Cundhill History Prize 2024

Cundill History Prize 'which showcases the very best that’s being written in history.'

Updated November 5, 2024
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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
DuVal, Kathleen.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE * "An essential American history" (The Wall Street Journal) that places the power of Native nations at its center, telling their story from the rise of ancient cities more than a thousand years ago to fights for sovereignty that continue today
Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
Bass, Gary J.
Paper Book
ACCLAIMED AS ONE OF THE YEAR'S 10 BEST BOOKS BY THE WASHINGTON POST * 12 ESSENTIAL NONFICTION BOOKS BY THE NEW YORKER * 100 NOTABLE BOOKS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * BEST BOOKS BY THE ECONOMIST, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND AIR MAIL * 10 ESSENTIAL BOOKS BY THE TELEGRAPH<...
Revolusi : Indonesia and the birth of the modern world
Van Reybrouck, David
Ebook
Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize * Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize From the internationally best-selling writer, a masterful account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonization of the modern world. On a sunny Friday morning in August...
The Lumumba plot : the secret history of the CIA and a Cold War assassination
Reid, Stuart A.
Paper Book
The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice . A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller-about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR- The New Yorker,...

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