Chronicles the first four decades of Manhattan, Kansas, as it grew from tent to town. Captures the origins and early life of this quintessential Kansas city in an engaging and informative history. Rep
They were a handful of so-called "operatives" enmeshed somewhere in the Burmese jungle. They were ridden with disease and assailed by monsoons. They had no mission statements or operation plans, and t
In works of silver and wool, the Navajos have established a unique brand of American craft. And when their artisans were integrated into the American economy during the late nineteenth century, they b
Explains how the war against economic regulation has been conducted both from within and outside the government over the past 30 years by both Republicans and Democrats alike, a war whose casualties i
The central plot of revenge in many works of Western fiction, from The Iliad and Hamlet to such Western films as The Searchers and Winchester '73 , is explored by French (ethics, Arizona State
Overviews changes in the rural West since WWII to show that agriculture, rural life, and agrarian politics have been inextricably linked to the economy and culture of the region even though the modern
An analysis of the "single girl" pop-culture prototype of the 1960s and 1970s evaluates a wide range of source material against a backdrop of social and sexual issues to explain how controversial fema
The author of The War Everyone Lost-and Won presents a more personal account of his wartime experiences that describes his two tours of duty as an intelligence officer and son of missionaries, recount
What are the state's outstanding landforms, and where are they found?How were Kansas rocks and minerals formed? Why is Kansas world famous among fossil collectors? How does one "read the rocks" to fin
This new look at all-star center fielder Curt Flood's efforts to shake the foundations of major league baseball reminds readers that Flood holds a unique and important place in both baseball and Ameri
This new look at all-star center fielder Curt Flood's efforts to shake the foundations of major league baseball reminds readers that Flood holds a unique and important place in both baseball and Ameri
Explores the transition from war to uneasy peace after WWII, examining how and why the war ended as it did, whether a different resolution was possible, and what the victors actually won. Some essays
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
Shows how public memory of the migration of dispossessed Americans from the Dust Bowl states to California in the 1930s has been dominated by images and rhetoric from a handful of artists and reformer
Catholic chaplains shared fully in the lot of the common soldier in World War II - in Pacific island jungles, Europe's battered cities, North African deserts, and the oceans in between. And like the c
At the turn of the century Thurman was a prosperous farming and ranching settlement with 51 households, a post office, two general stores, a blacksmith shop, five schools, and a church. Today, only th
In a work that is at once a lyrical evocation of the lost splendor and a detailed natural history of the charismatic species of the historic Great Plains, a veteran naturalist and outdoorsman draws a
" Hunting down America's public enemies was just one of the FBI's jobs. Another--perhaps more vital and certainly more covert--was the job of promoting the importance and power of the FBI, a process t
In a work that is at once a lyrical evocation of the lost splendor and a detailed natural history of the charismatic species of the historic Great Plains, a veteran naturalist and outdoorsman draws a
Jones was a Maryland journalist and novelist who went south at the outbreak of the Civil War and spent four years as a senior clerk in the Confederate War Department. His very detailed chronicle--publ
The author of Nixon examines the presidents' roles in the emergence of large federal budget deficits in the 1970s and 1980s, the reduction of the deficit in the 1990s and its resurrection in the early
Traces the history of the Pledge of Allegiance and the debates and controversies that have surrounded it, in a story that ranges from the flag's composition in 1892 to the Supreme Court's action in 20
In this first in-depth history of the ARVN from 1955 to 1975, Robert Brigham takes readers into the barracks and training centers to plumb the hearts and souls of these forgotten soldiers. Through his
The original version of this text was published in 1984 as a textbook on military history for officers in the U.S. Army. The revised version includes an appendix of terms and acronyms, and concepts a
David Max Eichhorn, a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army's XV Corps, saw action across France and into Germany until VE-Day and beyond. He was there at the Battle of the Bulge, participated in the liber
Chronicles the history of the Oscar-winning film, detailing issues including Department of Defense red tape and biographical copyright problems, to its ultimate critical acclaim.
From The Atlantic: "Bauer's portrait of life in rural Kansas from the 1930s to the 1950s conjures with extraordinary thoughtfulness and grace a world we have lost." ()
Johnsgard (biology, University of Nebraska) blends science, nature, and personal observations to tell the life histories of 33 grassland birds, describing the features, habits, habitats, migratory pat
This revised and expanded edition of the classic Making the Managerial Presidency provides a comprehensive history of presidential reorganization planning for the entire twentieth century, from Theodo
A stellar group of writers including journalists Seymour Hersh and David Halberstam, novelist Tim O'Brien, historian Stephen E. Ambrose, psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton, military prosecutor William Eck
