military history

Examines the history of American warfare from the Civil War through Vietnam and the Cold War, looking at the experiences of both leaders and the led and how American democracy defines itself through these conflicts.

Chronicles the raid by 121 U.S. troops to rescue 513 prisoners of war, including the last survivors of the Bataan Death March, from the Philippines in January 1945.

The Los Angeles Times Moscow bureau chief describes her witness to events at the front lines of the war on terror in multiple countries, sharing her insights into the high cost of violence as weighed against the war's democracy-based objectives.

A biography of World War II military tactician George S. Patton, describing his childhood and struggles with dyslexia, education and military experiences, innovations, and conflict strategies that influenced later generations of desert soldiers.

Contains thirty-seven narratives, drawn from letters, diaries, private memoirs, and oral histories in which American veterans describe their experiences serving in conflicts from the First World War to the twenty-first-century war in Iraq.

A critical interpretation of the way the United States has waged war on and responded to terrorism.

Reveals the intricate plan for the invasion of France in June 1944, based on 1400 oral histories from the men who were there.

A military history of the United States through World War I. Includes the political, social, and economic aspects of war.

Presents a narrative of all American Wars from the colonial wars to the Vietnam War. Includes political, cultural, and economic factors.

Recounts military operations of the U.S. since 1945. Includes the Berlin blockade, landings in Lebanon in 1958, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Panama, Iran, El Salvador, Vietnam, and Korea.