After the feverish mobilization of secession had faded, why did Southern men join the Confederate army? Kenneth Noe examines the motives and subsequent performance of "later enlisters.&qu
From his migration to America in 1774 to his death in New York City in 1809, Thomas Paine's ideology was at the centre of American political and social debate. This six-volume facsimile edition brings
A close study of one region of Appalachia that experienced economic vitality and strong sectionalism before the Civil War.This book examines the construction of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad thr
An eyewitness account of life on a war ship during World War II. Vincent DeCook, Yeoman Second Class on the USS Minneapolis, kept a diary that begins at Pearl Harbor and ends in September 1942, includ
After earning his theology degree from Union Seminary in New York, Lloyd Pfautsch (1921?2003) found his true calling in church music. He was invited to Southern Methodist University in 1958 to start t
" Winner of the Seaborg Award A History Book Club Selection On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville, Kentucky, in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentu
The control of land remains the crucial issue in the Arab-Israel conflict. Kenneth Stein investigates in detail and without polemics how and why Jews acquired land from Arabs in Palestine during the B
In the opening campaign of the Korean War, the First Provisional Marine Brigade participated in a massive effort by United States and South Korean forces in 1950 to turn back the North Korean invasion
" Winner of the Seaborg Award A History Book Club Selection On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville, Kentucky, in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentu
NOTE: Series number is not an integer: IVThe book examines the arms control issue in successive administrations of the postwar presidents and reviews each president's involvement in the pursuit of arm
