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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “james scott wheeler”
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  • The Irish and British Wars, 1637-1654

    Triumph, Tragedy, and Failure

    by James Scott Wheeler ...
    Series series Warfare and History
    With numerous maps and illustrations, James Scott Wheeler connects the strategic and tactical levels of war with political actions and reactions, and discusses how Britain and Ireland became battlegrounds in the 'war of three kingdoms'. The various stages of this period of turmoil are clearly demonstrated, right through to the execution of Charles I, the conquest of Catholic Ireland, and the ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Jacob L. Devers

    A General's Life

    by James Scott Wheeler ...
    Series series American Warriors Series
    General Jacob L. "Jake" Devers (1897–1979) was one of only two officers—the other was Omar C. Bradley—to command an army group during the decisive campaigns of 1944–1945 that liberated Europe and ended the war with Nazi Germany. After the war, Devers led the Army Ground Forces in the United States and eventually retired in 1949 after forty years of service. Despite incredible successes on the ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • War and Remembrance

    The Story of the American Battle Monuments Commission

    by Thomas H. Conner ...
    Series series AUSA Books
    "No soldier could ask for a sweeter resting place than on the field of glory where he fell. The land he died to save vies with the one which gave him birth in paying tribute to his memory, and the kindly hands which so often come to spread flowers upon his earthly coverlet express in their gentle task a personal affection."—General John J. PershingTo remember and honor the memory of the American ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

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    The Battle of the Bulge

    by Antony Beevor ...
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  • Eisenhower in War and Peace

    by Jean Edward Smith ...
    **NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch“Magisterial.”—The New York Times**In this extraordinary volume, Jean Edward Smith presents a portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America’s thirty-fourth president. Here is Eisenhower the young dreamer, charting a course from Abilene, ... Read more

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  • The Supreme Commander

    by Stephen E. Ambrose ...
    In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander’s leadership during World War II.Ambrose brings Eisenhower’s experience of the Second World War to life, showing in vivid detail how the general’s skill as a diplomat and a military strategist contributed to Allied successes in North Africa and in Europe, and ... Read more

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  • Mr. Wilson's War

    From the Assassination of McKinley to the Defeat of the League of Nations

    by John Dos Passos ...
    Beginning with the assassination of McKinley and ending with the defeat of the League of Nations by the United States Senate, the twenty-year period covered by John Dos Passos in this lucid and fascinating narrative changed the whole destiny of America. This is the story of the war we won and the peace we lost, told with a clear historical perspective and a warm interest in the remarkable people ... Read more

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  • The Best Little Army In The World

    by J. L. Granatstein ...
    This is the story of the Canadian First Army that fought its way from Juno Beach at D-Day in June, 1944, through Normandy, into the Netherlands to liberate that country, to the terrible battles in the Scheldt area, and finally into Germany in 1945. This is also the story of how Canada, which had no army to speak of in 1939, raised a citizen army and turned it into one of the very best fighting ... Read more

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  • Lincoln & Churchill

    Statesmen at War

    by Lewis E Lehrman ...
    "With penetrating insight, Lehrman unfolds the contrasts and similarities between these two leaders . . . I savored every page of this magnificent work."—Doris Kearns Goodwin, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnWinner of the Abraham Lincoln Institute of Washington's 2019 book prizeLewis E. Lehrman, a renowned historian and National ... Read more

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  • The Bridge at Remagen

    A Story of World War II

    by Ken Hechler ...
    It was a stunning strategic victory of World War II–and one of the most fantastic breaks for the Allies. On March 7, 1945, a small group of American infantrymen, engineers, and tank crews secured the Ludendorff Bridge that crossed the Rhine. The successful mission saved thousands of American lives and spearheaded the invasion of Nazi Germany.The Bridge at Remagen is the detailed narrative of this ... Read more

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  • The Invasion of Canada 1933 (alternate history)

    by Charles A. Mills ...
    In 1933 the man who subverted American democracy pronounced, “The fact is, the English are soft. Britain is like a frightened, flabby old woman. The whole empire is just rotted through and through. Kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will collapse.” He would soon drag America into a two ocean war, with Canada as the prize.Sticking as closely as possible to the real history of the ... Read more

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  • Wilson

    by A. Scott Berg ...
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, "a brilliant biography"* of the 28th president of the United States.*Doris Kearns GoodwinOne hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, and one of the most enigmatic. And now, after more than a decade of research and writing, Pulitzer Prize–winning author A. Scott ... Read more

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