The letters of a fortysomething Northern soldier from Iowa to his wife and family reveal the personal fears and struggles of American families during the War Between the States. (History)
In 1846-1847, a ragtag army of 800 American volunteers marched 3,500 miles across deserts and mountains, through Indian territory and into Mexico. There they handed the Mexican army one of its most de
In a book that examines American soldiers in three wars--the American Revolution, the Civil War and World War II--the author looks at the forces that compel men to go on fighting even in the face of i
Drawing on declassified reports and first-person interviews, the author examines incidents during the Vietnam War in which U.S. soldiers defied orders to go out on patrol, arguing that these events we
Drawing on nearly 300 interviews with key players, the author reveals why the United States was ill-prepared to replace the fallen regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
Looks at why so many Soviet soldiers were willing to fight during World War II, despite the fact that the repressive Soviet regime was willing to put them in the line of fire right after thousands of
From his time working as a prosecutor in a military court of law to his disarming of a fellow marine holding South Vietnamese Rangers at gunpoint, this well-written memoir recounts McAdams's Vietnam e
This collection of primary source material chronicles the WWI experiences of the 4th Marine Brigade, part of the US Army Second Division Regulars that served with the American Expeditionary Forces. Th
Weaving together military operations and strategies with political strategy and civil-military relations, the author covers the most active phase of the Korean War, the 12-month period from North Kore
