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Warrior Nations: The United States and Indian Peoples
Roger L. Nichols · University of Oklahoma Press |
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During the century following George Washington’s presidency, the United States fought at least forty wars with various Indian tribes, averaging one conflict every two and a half years. Warrior Nations is Roger L. Nichols’s response to the question, “Why did so much fighting... |
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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Eric Schlosser · Penguin Press HC, The
Format: Hardcover |
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The New YorkerExcellent... hair-raising... Command and Control is how nonfiction should be written. Louis MenandFamed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of Americas nuclear arsenal. A ground-breaking account of accidents, near-misses,... |
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The Family Tree Historical Maps Book: A State-by-State Atlas of US History, 1790-1900
Allison Dolan · Family Tree Books
Pages: 222
Format: Hardcover |
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Journey Into the Past!Envision your ancestors' world--as your ancestors knew it--through hundreds of beautiful full-color reproductions of useful eighteenth and nineteenth century maps. The maps illustrate the historical boundaries of each of the U.S. states as they progressed from... |
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The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
Margaret MacMillan · Random House
Format: Hardcover |
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Economist • The Christian Science Monitor • Bloomberg Businessweek • The Globe and MailFrom the bestselling and award-winning author of Paris 1919 comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction,... |
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Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln And The Hampton Roads Peace Conference Of 1865
James B Conroy · Lyons Press, An Imprint of Globe Pequot Press,
Pages: 390
Format: Print book |
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Our One Common Country explores the most critical meeting of the Civil War. Given short shrift or overlooked by many historians, the Hampton Roads Conference of 1865 was a crucial turning point in the War between the States. In this well written and highly documented book, James B. Conroy... |
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Mapping the First World War: The Great War Through Maps from 1914 to 1918
Peter Chasseaud · HarperCollins UK
Format: Hardcover |
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Follow the conflict of World War I from 1914-1918 through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary, and photographs  More than 150 maps, some previously unpublished, are used here to demonstrate how World War I was fought around the world. Small scale maps show country... |
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