Military history

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

In April 1917, Congress approved President Woodrow Wilson's request to declare war on the Central Powers, thrusting the United States into World War I with the rallying cry, "e;The world must be made safe for democracy.

In 1831, Prussia was consumed by two fears: the possibility of revolution resulting from the 1830 November Uprising of Poland against Russia, and a looming cholera epidemic.

Fictional war narratives often employ haunted battlefields, super-soldiers, time travel, the undead and other imaginative elements of science fiction and fantasy.

For two weeks during the spring of 1942, the Bataan Death March--one of the most widely condemned atrocities of World War II--unfolded.

Through a century of movies, the U.

During the Civil War, control of the Mississippi River was hotly contested by both the Union and Confederate armies.

Christopher Gist is a great American hero who has often gone unnoticed.

Britain's peacekeeping role in Southeast Asia after World War II was clear enough but the purpose of the Commonwealth in the region later became shadowy.

The early 20th century saw the founding of the National Security League, a nationalistic nonprofit organization committed to an expanded military, conscripted service and meritocracy.

In the fall of 1983, arguably the coldest year of the decades-long Cold War, the world's greatest superpower invaded Grenada, a Marxist-led Caribbean nation the size of Atlanta.

The German invasion of Poland in September 1939 abruptly ended author Jan Rosinski's student life, and propelled him into an activist role in the Polish resistance organization Armia Krajowa.

After the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan's unconditional surrender, America's educational community quickly focused on preparing the younger generation for the atomic age.

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President Bill Clinton, speaking as might any commander-in-chief, on the eve of his decision to deploy ground troops to Bosnia in 1995, declared he had "e;no responsibility more grave than putting soldiers in harm's way.

What happens when a career Marine officer stops believing in the doctrine of the Corps and the official pretexts for war?

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In July 1862, the directors of the Chicago Board of Trade used their significant influence to organize perhaps the most prominent Union artillery unit in the Western Theater.

As the first botanical history of World War II, Plants Go to War examines military history from the perspective of plant science.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the United States has sought to achieve Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan's vision of "e;command of the sea"e; using large battle fleets of capital ships.

Two World Wars engulfed Europe, Asia and the United States, leaving indelible scars on the landscape and survivors.

Between 1817 and 1864, sixteen officers were assigned as Commandants of Cadets at the U.

The book examines Charlie Chaplin's evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947).

This biographical dictionary catalogs the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Missouri and the western States and Territories during the Civil War.

At the conclusion of World War II, war crimes tribunals were carried out at Nuremberg, Germany.

In Dublin, the War of Irish Independence (1919-1921) was an intense and dirty battle between military intelligence agents.

The battle that unfolded at the Little Big Horn River on June 25, 1876, marked a watershed in the history of the Plains Indians.

The Vietnam War was not going well in 1968.

Eight World War II battles are examined here from the perspective of the U.

Who was most responsible for the Vietnam War?

This detailed chronological analysis of British World War II movies from 1939 until the present explores how films projected recognizable stereotypes of British national character and how the times in which a film was made shaped its perspectives.

The Iraqi Triangle of Death, south of Baghdad, was a raging inferno of insurgent activity in August of 2006; by November 2007, attacks had been suppressed to such an extent as to return the area to near obscurity.

Much of the history of the Korean War has been misinterpreted or obscured.

George Washington and the Half-King Chief Tanacharison details the events in western Pennsylvania that precipitated the French and Indian War.

More than 130,000 South Vietnamese fled their homeland at the end of the Vietnam War.

Like many other young men during the Vietnam War, Ed Corlew enlisted in hopes of having some influence regarding assignment--safety and training.

This comprehensive chronology provides coverage of every international terrorist attack covered in public literature--including newspapers, news magazines, radio, television, websites, and other media--from 2008 through 2012, plus updates on events that occurred before that period.

Call of Duty is one of the most culturally significant video game franchises of the 21st century.

Immigrant American soldiers played an important, often underrated role in World War I.

A former Harvard professor of decision science and game theory draws on those disciplines in this review of controversial strategic and tactical decisions of World War II.

In the summer of 1969, as the Vietnam War was being turned over to the South Vietnamese, Lieutenant John Raschke arrived in Chuong Thien Province deep in the Mekong Delta, eager to have a positive impact.

As the United States began its campaign against numerous Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, Japanese tactics required them to develop new weapons and strategies.

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.

Eighteen nurses who served in the United States military nurse corps during the Vietnam War present their personal accounts in this book.

On his second tour in Vietnam, U.

Seven decades after World War II, we now know that the margin between Allied victory and defeat was often narrower than many realized.

Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times.

Air warfare was a decisive component of World War II, especially in western Europe and over Japan, where Allied bombers damaged 66 of the country's largest cities.

Though few realize it, the Netherlands East Indies were the object of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

As a first lieutenant in Bravo Company of the Third Battalion, 187th Infantry, Frank Boccia led a platoon in two intense battles in the Vietnamese mountains in April and May 1969: Dong Ngai and the grinding, 11-day battle of Dong Ap Bia--the Mountain of the Crouching Beast, in Vietnamese, or Hamburger Hill as it is popularly known.