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American Girls, Beer, and Glenn Miller
'Cooke's examination of the Special Services and PX System during World War II, a subject previously overlooked by scholars, shows that these goods and services kept the armed …
The Confederate Belle
During the American Civil War, a new patriotic womanhood superseded the antebellum feminine ideal. It demanded that Confederate women sacrifice everything for their beloved cause …
Key Command Volume 1
During the Civil War, Cairo, Illinois, held a uniquely strategic position: it was not only the southernmost northern city, but it was also located at the confluence of the …
Collected Works of Langston Hughes v. 9; Essays on Art, Race, Politics and World Affairs
Part of ""The Collected Works of Langston Hughes"" series, this volume features his essays, from his radical pieces praising revolutionary socialist ideology in the 1930s to the …
Sky Pilots
In August 1917, the U.S. 26th “Yankee” Division was formally activated for service in World War I. When the soldiers arrived in France, they were accompanied by more than three …
Lonergan and the Philosophy of Historical Existence
This study explores the implications of Bernard Lonergan's approach to the philosophy of history in a number of distinct but related contexts, covering a variety of intellectual …
Freedom, Inc. and Black Political Empowerment
Much has been written about black urban empowerment and about the candidates who are the public face of such shifts in power.Authors invariably mention the important role played by …
Voegelinian Readings of Modern Literature
The work of renowned thinker Eric Voegelin is largely rooted in his literary sensibility. Voegelin's contributions to the field of philosophy grew from the depths of his knowledge …
Malindy's Freedom
This is an account of the years 1820 to 1865 in the life of Malindy, a freeborn Cherokee who was unlawfully enslaved as a child by a Franklin County, Missouri, farmer. Married to a …
Military Realism
Peter Campbell advances a unique argument centering on military realism to explain the complex evolution of Army doctrinal thinking from 1960 to 2008. He demonstrates that decision …
Chewing Gum, Candy Bars, and Beer Volume 1
Veterans of World War II have long sung the praises of the PX - a little piece of home in far-flung corners of the world. Though many books on that war tell of combat operations …
The One Voice of James Dickey
This book completes and complements the first volume of the letters and life of James Dickey. Picking up where the previous volume left off, The One Voice of James Dickey: His …