War and Remembrance: The Story of the American Battle Monuments Commission, Hardcover - Thomas H. Conner

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This sweeping new assessment of Civil War monuments unveiled in the United States between the 1860s and 1930s argues that they were pivotal to a na...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Battle of Antietam, then keep reading...On September 17th, 1862, US President Abraham Lincol...

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Reducere. Did you know that the Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest battle of the US Civil War up to that time?The Battle of Shiloh was fought along the Tenne...

DescriptionThe story of the Battle of Saipan has it all. Marines at war: on Pacific beaches, in hellish volcanic landscapes in places like Purple H...

A compelling and timely account of the corruption, corporatization, and militarization of science in the United States.Publisher: Haymarket BooksAu...

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Reducere. Privileges of War is a collection of positive stories about wartime service during one of the most negative and controversial periods in American h...

What we know of war is always mediated knowledge and feeling. We need lenses to filter out some of its blinding, terrifying light. These lenses are...

In Battle of the Big Hole, noted historian Aubrey Haines has compiled the many written and first-person accounts of this historic moment in the Ind...

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America has been at war for most of the 20th and 21st centuries and during that time has progressively moved towards a vicarious form of warfare, w...

Reducere. A million pages of new World War II codebreaking records have been released by the U.S. Army and Navy and the British government over the last five...

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DescriptionArmy Air Force pilot Jim Muri flew his torpedo-equipped B-26 bomber on a daring mission of survival that helped win the Battle of Midway...

When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19, 000 American Marines had been wounded and 7, 000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 perc...

Explores the Battle of Gettysburg of the US Civil War. Authoritative text, colorful illustrations, illuminating sidebars, and questions to prompt c...

During World War II, some 10, 000 American bombers and fighters were shot down over Europe. Of the crews aboard, 26, 000 men were killed, while 30,...

Reducere. Christina Schwenkel's absorbing study explores how the American War is remembered and commemorated in Vietnam today--in official and unofficial his...

IN 1991 THE UNITED STATES trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil. Then in 2003 the United States did it aga...

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DescriptionLeft for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American paratrooper, Gene Metcalfe, who served in the 82nd Air...

During the Civil War, William H. Gregg served as William Clarke Quantrill's de facto adjutant from December 1861 until the spring of 1864, making h...

Hollywood Remembrance and American War addresses the synergy between Hollywood war films and American forms of war remembrance. This book develops ...

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Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of ...

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Reducere. - A first-rate historian: Benson Bobrick is the author of several celebrated books, including The Fated Sky and Testament . His work has been haile...

DescriptionIf you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of World War 1, then keep reading... Three captivating manuscripts in o...