history, military

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

437 articles about the D-Day invasion of Europe during World War II, arranged in alphabetical order with information on infantry divisions, battles, generals, and more.

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.

Chronicles the stories of both the First and Second South Carolina regiments during the Civil War, describing how these two units helped to pave the way for the recruitment of other African-American troops for the Union Army.

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 a personal history of Britain's legendary warrior queen who dared to take on the Romans to avenge her daughters, her tribe, and her country.

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.