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American Global Leadership
In American Global Leadership: Ailing US Diplomacy and Solutions for the Twenty-First Century, G. Doug Davis and Michael O. Slobodchikoff present a selection of fifteen essays that …
Panic Now?
When was the best time to panic about the varying crises facing humanity? Twenty years ago. But the next best time? Now? In line with other considerations of what we have come to …
Germantown during the Civil War Era
Germantown during the Civil War Era recounts the rise and fall of a nineteenth-century Tennessee town, a community that was not a typical antebellum town in the cotton belt. It’s a …
Guide to the Historic Coal Towns of the Big Sandy River Valley
The Big Sandy River Valley of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia experienced a great coal boom at the end of the nineteenth century. The area attracted railroads, capital, …
Cherokee National Forest Hiking Guide
First published in 1992, Cherokee National Forest Hiking Guide has been a vital companion to thousands who have explored the 640,000-acre Cherokee National Forest. This second …
Decisions of the Vicksburg Campaign
Vicksburg, nicknamed the Gibraltar of the Confederacy, was vital to Confederate supply lines, troop movements, and access to port cities on the Gulf of Mexico. The fortified city …
Decisions at Forts Henry and Donelson
The Battles of Forts Henry and Donelson took place in February of 1862 and were early indicators of the success the US would have in the Civil War’s Western Theater. Due to …
New Fields of Adventure
Lyman Gibson Bennett (1832–1904) had a curious mind and a keen sense of humor. He had an engineer’s mentality and a poet’s grasp of language, except for spelling. As a Union …
Portrait of a Racist
Originally published in 1994, Portrait of a Racist is an astonishing biography of Byron De La Beckwith (1920–2001), who murdered Black civil rights leader Medgar Evers in June …
Arming the Nation for War
A decorated World War I veteran, Federal Judge Robert P. Patterson knew all too well the needs of soldiers on the battlefield. He was thus dismayed by America’s lack of military …
A Natural History Guide to Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of America’s most beautiful and popular national parks. Located in the southern Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee and North …
A Mirror for History
In A Mirror for History, author Marc Egnal uses novels and art to provide a new understanding of American society. The book argues that the arc of middle-class culture reflects the …