Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam, Paperback - Elizabeth Norman

Reducere. DescriptionNorman tells the dramatic story of fifty women--members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps--who went to war, working in milita...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Mary FarrellIllustration(s): 50 black-and-white and color photographsNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Reducere. Kaia Alderson's debut historical fiction novel reveals the untold, true story of the Six Triple Eight, the only all-Black battalion of the Women's ...

Reducere. John Vanvorden--the Flying Dutchman--is a Vietnam pilot and one of the rugged few who know the danger and thrill of combat while piloting the U.S. ...

What were the catalysts that motivated Mexican American youth to enlist or readily accept their draft notices in World War II, Korea, or Vietnam? I...

Reducere. While in Vietnam, Slater Davis served in Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment in the 11th Light Infantry Brigade of the Americal Di...

Reducere. Description"Shelby Stanton has emerged as the leading military historian on the war in Southest Asia."COL. CHARLES B. MacDONALDAuthor of COMPANY CO...

DescriptionA personal account of the courageous men of an Army Combat Engineer Battalion during our most unpopular war. They faced constant danger ...

For fans of Century Girls comes a new book by Tessa Dunlop.Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Tessa DunlopNumber of pages: 384Publicati...

For fans of The Century Girls and The Bletchley Girls comes a new book by Tessa Dunlop.Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Tessa DunlopN...

* A powerful and time-honoured collection of interviews with the veterans of Vietnam.

Reducere. DescriptionIn this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served ...

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DescriptionThe rules, regulations and regimented lifestyle of serving in the military may seem like the last thing a musician would want, but many ...

Reducere. The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback--an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, an...

Reducere. What went wrong in Vietnam? Michael Lind casts new light on one of the most contentious episodes in American history in this controversial bestsell...

Reducere. Neglected by scholars and journalists alike, the years of conflict in Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 offer surprises not only about how the war was foug...

Historian and collector Michael Green shows in this fascinating and graphically illustrated book that the two wars that engulfed Indochina and Nort...

DescriptionThis is the story that inspired the acclaimed Burt Lancaster movie, Go Tell the Spartans. The year is 1964--early days in South Vietnam-...

Reducere. Elizabeth Mapp-Flint of Tilling is approaching her fiftieth birthday, and plans a party to celebrate the event. However, as so often happens in Til...

The long buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the official and cultural barriers to women covering war....

Reducere. In one of the most detailed and powerfully argued books published on American intervention in Vietnam, Fredrik Logevall examines the last great una...

Reducere. In the tradition of Hidden Figures and The Girls of Atomic City, Code Girls is the amazing true story of the young American women who cracked Germa...

Fonts are everywhere. You may even have a favorite serif or sans serif. But have you ever wondered who took the bold steps to create it? Behind eve...

We Also Served is a social history of women's involvement in the First World War. Dr. Vivien Newman disturbs myths and preconceptions surrounding w...

Reducere. In January 1966, navy nurse Lieutenant Kay Bauer stepped off a pan am airliner into the stifling heat of Saigon and was issued a camouflage uniform...

Reducere. The "absorbing and powerful" (Wall Street Journal) story of two pioneering suffragette doctors who shattered social expectations and transformed mo...

Reducere. In the 1830s, when a brave and curious girl named Elizabeth Blackwell was growing up, women were supposed to be wives and mothers. Some women could...

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Reducere. Want to know what Vietnam was really like?Real stories told by real people, in their own words, men and women, caught up in an all too real war. Fr...

The long buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the official and cultural barriers to women covering war....

The epic Vietnam War story of the multi-year air campaign to destroy Ho Chi Minh's "Invincible" bridge--one of the most dramatic actions in aviatio...

Reducere. Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during ...

Reducere. When the U.S. Army ordered troops into Arizona Territory in the 19th century to protect and defend the new settlements established there, some of t...

DescriptionWhat was it like to be a military combat photographer in the most photographed war in history -- the Vietnam War? Shooting Vietnam takes...

Reducere. Want to know what Vietnam was really like? Real stories told by real people, in their own words, 100 veterans, men and women, caught up in an all t...

Reducere. Want to know what Vietnam was really like? 60 Stories, 271 photographs, and 4.6 Stars on over 100 customer reviews.From a Marine sniper in Hue, to ...

Reducere. ★ ``Partridge proves once again that nonfiction can be every bit as dramatic as the best fiction.``* America's war in Vietnam. In over a decade of ...

Reducere. Now in paperback--a "thrilling narrative of bravery, bravado, and loss" (Kirkus Reviews) that tells the "gripping story of a handful of marines who...

Reducere. At the height of the Vietnam war, the U.S. Army drafted Norman Hile out of law school, trained him to be an artillery officer, and in August 1970 s...

Reducere. Now available in paperback Winner of the 2007 American Authors Association Golden Quill Award Winner of the 2007 Military Writers Society of Americ...

Publisher: Holiday House IncAuthor(s): Andrea WarrenNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 208 x 233 x 18Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Reducere. This book reveals a hidden period in history, slowly emerging after the fall of an isolationist communist regime. It shows the compassionate side o...

Reducere. Historically, the Vietnam War is the longest, largest and most complex colonial wars. During the war, the North and South Vietnam fought each other...

Reducere. Readers are introduced to courageous women and girls who risked their lives through their involvement in the conflict in Vietnam. These women serve...

Reducere. DescriptionFlying combat missions in wartime is always dangerous. But imagine doing so in a slow, rickety biplane, at night, with no lights or navi...

DescriptionVietnam War marked a tragic period in U.S. history.High-interest topics, real stories, engaging design and astonishing photos are the bu...

During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their...

Publisher: Sourcebooks, IncAuthor(s): Mari K. EderNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 143 x 210 x 35Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Reducere. What is the price of honor? It took ten years for Vietnam War nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer that question--and the answer was a heavy one. In...