True war and combat stories

During a government career that spanned nearly the whole of the Cold War, George R.

During a government career that spanned nearly the whole of the Cold War, George R.

The Italian sixteenth century offers the first sustained discussion of women's militarism since antiquity.

The Italian sixteenth century offers the first sustained discussion of women's militarism since antiquity.

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';A fast-paced, well-researchedirresistible' (USA TODAY) World War II aviation account of friendship, heroism, and sacrifice that reads like Unbroken meets The Dirty Dozen from the authors of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Is.

A dramatic account of the Americans who tried to stop their nation from fighting in the First World Warand came close to succeeding.

From 1969 to 1974 Ehrhart was just passing time.

In the 1930s, Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn was a distinguished scholar and vocal pacifist.

Lauded for gallantry at Antietam and demoted for insubordination after Fredericksburg, Major General William "e;Baldy"e; Smith remains a controversial figure of the Civil War.

An aggressive and colorful personality, William Barksdale was no stranger to controversy.

In 2012, Specialist Summerfield and the 2-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment were deployed to the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

United Sates Marine Sergeant Tim Fortner survived 14 months in Vietnam as a door gunner in a CH-46 helicopter, completing 27 strike flight missions.

Takeo Yoshikawa (1912-1993) was an ensign in the Imperial Japanese Navy and a naval intelligence officer assigned the task of spying on the U.

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Union General Philip Kearny began his career as a lieutenant with the 1st U.

In 1959, Harold M.

David McCampbell was the leader of the most successful naval air group in combat in World War II.

Soon after the United States entered World War II, American ground and air forces were on their way to the European theater of operations.

Robert Lovett grew up in Texas, went to Yale, and earned his wings as a naval air force hero in World War I.

From 1945 to 1973, more than 100,000 members of the U.

In November 1969, what Time Magazine called the "e;largest battle of the year"e; took place less than two miles from the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.

Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer.

James Claude Beasley was a typical American teenager in the 1940s--a child of the Great Depression with an abiding commitment to family and country.

This candid memoir recounts the author's nearly four years in the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment--a.

From 1861 to 1865, the American Civil War saw numerous technological innovations in warfare--chief among them was the ironclad warship.

Dan Showalter was Speaker Pro Tem of the California State Assembly at the outbreak of the Civil War and the exemplar of treason in the Far West among the pro-Union press.

William Edmondson "e;Grumble"e; Jones (b.

"e;I have stood by their side in the grim conflict,"e; wrote Union Captain John Chamberlin of the Corps d'Afrique.

Playing trumpet in the 9th Infantry Division Band should have been a safe assignment but the Viet Cong swarmed throughout the Mekong Delta, and safety was nonexistent.

As a 20-year-old gunboat captain and certified U.

Having flunked out of college in the fall of 1965, the author enlisted in the U.

Dozens of books about the Iraq War have been written by politicians, generals, snipers and Special Forces operatives.

Combat helicopter pilots in the Vietnam War flew each mission facing the possibility of imminent death.

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The author arrived at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego ill-prepared for the training and abuse that awaited him in boot camp.

In this memoir spanning nine decades, Lieutenant Colonel C.

Life in the trenches for German soldiers during World War I was every bit as hellish as it was for Allied troops.

American military advisors in South Vietnam came to know their allies personally--as few American soldiers could.

As a GI reporter for the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam, the author--"e;an enlisted man writing primarily for enlisted men"e;--chronicled the experiences of combat soldiers in newspaper and magazine articles.

On graduating from West Point in 1940, Lieutenant John Wright was assigned to Corregidor, Philippine Islands.

Lieutenant John Huddleston Taber was a New Yorker assigned to the 168th "e;Third Iowa"e; Infantry Regiment of the American Expeditionary Force's 42nd "e;Rainbow"e; Division during World War I.

On July 3, 1940, 5,000 exhausted and hungry French officers reached a high plateau of the Moravian Mountain range in Austria.

The Battle of An Loc was one of the bloodiest battles in the Vietnam War and a defining moment in the history of the Republic of South Vietnam.

"e;Now that the United States has declared war upon the German Empire, and that men will more than likely be conscripted into the service, I shall feel embarrassed should I fail to be among the first to go to the training camp,"e; wrote Dae Hinson of Leesville, Louisiana, in April 1917.

George Barnett transformed the United States Marine Corps from an antiquated afterthought to a modern force with an international reputation.

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First published in 1798, this Revolutionary War memoir is one of the few ever written by a senior Continental Army commander.