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  • Goodbye Vietnam

    In this "essential" memoir, a former marine returns to Vietnam years later to try to make sense of the war (Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead).When William Broyles Jr. was drafted, he was a twenty-four-year-old student at Oxford University in England, hoping to avoid military service. During his physical exam, however, he realized that he couldn't let social class or education give him special ... Leer más

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    The War of 1812 and the Battle That Inspired Francis Scott Key to Write "The Star-Spangled Banner"

    de Walter Lord ...
    A riveting account of the United States' second war with England, from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of The Miracle of Dunkirk .At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the great powers of Western Europe treated the United States like a disobedient child. Great Britain blocked American trade, seized its vessels, and impressed its sailors to serve in the Royal Navy. Ame... ... Leer más

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  • Saving Washington's Army

    The Brilliant Last Stand of General John Glover at the Battle of Pell's Point, New York, October 18, 1776

    Learn the little-known history of the forgotten American Revolution Battle of Pell's Point and the heroism of John Glover.General William Howe and the mighty British-Hessian Army possessed the golden opportunity to cut-off, trap, and then destroy General George Washington’s Army before he could retreat north and escape from Harlem Heights, New York, when he landed his army at Pell’s Point north of ... Leer más

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  • The First Total War

    Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It

    de David A. Bell ...
    "A mesmerizing account that illuminates not just the Napoleonic wars but all of modern history . . . It reads like a novel" (Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of modern European history, UCLA).The twentieth century is usually seen as "the century of total war." But as the historian David A. Bell argues in this landmark work, the phenomenon actually began much earlier, in the era of muskets, cannons ... Leer más

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  • The Victory Season

    The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age

    "A beautifully written paean to the 1946 baseball season, when normalcy returned to the national pastime." —Mike Vaccaro, New York PostIn 1945 Major League Baseball had become a ghost of itself. Parks were half empty, the balls were made with fake rubber, and mediocre replacements roamed the fields, as hundreds of players, including the game's biggest stars, were serving abroad, devoted to ... Leer más

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  • Valor in Vietnam

    Chronicles of Honor, Courage, and Sacrifice: 1963-1977

    " A well-informed, compelling compilation of the 'up close and personal' side of the Vietnam War . . . [a] masterful chronicle of first person stories" (Vice Admiral David B. Robinson, USN, Ret., Navy Cross recipient).Every war continues to dwell in the lives it touched, in the lives of those living through that time, and in those absorbed by its historical significance. The Vietnam War lives on ... Leer más

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  • Chicago's Great Fire

    The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City

    de Carl Smith ...
    A definitive chronicle of the 1871 Chicago Fire as remembered by those who experienced it—from the author of Chicago and the American Literary Imagination.Over three days in October, 1871, much of Chicago, Illinois, was destroyed by one of the most legendary urban fires in history. Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago had grown at a breathtaking pace in the intervening decades—and much of the ... Leer más

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  • Tullahoma

    The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863

    "The definitive account of Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans' operational masterpiece—the almost bloodless conquest . . . of Middle Tennessee." —Sam Davis Elliott, author of Soldier of TennesseeJuly 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War. News of Gettysburg and Vicksburg electrified the North and devastated the South. Sandwiched geographically between those victories and lost in the heady ... Leer más

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  • Just Another Day in Vietnam

    This military memoir examines one of the most vicious and tragically forgotten battles of the Vietnam War from a variety of perspectives.In June of 1967, the Viet Cong sought to isolate and destroy an elite South Vietnamese unit as part of a new offensive strategy. They sent a voluntary POW as an "informant" to dupe the 52nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion into taking a dangerous position in the III ... Leer más

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  • Turncoat

    Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty

    A historian examines how a once-ardent hero of the American Revolutionary cause became its most dishonored traitor.General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt to betray the fortress of West Point to the British in 1780 stands as one of the most infamous episodes in American history. In the light of a shining record of bravery and unquestioned commitment to the Revolution, Arnold's defection came as ... Leer más

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  • Eight Days at Yalta

    How Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Shaped the Post-war World

    de Diana Preston ...
    The authoritative history of the pivotal conference between Allied leaders at the close of WWII, based on revealing firsthand accounts.Crimea, 1945. As the last battles of WWII were fought, US President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin—the so-called "Big Three" —met in the Crimean resort town of Yalta. Over eight days of bargaining, ... Leer más

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  • The Viking Heart

    How Scandinavians Conquered the World

    de Arthur Herman ...
    “An absorbing and humane account . . . Mr. Herman is at pains to remind us that the Viking world was never just a stage for mayhem. It was, he says, ‘about daring to reach for more than the universe had gifted you, no matter the odds and the obstacles.’ In short: We might all take our own life’s cue from the Viking heart.”—The Wall Street JournalFrom a New York Times best-selling historian and ... Leer más

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