later and a near-successful plot to decapitate the Union government, followed by chaos and coup fears in the North, collapsed negotiations and continued bloodshed in the South, and finally, the start of national reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, April 1865 emerged as not just the tale of the war's denouement, but the story of the making of our nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJay Winik offers a brilliant new look at the Civil War's final days that will forever change the way we see the war's end and the nation's new beginning. Uniquely set within the larger sweep of history and filled with rich profiles of outsize figures, fresh iconoclastic scholarship, and a gripping narrative, this is a masterful account of the thirty most pivotal days in the life of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee's harrowing retreat, and then, Appomattox. 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Uniquely set within the larger sweep of history and filled with rich profiles of outsize figures, fresh iconoclastic scholarship, and a gripping narrative, this is a masterful account of the thirty most pivotal days in the life of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365574213855,"sku":"9780060899684","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8Dp8G-14oR9780060899684.webp?v=1789066454"},{"product_id":"1944-fdr-and-the-year-that-changed-history-paperback","title":"1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II and put intense pressure on the ailing yet determined President Roosevelt, is brought to vivid life in \"gripping\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) detail in this\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1944 was a year that could have stymied the Allies and cemented Hitler's waning power. Instead, it saved those democracies--but with a fateful cost. Now, in a \"complex history rendered with great color and sympathy\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), Jay Winik captures the epic images and extraordinary history \"with cinematic force\" (\u003ci\u003eTime)\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1944 witnessed a series of titanic events: FDR at the pinnacle of his wartime leadership as well as his reelection, the unprecedented D-Day invasion, the liberation of Paris, and the tumultuous conferences that finally shaped the coming peace. But millions of lives were at stake as President Roosevelt learned about Hitler's Final Solution. Just as the Allies were landing in Normandy, the Nazis were accelerating the killing of millions of European Jews. Winik shows how escalating pressures fell on an infirm Roosevelt, who faced a momentous decision. Was winning the war the best way to rescue the Jews? Or would it get in the way of defeating Hitler? In a year when even the most audacious undertakings were within the world's reach, one challenge--saving Europe's Jews--seemed to remain beyond Roosevelt's grasp. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This dramatic account highlights what too often has been glossed over--that as nobly as the Greatest Generation fought under FDR's command, America could well have done more to thwart Nazi aggression\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e). Destined to take its place as one of the great works of World War II, \u003ci\u003e1944\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to retell these events with moral clarity and a moving appreciation of the extraordinary actions of many extraordinary leaders.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367380680927,"sku":"9781501125362","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fh0-6rHIuj9781501125362.webp?v=1789106166"},{"product_id":"1861-the-lost-peace-hardcover","title":"1861: The Lost Peace - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom an award-winning historian and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, a gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln's decision to go to war against the Confederacy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e1861: The Lost Peace\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of President Lincoln's difficult and courageous decision at a time when the country wrestled with deep moral questions of epic proportions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through Jay Winik's singular reporting and storytelling, readers will learn about the extraordinary Washington Peace Conference at the Willard Hotel to avert cataclysmic war. They will observe the irascible and farsighted Senator JJ Crittenden, the tireless moderate seeking a middle way to peace. Lincoln himself called Crittenden \"a great man\" even as Lincoln jousted with him. Readers will glimpse inside Lincoln's cabinet--the finest in history--which rivaled the executive in its authority, a fact too often forgotten, and witness a parade of statesmen frenetically grasping for peace rather than the spectacle of a young nation slowly choking itself to death. 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