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This monumental history asks the simple question: How did we end up in a war in Vietnam? To answer that question Fredrik Logevall traces the forty-year path that led us from World …
Now in the Vintage Civil War Library for the first time, This Hallowed Ground covers the whole of the American Civil War, from the prelude to the death of Lincoln; Bruce Catton …
This is the evocative history of the 5th Marine Regiment Sniper Platoon in Vietnam written by one of their own. This highly specialized unit recorded the highest number of kills …
A collection of powerful and compelling letters captures the voices of the men and women who took part in America's most controversial war, shedding new light on the Vietnam …
During the Vietnam War, the CIA created and trained small teams of elite fighting men for reconnaissance and covert combat patrols in areas where the American military were …
Instant coffee was invented during the Civil War for use by Union troops, who hated it; holding races between lice was a popular pastime for both Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; 13% of …
and intelligence "On the firing range during the third week of Advanced Individual Training, I put down the handgun I had been assigned and stood back from the shooting podium. The …
* The stories of the recipients of the US's highest military decoration*Contains a full list of Medal of Honor awardees*Written by a Vietnam Veteran and noted authorRevised and …
From the acclaimed World War II writer and author of "The Ghost Mountain Boys," an incisive retelling of the key month, July 1944, that won the war in the pacific and ignited a …
This monumental history asks the simple question: How did we end up in a war in Vietnam? To answer that question Fredrik Logevall traces the forty-year path that led us from World …