The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters, Hardcover

Reducere. Although frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 tested a rising generation of American leaders; u...

Reducere. From White Shield to Washington DC, new Indian wars are being fought by Ivy League-trained lawyers called Coyote Warriors--among them a Mandan/Hida...

Reducere. DescriptionWarriors and Fools is not just another book about the Vietnam War. It is different from most. Unlike some others, the author is a vetera...

Reducere. An unprecedented account of one of the bloodiest and most significant racial clashes in American historyIn May 1866, just a year after the Civil Wa...

Reducere. DescriptionWarriors and Fools is about the Vietnam War. It seeks to answer one specific question - why did the US fail to achieve its principal obj...

December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and Northern confidence. As Abra...

Reducere. "A rousing celebration of a moment in history when college football was more than metaphor and entertainment, it was a gritty sidebar to real war."...

Reducere. Imagine investigating a murder in which there was no crime scene, no physical evidence, and no victim's body. How would you identify a person of in...

Reducere. Swashbuckling stories of the Union naval blockade of the Southern states and the blockade runners who smuggled goods to the Confederacy have long b...

Examines the transformation of the Catalan nation in socio-economic, political and historical terms, and offers an interpretation of the determinan...

DescriptionThe War Criminal's Son brings to life hidden aspects of the Civil War through the sweeping saga of the firstborn son in the infamous Con...

Reducere. In this illustrated account of the bloodiest war fought on American soil, Brooks Simpson recounts the events of the war from the opening salvo at F...

An examination of China's participation in the World Trade Organization, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them China's a...

Provides a fascinating account of the significant battles, sieges and rebellions of the Civil War in Wales.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s...

Reducere. Although hundreds of thousands of people died fighting in the Civil War, perhaps the war's biggest casualty was the nation's legal order. A Nation ...

Reducere. "An utterly absorbing account of one of history's most momentous battles" (Forbes) that not only changed the Civil War but the future of all sea po...

DescriptionThe Landmark Julius Caesar is the definitive edition of the five works that chronicle the mil-itary campaigns of Julius Caesar. Together...

Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone that operates as a breeding g...

Reducere. In this one-of-a-kind atlas, scores of archival maps and dozens of newly created maps trace the battles, political turmoil, and great themes of Ame...

Reducere. DescriptionThe two great commentaries of Julius Caesar - the Gallic War and the Civil War - are united in this superb hardcover edition. The commen...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the Deadliest War in American History No other war in the history of the United States has sparked as much debate and conflict a...

Reducere. Before the War Between the States, there was the war between the U.S. government and Oberlin, Ohio. . . . "A fascinating, gripping narrative."--Jam...

Reducere. Alabama's role in the Civil War cannot be understated. Union raids into northern Alabama, the huge manufacturing infrastructure in central Alabama ...

This distinctive new history of the origins of the Spanish Civil War tackles the highly-debated issue of why it was that Spain's democratic Second ...

Reducere. In this riveting, character-driven history, one of our most respected historians traces the diseases in the public mind--the distortions of reality...

Reducere. DescriptionMarek Bennett's comics adaptation of this actual Civil War memoir brings to life the dry humor and grim conviction of teacher-turned-sol...

The masterful and poignant story of three African-American families who journeyed west after emancipation, by an award-winning scholar and descenda...

Reducere. DescriptionPresented in one comprehensive volume, this is the Civil War as it really was-the forces and events that caused it, the soldiers and civ...

Reducere. They were both prewar failures--Grant, forced to resign from the Regular Army because of his drinking, and Sherman, holding four different jobs, in...

Publisher: CornerstoneAuthor(s): Maggie BrookesNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 243 x 39Cover type: HardbackRedescopera ...

Reducere. "The Commentaries on the Gallic War" is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar des...

Many of what we think of as Information Age tools and media --- computers, cell phones, the internet, encryption, and more --- evolved directly out...

Reducere. National Geographic presents provocative stories shedding new light on the Civil War, American history's watershed, from Union and Confederate sold...

Reducere. "A superior book. . . . Many readers will be surprised to see that today's arguments about history education follow the culture wars that go back t...

Reducere. Foote's comprehensive history of the Civil War includes three compelling volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red Ri...

Reducere. By choice, chance and God's hand, I survived some extremely trying times in the Marine Corps during World War II.I decided not to get mired in the ...

Reducere. Amid the fearsome battles of the Civil War, both Union and Confederate soldiers were urged onward by song. There were songs to wake them up and son...

"Describes the Siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg, including Pickett's Charge, that turned the tide of the American Civil War. Include...

Reducere. The first US offensive of World War II began with no fanfare early on August 7, 1942. But, before it ended six months later with the first US land ...

DescriptionAmerica's evolution during the mid-19th century just prior to the Civil War was amazing. The six-fold increase in population from 1800 t...

Reducere. An introduction to the history of the Civil War for kids ages 6 to 9 The United States was not always united. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina ...

A popular-level introduction to the theology of the Reformation and its continuing relevance today. At its heart, the Reformation was a dispute abo...

Reducere. The pigpen cipher, the Devil's Coffee Mill, and germ warfare were all a part of the Civil War, but you won't learn that in your history booksDiscov...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and cont...