soldiers

In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her.

Explores the life and times of American patriot Ethan Allen--by some accounts a hero and by others a traitor--discussing his efforts, along with his brothers and the Green Mountain Boys, to keep the Hampshire Grants and Vermont independent.

A West Point graduate, Rhodes scholar, and Army Ranger describes his extensive military education, the ways in which his service in Afghanistan shaped his views, and his work as a Naval Academy instructor.

Four American soldiers seek refuge in the small village of St. Anna di Stazzema in Tuscany during World War II, never imagining how the events which take place there will change their lives forever.

Discusses the facts and tall tales about Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen, who, along with Benedict Arnold, led the Green Mountain Boys in capturing Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775.

Describes farm and village life, city life, soldier life, and the lives of women and African-Americans, free and slave, during the Revolutionary War; and also includes an annotated bibliography.

On cover: The American journey of West Point's class of 1966. Reveals the true heart of the military over the past quarter century as told through the lives of three classmates.

Contains Edward Hale's "The Man Without a Country," in which an army officer, Aaron Burr, disowns his country; and "A Message to Garcia," by Elbert Hubbard, in which a Cuban war hero delivers President McKinley's letter to Garc?a, along with two additional essays by Hubbard.

Presents a combat memoir in which John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunner during World War II, discusses how his idealistic dreams of heroism were altered by the gritty realities of war.

Provides information on what it was like to be in the Roman army through a fictional manual for legionaries, discussing how to get accepted into the ranks, what to wear on a campaign, how to tell a Berber from a Pict, how to storm a city, and other topics.