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Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press (@UnivNebPress). Publishing books on Military History & Current and Political Affairs.
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"Katya Cengel demonstrates a knack for finding compelling stories, including an on-the-ground report from Chernobyl at a time when engineers were still working to cap off the reactor with a cement sarcophagus. . . . "—Kirkus Reviews Save 50%: bit.ly/UNPsummersale



BOURBON JUSTICE by Brian Haara / Sipp'n Corn® delves into the legal history behind one of America’s most treasured spirits to uncover a past fraught with lawsuits whose outcome, surprisingly perhaps, helped define a nation. Save 50% during our Summer Sale: bit.ly/UNPsummersale



Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs joins Jennifer Skoog on Biographers International Organization to discuss her new book 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT, a biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning conscience of the antinuclear movement.

“Utterly charming, and if you love dogs, this will prove irresistible!” writes Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson of FROM STRAY DOG TO WORLD WAR I HERO by Grant Hayter-Menzies. Save 50% during our Summer Sale: bit.ly/UNPsummersale


How do refugees get deported? I cover the story of Cambodian American families faced with exile in Exiled. It is currently 50% off use code 6SUMM25 Univ Nebraska Press So are alot of other great books! Potomac Books


"This is an in-depth, insightful, and novel contribution to feminist debates about popular culture," writes Publishers Weekly of PROBLEMATIC by Dianna E. Anderson. Save 50% during our Summer Sale: bit.ly/UNPsummersale




"I mentioned in passing that it had been taken about a year before the big fire there — and was shocked when so many people, including fellow Marines, asked ‘What fire?’" Chas Henry talks about the motivation behind his book FUJI FIRE in the Palawan Daily (PDN). bit.ly/3IeMG9K




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Excerpt: 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT (Potomac Books) This biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, who lived in Hiroshima in 1945, when the city was annihilated by an atomic bomb, recounts her ensuing quest to rid the world of nuclear weapons. wp.me/p4J9AE-hhj


