Dobbins was appointed by George W. Bush as the first Special Envoy for Afghanistan in November 2001 in the wake of the fall of the Taliban and was placed in charge of the State Department's reconstruc
In 2004, for the second time in a decade, the international community found it necessary to intervene in Haiti to enforce and keep a peace. For the first time under a United Nations mandate, several L
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2005 book. More than 100,000 children were born during the Vietnam War to GI fathers and Vietnamese mothers. Those who weren't among the few thousand who came to the
The world entered the atomic age in August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay flew some 1,500 miles from the island of Tinian and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The Lit
Powers, a U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, chronicles the early years of the CIA spy plane program, the training of pilots, and his experiences as a Soviet prisoner. Originally publ
Intrigued by the mystique and challenge of the Marine Corps, eighteen-year-old Wesley Fox enlisted in the summer of 1950, shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War. He saw action with the First Mar
Intrigued by the mystique and challenge of the Marine Corps, eighteen-year-old Wesley Fox enlisted in the summer of 1950, shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War. He saw action with the First Mar
In the fall of 1862 Julia Wilbur left her family’s farm near Rochester, New York, and boarded a train to Washington DC. As an ardent abolitionist, the forty-seven-year-old Wilbur left
Like the War on Terror, the Media War rages on. More than ever, America’s ability to fight and win against ISIS requires that we understand how best to communicate about war in the digital age. Tom Ba
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2007 book. Haas's account of his years as a CIA operative and assassin often reads like the latest entry from Ludlum or Le Carre. Starting with his recruitment from P
Although Boris Senior may not be well known outside Israel, he played an important, even vital, part in the formation of the Israel Air Force (IAF) and in the 1948 War of Independence. Those who are f
Wake Island Pilot is the story of John F. Kinney - hero, POW escapee, and aviation pioneer. It contains the first full-length account of a successful escape by a Marine captured in one of the great ba
Is any war a “good war”? In Worshipping the Myths of World War II, the author takes a critical look at what he sees is America’s dedication to war as panacea and as Washington’s primary method for lea
The VA is not your loving Uncle Sam who opens his wallet and says, Here you are, nephewa $1,000 check per month for the rest of your life. That should take the pain out of your service injuries,’ ” wr
No one gave James "Buster" Douglas much of a chance when he faced "Iron" Mike Tyson on February 11, 1990, in the Tokyo Dome. Tyson was Godzilla, and Buster wasn't e
Brooke King has been asked over and over what it’s like to be a woman in combat, but she knows her answer is not what the public wants to hear. The answers people seek lie in the graphic details
What has and should happen when prisoners of war suspect a fellow prisoner of collaborating with the enemy? What laws govern prisoners when confronted by infractions of military regulations, criminal
