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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
409 pages ; cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1941: Fighting the Shadow War, A Divided America in a World at War, historian Marc Wortman thrillingly explores the little-known history of America?s clandestine involvement in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor."--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Carolina Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Takes the viewer behind the walls of government, as CIA, Pentagon and foreign service experts speak out detailing the lies, misstatements and exaggerations that served as the reasons for fighting a "preemptive" war against Iraq that wasn't necessary. Includes interviews with more than 20 experts in opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xviii, 387 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking book William Marvel investigates the mystery of how the war began, reconsidering the big question: was it inevitable? He vividly recreates President Lincoln"s first year in office, from his inauguration through the rising crisis of secession and the first several months of the war. Drawing on original sources and reexamining previously overlooked factors, Marvel leads the reader inexorably to the conclusion that Lincoln not...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 701 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"It was 1778, and the recent American victory at Saratoga had netted the U.S a powerful ally in France. Many, including General George Washington, presumed France's entrance into the war meant independence was just around the corner. Meanwhile, having lost an entire army at Saratoga, Great Britain pivoted to a “southern strategy.” The army would henceforth seek to regain its southern colonies, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia,...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
464 pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Betrayal at Little Gibraltar tells vivid human stories of the soldiers who fought to capture the giant fortress and push the American advance. Using unpublished first-person accounts?and featuring photographs, documents, and maps that place you in the action?Walker describes the horrors of World War I combat, the sacrifices of the doughboys, and the determined efforts of two participants to pierce the cover-up and to solve the mystery..."--Amazon.com....
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books/Collins
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
xiii, 384 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses Valley Forge within the larger context of the Revolutionary War, linking the winter stay of the Continental Army during 1777 and 1778 to such events as the negotiations with the French and the maneuvering of the Continental Congress.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Renowned historian David A. Clary studies George Washington's early military career as a young colonel during the French and Indian War, and how those campaigns influenced his leadership and strategy as a general during the Revolutionary War and as the first president of the newly-formed United States of America.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
x, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century"--
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 600 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"General Robert E. Lee's army was a surprise to almost everyone: with daring early victories and an invasion into the North, they nearly managed to convince the North to give up the fight. Astonishingly, after 150 years of scholarship, there are still some major surprises about the Army of Northern Virginia. Historian Joseph T. Glatthaar draws on sources assembled over two decades--from letters and diaries, to official war records, to a new, definitive...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
255 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, chart, facsimiles, photographs ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A thrilling true survival story that follows one of America's most beloved presidents, John F. Kennedy, as he fought to save his crew after a deadly shipwreck in the Pacific during World War II.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
viii, 694 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall--America's most distinguished soldier-statesman since George Washington--whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century. Winston Churchill called him World War II's "organizer of victory." Harry Truman said he was "the greatest military man that this country ever produced." Today, in our era of failed leadership, few...
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