Specific wars and campaigns

Faithful Warriors is a memoir of World War II in the Pacific by a combat veteran of the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division.

A vividly detailed account of life aboard U.

This remarkable memoir tells the compelling story of the near-mythic British district officer who helped shape the first great Allied counteroffensive.

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As the only French woman among some 11,000 defenders at Dien Bien Phu, Genevive de Galard had a unique perspective of the siege and fall of the French fortress.

Iraq war veteran's Poulin Prizewinning debut poetry collection explores war, masculinity, and return to civilian life.

From Storm to Freedom analyzes and assesses the strategic interaction between Iraq and the United States from 1990 to 2009, from the perspective of a single, if discontinuous conflict.

In August 1943, the Luftwaffe began using radio-controlled anti-ship glide bombs and within weeks they had sunk one battleship, crippled another, wrecked two cruisers, and destroyed numerous merchant ships.

In telling the story of the extraordinary contributions of the U.

The German Fleet at War relates the little-known history of the Kriegsmarine's surface fleet with a focus on the sixty-nine surface naval battles fought by Germany's major warships against the large warships of the British, French, American, Polish, Soviet, Norwegian and Greek navies.

Author Stephen Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in turret no.

On 31 May 1968, Navy Lt.

Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II, first published in 1976 and now available in paperback for the first time, continues to be considered the best book ever written about Adm.

By the winter of 1916/17, World War I had reached a deadlock.

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Written in his own hand, and finished only weeks before his death, Reminiscences by General Douglas MacArthur spans more than half a century of modern history.

A Marine who wielded both pen and sword in a long, distinguished career captures the heroism and horror of the early days of the Korean War in this gripping novel.

In the foreword to this book, first published in 1978, Sen.

Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, this new paperback edition brings back into print a book that became an essential source for a 2006 study of the battle by the U.

The pursuit of German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic has long been considered one of the most exciting stories of World War II.

Twenty-five years in the Navy had made Cheryl Ruff an independent, resilient, strong woman -and a master at providing patient care while serving at various Navy hospitals around the world.

The substantial accomplishments of the U.

In this remarkable oral history collection, thirty-three participants in the turbulent epic that began with the day of infamy at Pearl Harbor and ended with the signing of the surrender documents in Tokyo Harbor tell their stories.

On Seas Contested is an in-depth analysis of the Second World War's seven major navies.

The last days of fighting in the Civil War's eastern theater have been wrapped in mythology since the moment of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

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Thomas Michael Kettle was born on 9th February 1880 in Artane, Dublin, the seventh of twelve children.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE was born on June 22nd, 1856 at Bradenham in Norfolk, England.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man.

Edith Newbold Jones was born in New York on January 24, 1862.

'Truth is stranger than fiction.

The outlook for a victory by the Allied Powers was in doubt in 1942.

Because the turbulent trajectory of Russia's foreign policy since the collapse of the Soviet Union echoes previous moments of social and political transformation, history offers a special vantage point from which to judge the current course of events.

On a sunny Fourth of July during World War I, King George V went out to a ball game.

Since its dedication in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has become an American cultural icon symbolizing the war in Vietnam--the defining experience of the Baby Boom generation.

North Carolina did more than its part during World War II.

During World War II, the Solomon Islands became the scene of a titanic struggle between Allied and Japanese forces.

During World War II Nathalie "e;Lily"e; Sergueiew, a woman of mystery, confidently seduced the German Intelligence Service into employing her as a spy against their British enemy.

Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.

If wars were wagered on like pro sports or horse races, the Germany military in August 1914 would have been a clear front-runner, with a century-long record of impressive victories and a general staff the envy of its rivals.

The award of a military decoration does not define valor--it only recognizes it.

In late January 1944 a force of New Zealand soldiers and Allied specialists undertook a daring behind the lines reconnaissance of the Japanese-held Green Islands of Papua New Guinea.

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.