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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
MAX HASTINGS · Harper
Pages: 752
Format: Hardcover
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An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United... |
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Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends
William Guarnere · Berkley Hardcover; 1 edition
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Tom Hanks introduces the rousing story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army-members of an elite unit of the 101st... |
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"My brothers have my back": Inside the November 1969 Battle on the Vietnamese DMZ
Lou Pepi · McFarland & Company
Pages: 225
Format: Paperback
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In November 1969, what Time Magazine called the "largest battle of the year" took place less than two miles from the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. Three companies of Task Force 1-61 met 2,000-3,000 North Vietnamese. American forces fought for two days, inflicting heavy casualties... |
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12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
Doug Stanton · Pocket Books
Pages: 576
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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The New York Times bestselling "spellbinding true-life story" (USA TODAY) of a United States Special Forces team deployed to the war-ravaged Afghanistan mountains in the weeks immediately following 9/11, overcoming great odds to become heroes of our era - now a major motion... |
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Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam
BRIAN VANDEMARK · Custom House
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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"The most thoughtful and judicious one-volume history of the war and the American political leaders who presided over the difficult and painful decisions that shaped this history. The book will stand for the foreseeable future as the best study of the tragic mistakes that led to so much... |
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Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
Nicola Tallis · Pegasus Books
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
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A significant retelling of the often-misunderstood tale of Lady Jane Grey's journey through her trial and execution -- recalling the dangerous plots and web of deadly intrigue in which she became involuntarily tangled, and which ultimately led to a catastrophic conclusion. "Good... |
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US Prisoners of War in the Korean War
Arden A Rowley · Turner
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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Dedicated to all 1.3 million U.S. service Men and Women who served in Korea during the Korean War - 1950-1953: 103,000 who were wounded 36,000 who were killed 7,140 who became POWs 8,100 who are still missing in action ALL GAVE SOME, SOME GAVE ALL. |
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Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West
Tom Clavin · St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pages: 480
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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Now in paperback, the New York Times bestselling story of the taming of the depraved and criminal Wild West. The instant New York Times bestseller!THE TRUE STORY OF HOW TWO GUNFIGHTERS BROUGHT LAW AND ORDER TO DODGE CITY, the most depraved and criminal town in the nationDodge City, Kansas,... |
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Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
Mark Bowden · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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Not since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down has Mark Bowden written a book about a battle. His most ambitious work yet, Hue 1968 is the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive and a turning point in the American War in Vietnam. By January 1968, despite an influx of half... |
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The Flood of 1912: 100th Anniversary Centennial Album of the Mississippi Valley Flood
Brian Costello · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
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A gallery of photographs and headlines of the disastrous Mississippi River flood of 1912. Photographs from the upper Mississippi Valley to the parishes of Louisiana. Content March of 1912 Opening Timeline Map of valley Ohio: Freemont Indiana: Logansport Nebraska: Valley Illinois: Future... |
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Ancient Egypt : Art And Archaeology Of The Land Of The Pharaohs
Giorgio Agnese · Barnes & Noble
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most fascinating regions of Africa, the land that saw the rise and fall of the longest and most enigmatic of the Mediterranean civilizations, Egypt is full of landscapes of breathtaking beauty and artistic masterpieces, from the pyramids of Giza to the Valley of the Kings, from... |
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Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America
CATHERINE KERRISON · Ballantine Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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Thomas Jefferson fathered three girls: two white and free, one black and a slave. This book about Martha, Maria, and Harriet tells the fascinating story of their very different lives at Monticello and beyond, as daughters of one of our most brilliant and complicated Founding Fathers. |
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The Age of Airpower
Martin Van Creveld · PublicAffairs
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
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In this fascinating narrative history, internationally recognized military expert Martin van Creveld narrates the rise and fall of the most glamorous offensive and defensive instrument of war in military history - airpower. From the scenes of its greatest exploits during World War I and II, to present... |
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