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No End Save Victory: How FDR Led the Nation into War
David Kaiser · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover |
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While Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first hundred days may be the most celebrated period of his presidency, the months before the attack on Pearl Harbor proved the most critical. Beginning as early as 1939 when Germany first attacked Poland, Roosevelt skillfully navigated a host of challenges—a... |
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A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire
Geoffrey Wawro · Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover |
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The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared... |
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Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Suki Kim · Broadway Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback |
A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign
Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there... |
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The Forbidden Worlds of Haruki Murakami
Matthew Carl Strecher · Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Hardcover |
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In an “other world” composed of language—it could be a fathomless Martian well, a labyrinthine hotel or forest—a narrative unfolds, and with it the experiences, memories, and dreams that constitute reality for Haruki Murakami’s characters and readers alike.... |
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A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War
Williamson Murray · Princeton University Press
Pages: 616
Format: Print book |
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The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale never before seen with an unprecedented mass mobilization of peoples. Yet despite the revolutionizing aspects of the Civil War, its leaders... |
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Exploring Gramercy Park and Union Square
Alfred Pommer · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback |
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Created by Samuel Ruggles as a haven for wealthy New Yorkers, both Gramercy Park and Union Square have been among Manhattans most desirable neighborhoods for more than 150 years. From writers and artists to powerful politicians, illustrious figures like O. Henry, Andy Warhol, Samuel Tilden... |
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America in the Cold War: A Reference Guide
William T Walker · ABC-CLIO,
Pages: 312
Format: Print book |
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The Cold War not only comprised the dominant theme in American foreign policy during the second half of the 20th century; its influence was also imbedded into American culture. The half-century duration of the Cold War was an extended learning period during which the United States found... |
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Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America
Douglas R Egerton · Basic Books
Pages: 448
Format: Print book |
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Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage - southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle,... |
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Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941
Stanley Weintraub · Da Capo Press; Book Club Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Christmas 1941 came little more than two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The shock—in some cases overseas, elation—was worldwide. While Americans attempted to go about celebrating as usual, the reality of the just-declared war was on everybodys mind. United States troops on Wake... |
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China 1945: Mao's Revolution and America's Fateful Choice
Richard Bernstein · Vintage
Format: Paperback |
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At the beginning of 1945, relations between America and the Chinese Communists couldnt have been closer. Chinese leaders talked of America helping to lift China out of poverty Mao Zedong himself held friendly meetings with U.S. emissaries. By years end, Chinese Communist soldiers were setting... |
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Wilfred Owen
Guy Cuthbertson · Yale University Press
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover |
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One of Britain's best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was killed at age 25 on one of the last days of the First World War, having acted heroically as soldier and officer despite his famous misgivings about the war's rationale and conduct. He left behind a body... |
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National Geographic The Civil War: A Traveler's Guide
National Geographic. · National Geographic Soc, 2016.
Pages: 512
Format: Print book |
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Perfect for tour planning and on-the-ground use, this guide will prove indispensable on any expedition to explore Civil War history in America. Packed with color photographs, more than 600 historic battlefield and additional Civil War related sites, walking tours, 50 detailed maps, and the collective... |
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Daughter of the King: Growing Up in Gangland
Sandra Lansky · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover |
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Sandi Lansky Lombardo grew up the only daughter of mob boss Meyer Lansky. Raised in upper-class Jewish splendor, first at the Majestic Hotel and then at the Beresford, at finishing schools and fancy stables, Sandi was the wild child of the late 40's, the 50's, and the early 60's.... |
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