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Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story
Dick Couch · William Morrow
Pages: 336 |
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The most complete history of the U.S. Navy SEALs - from their roots in World War II to their celebrated efforts in the War on Terror - written with the unprecedented cooperation of the Naval Special Warfare community. The book will tie-in with a fall 2014 PBS series. Over the last... |
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All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid
Matt Bai · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 263 |
Yahoo's national political columnist and the former chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine brilliantly revisits the Gary Hart affair and looks at how it changed forever the intersection of American media and politics.
In 1987,... |
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China 1945: Mao's Revolution and America's Fateful Choice
Richard Bernstein · Vintage |
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At the beginning of 1945, relations between America and the Chinese Communists couldn't 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 year's end, Chinese Communist soldiers... |
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Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii
James L. Haley · St. Martin's Press; 1St Edition edition |
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The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its "discovery" by Captain Cook in the late 18th Century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take advantage of its position as the crossroads of the Pacific.... |
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Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War
Jamie Malanowski · W W Norton
Pages: 304 |
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The lead writer of the New York Times's award-winning "Disunion" series introduces William Barker Cushing, the Civil War's most celebrated naval hero. October 1864. The confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle had sunk two federal warships and damaged seven others, taking control... |
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The cause of all nations : an international history of the American Civil War
Don Harrison Doyle · Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.
Pages: 382 |
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"When Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863, he had broader aims than simply rallying a war-weary nation. Lincoln realized that the Civil War had taken on a wider significance-that all of Europe and Latin America was watching to see whether the United States, a beleaguered... |
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Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King
Mike Pitts · Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Pages: 207 |
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The story of the archaeology behind the dig that found Richard III, told through a fascinating array of photographs, diagrams, and firsthand accounts In August 2012 a search began and on February 4, 2013 a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict to a mesmerized press... |
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When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
Molly Guptill Manning · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Pages: 267 |
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When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations.... |
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Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe's Bullion
George M. Taber · Pegasus Books
Pages: 500 |
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In the highly anticipated new book from the bestselling author of Judgement of Paris, George M. Taber reveals the integral role gold played in World War II, from its influence on the Nazi war machine to the ultimate triumph by the Allies and the fall of Berlin A USA Today "New... |
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