military history

This book describes how the United States is an economic power, having the power to shape the entire world's economy--jobs, businesses, factories, farms, and banks all around the world.

A biography of the Revolutionary War general, Baron von Steuben--Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben--that focuses on his military career, and describes his efforts to create West Point and his contributions to the "Blue Book," which detailed army regulations.

A biography of the British archaeologist and soldier who helped lead the Arabs revolt against the Turks and who was considered a World War I hero.

A biography of General George S. Patton, covering his life and career in the U.S. Army through both World Wars.

A variety of letters written by American servicemen which include accounts of combat, complaints about conditions, philosophical musings, love letters, and final thoughts.

Provides a detailed account of the strategies employed in the planning and execution of the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944 including the Allied deception to divert the German's attention toward the Pas-de-Calais and the daring paratroop attacks behind enemy lines.

An anthology of American war poetry written by soldiers, nurses, reporters, and civilians that covers four centuries from the Colonial Wars of the eighteenth-century to the Gulf Wars.

Traces more than two hundred years of America's involvement in major wars, rebellions, and insurrections around the world, drawing on primary source documents, biographies, and narrative history to explore the political antecdents, events, and consequences of each conflict.

Presents an anthology of American war poetry, featuring nearly two hundred selections that comment on more than twelve wars, from the American Revolution to the twenty-first-century war on terrorism, including works by Henry Wordsworth Longfellow, Francis Scott Key, Edgar Lee Masters, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Adrienne Rich, and others.

Offers a comprehensive survey of Latin American wars from 1899 to 1941, including border disputes and domestic insurrections, with maps and photographs illustrating key military campaigns and an overview of the United States' impact on those conflicts.