American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines carried whiskey at Yorktown, Gettysburg, Manila, and Da Nang. It bolstered their courage, calmed their nerves, and treated their maladies. As a serious
In the 1970s, news broke that former Nazis had escaped prosecution and were living the good life in the U.S. Outrage swept the nation and the public outcry put extreme pressure on the US government to
Crow has compiled a collection of personal narratives from both servicemen and women, as well as members of their families, focused on the experience of serving, and living in the U.S. military from W
Nester (government and politics, St. John's U.) reviews the record of the United States with "counterinsurgency" and "counterterrorism" in the wake of the September 11th, 2001 attacks by al Qaeda, foc
From the 1950s through the 1990s, antisemitism everywhere seemed to be on the wane. But as Neil Kressel documents in this startling book, the Muslim world has resurrected in recent decades almost ever
The 95th Bomb Group (Heavy), the most highly decorated bomb group of World War II, participated in every major mission of the war in Europe from May 1943 through the war s end and was awarded an unpre
As the first great Jewish player in the major leagues and the first African American to play in organized baseball during the twentieth century, respectively, Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson are fo
Since-Russian leader Vladimir Putin assumed Power in August 1999, speculation about his character, motives, and plans for Russia's future has been rampant in the West. A portrait of Putin has emerged
The cyber domain is undergoing extraordinary changes that present both exceptional opportunities to and major challenges for users of cyberspace. The challenges arise from the malevolent actors who us
The relationship between drugs and today's wars has grown more noticeable since the end of the Cold War and will likely gather strength in this era of increased globalization. Many violent groups and
Kan (national security studies, US Army War College) focuses on the various roles that drugs play in modern warfare, and how to address them on the battlefield and in post-conflict nation-building sit
Kashmeri (a strategic communications adviser for international companies and a business columnist) conducted interviews with "eminent" individuals with experience of the transatlantic alliance in orde
“I have only two men out of my company and twenty out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage
Garnering effusive praise from such prominent neoconservative figures as Richard Perle and Eliot Cohen, this 1989 work by Codevilla (international relations, Boston U.) and the late Seabury (formerly,
In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt issued his "Roosevelt Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, declaring, "Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which in a general loosening of the ties of civilized soc
Hahn (history, Ohio State U.) summarizes US foreign policy in the Middle East from the close of World War II to the present day. He chronologically describes the genesis of deepening US involvement in
Although it seems almost incredible today, the United States had relatively little interest in the Middle East before 1945. But the dynamics and outcome of World War II elevated the importance of the
Submarines had a vital, if often unheralded, role in the superpower navies during the Cold War. Their crews carried out intelligence-collection operations, sought out and stood ready to destroy opposi
