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Dark and Bloody Ground
The Hurtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1944-1945
Häftad, 2003
254 kr
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This work examines the ominous prelude to the Battle of the Bulge and reveals one of the US Army's bloodiest nightmares of World War II. In late 1944, the American army had pushed through Belgium almost unopposed. As small units advanced into the hilly woods south-east of Aachen, Germany, they …
Sappers in the Wire
The Life and Death of Firebase Mary Ann
Häftad, 2007
312 kr
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This dramatic narrative recounts the last high-casualty U.S. action in the Vietnam War. Military leaders and historians have attributed the disaster to a dereliction of duty in the ranks, but Nolan's interviews and research in declassified documents reveal that the 1971 incident had much in common …
Leadership in the Crucible
The Korean War Battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni
Inbunden, 2003
381 kr
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At the pivotal battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni In February 1951, U.N. forces met and contained largescale attacks by Chinese forces. Col. Paul Freeman and the larger-than-life Col. Ralph Monclar led the American 23rd Infantry Regiment and the French Batailion de Coree, respectively. In this …
Mexican National Army, 1822-1852
Häftad, 2004
275 kr
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The army of thirty-five thousand that engineered Mexico's independence was a melting pot of insurgent and royalist forces held together by the lure of rapid promotions and other military remuneration. Overwhelmed with internal threats such as Indian skirmishes and peasant uprisings, this poorly …
Sideshow War
The Italian Campaign, 1943-1945
Häftad, 2007
254 kr
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In ""Sideshow War: The Italian Campaign, 1943-1945"", George F. Botjer examines the economic, political, and cultural factors that influenced the unfolding of the fight for the Italian peninsula. He also provides new, unpublished documentation highlighting Axis defensive operations in Sicily, their …
After the Trenches
The Transformation of the U.S. Army, 1918-1939
Häftad, 2008
303 kr
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At the end of the Great War, the U.S. Army faced the challenge of integrating what it had learned in its war effort. During the interwar years the army sought to balance readiness and modernization in a period of limited resources and technological advances with profound implications for the …
To Save a City
The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949
Häftad, 2008
254 kr
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Following World War II, the Soviet Union drew an ""Iron Curtain"" across Europe, crowning its efforts with a blockade of West Berlin in a desperate effort to prevent the creation of an independent, democratic West Germany. The United States and Great Britain, aided by France, responded with a …
Lafayette of the South
Prince Camille De Polignac and the American Civil War
Av Jeff Kinard
Inbunden, 2001
422 kr
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In this volume, Jeff Kinard reveals the distinguished life and career of Prince Camille de Polignac, a French aristocrat and Confederate military man. Kinard follows Polignac through his early days, his dramatic years during the Civil War and Franco-Prussian War, and the rest of his long life.
Ocean in Common
American Naval Officers, Scientists, and the Ocean Environment
Av Gary E. Weir
Inbunden, 2001
524 kr
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Through two world conflicts and the Cold War, the US Navy and American ocean scientists drew closer, converting a marriage of necessity into a relationship of achievement. Beginning in 1919, this study traces the first 42 years of their joint quest to understand each other and the deep ocean.
Under Army Orders
The Army National Guard During the Korean War
Inbunden, 2001
409 kr
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Between 1950 and 1953, 138,600 US Army National Guardsmen were called up for federal service. This text explores some of the more obscure aspects of the Korean conflict, focusing on what it meant to be a citizen-soldier caught up in an international struggle that raged both hot and cold.
Reeducation in Postwar Vietnam
Personal Postscripts to Peace
Av Edward P. Metzner, Huynh Van Chinh m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
294 kr
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The stories of three survivors of the Vietnam War. Huynh Van Chinh and Tran Van Phuc, who had been colonels in the Army of Vietnam, lived through the torture of the ""reeducation camps"" and finally found freedom in America. Le Nguyen Binh tells of his dangerous escape from Vietnam.
Lone Star Confederate
A Gallant and Good Soldier of the Fifth Texas Infantry
Av Robert Campbell, George Skoch m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
333 kr
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After fighting with the 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Robert Campbell recorded the first months of his service for the benefit of future generations. In this text, the authors bring Campbell's eyewitness accounts, in addition to his letters, from the frontline to the public.
Simon Bolivar's Quest for Glory
Av Richard W. Slatta, Jane Lucas De Grummond
Inbunden, 2003
481 kr
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Earning glory on the fields of battle, Simon Bolivar, who fought to free South America from Spanish rule from 1810 to 1825, was one of the most influential figures in Latin American history. Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond bring forth the entire story of Bolivar, with special attention …
Eye on Korea
An Insider Account of Korean-American Relations
Av James V. Young, William W. Stueck
Inbunden, 2003
467 kr
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Col. James V. Young spent almost twenty years in Asia, including fourteen in Korea Here, he writes with the expertise of an old Korea hand about a period that saw South Korea develop from an agrarian economy to a modern industrial state. Young volunteered in 1969 for a new program aimed at creating …
How I Earned the Ruptured Duck
From Brooklyn to Berchtesgaden in World War II
Av Leo Bogart
Inbunden, 2003
393 kr
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Twenty years old when he entered the army in 1942, Leo Bogart was one of 16 million Americans who served with the armed forces during World War II. In numerous letters home, he provided a glimpse into the mind of a young American intellectual whose wartime journey carried him from New York to …
Blue and Gold and Black
Racial Integration of the U.S. Naval Academy
Inbunden, 2007
524 kr
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During the twentieth century, the U.S. Naval Academy evolved from a racist institution to one that ranked equal opportunity among its fundamental tenets. This transformation was not without its social cost, however, and black midshipmen bore the brunt of it.""Blue & Gold and Black"" is the history …
Gods of Diyala
Transfer of Command in Iraq
Av Caleb S. Cage, Gregory M. Tomlin
Inbunden, 2008
352 kr
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In March 2004, Caleb S. Cage and Gregory M. Tomlin deployed to Baquba, Iraq, on a mission that would redefine how conventional U.S. military forces fight an urban war. Having led artillery units through a transition into anti-insurgent rifle companies and carrying out daily combat patrols in one of …
Confederate Struggle for Command
General James Longstreet and the First Corps in the West
Inbunden, 2008
381 kr
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Was Lt. Gen. James Longstreet a lackluster, indecisive leader or a victim of political circumstances?Though traditionally saddled with much of the blame for the Confederate loss at Gettysburg, Longstreet was actually a capable, resourceful, and brave commander, argues historian Alexander Mendoza. …
