True war and combat stories

In time for the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the First World War, Private Heller and the Bantam Boysbased on Heller's long-hidden diarytells the tale of a group of privileged yet nave Princeton University students and their big, brawny Midwestern farm boy interloper, Ralph Heller.

William Morgan, a tough-talking ex-paratrooper, stunned family and friends when in 1957 he left Ohio to join freedom fighters in the mountains of Cuba.

An example of highly efficient, warm, human communication, achieved in times of stress, emerges in the remarkable series of letters that constitutes the bulk of this book.

General Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as "e;Monty,"e; exerted an influence on the Canadian Army more lasting than that of any other Second World War commander.

General Bernard Law Montgomery, affectionately known as "e;Monty,"e; exerted an influence on the Canadian Army more lasting than that of any other Second World War commander.

A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812 presents the story of John Norton, or Teyoninhokarawen, an important war chief and political figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) in Upper Canada.

A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812 presents the story of John Norton, or Teyoninhokarawen, an important war chief and political figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) in Upper Canada.

Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies examines the complex revolutionary struggle in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802.

Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies examines the complex revolutionary struggle in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802.

Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression.

Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression.

War and Enlightenment in Russia explores how members of the military during the reign of Catherine II reconciled Enlightenment ideas about the equality and moral worth of all humans with the Russian reality based on serfdom, a world governed by autocracy, absolute respect for authority, and subordination to seniority.

War and Enlightenment in Russia explores how members of the military during the reign of Catherine II reconciled Enlightenment ideas about the equality and moral worth of all humans with the Russian reality based on serfdom, a world governed by autocracy, absolute respect for authority, and subordination to seniority.

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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This biography completes a trilogy on the three Navy fighter pilots-Jimmie Thach, Butch O'Hare, and Jimmy Flatley-who developed sweeping changes in aerial combat tactics during World War II.

';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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As a first lieutenant in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.

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.