Was Gettysburg a tactical success, or was the outcome determined by a far more mundane factor: access to fresh water? How did the need to spread information about the dead and wounded give rise to the U.S. Postal Service? Did President Lincoln really age so dramatically during the course of the war, or was a rare disease to blame for the shocking difference in images of him from before and during the war? From overlooked elements, such as the role [...]
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Pharaoh’s Army
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Generation Kill Book (Paperback)
Description: In Evan Wright’s Generation Kill book, youll follow a group of elite fighters to the frontlines of the Iraq War. Youll get an inside look at the challenges of modern warfare thats relayed with complete honesty. The paperback Iraq War book Generation Kill is an unsettling account of the horrors that define every-day life on the battlefield. The Generation Kill book follows the tradition of Black Hawk Down and Jarhead for a searing portrait of young men fighting a [...]
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Gettysburg / Gods and Generals (Limited Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]
Gettysburg – Director’s Cut Marking the 150th-anniversary commemoration of the Civil War, Ronald F. Maxwell’s acclaimed film now arrives in a Director’s Cut featuring 17 minutes of compelling additional footage. Filmed at actual battle locations and full of authentic details, this rousing and soulful movie plunges you into the heat of the bloodiest battle fought on American soil. History comes alive with intense and spirited battles as well as the dilemmas, motivations and fears ofSale Price: Read More
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The Enola Gay 2 Signature Autographed Photo Framed with Metal
Description: A framed Enola Gay photo with signature and metal relic is an iconic piece of WWII history that should be in every collection. WWII experts will agree the Enola Gay played a significant role in changing the tide of the war. The Enola Gay war plane photo will bring about conversations of times past. Enola Gay photo shows the B-29 Super-fortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, code-named “Little Boy”, to be used in war, by the United [...]
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The Vietnam War: A Concise International History
Hailed as a “pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic” (Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history. Drawing upon the latest research in archives in China, Russia, and Vietnam, Mark Lawrence creates an extraordinary, panoramic view of all sides of the war. His narrative begins well before American forces set foot in Vietnam, delving into French colonialism’s contribution to the 1945 Vietnamese revolution,Sale Price: Read More
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Bully Able Leader: The Story of a Fighter-Bomber Pilot in the Korean War
Action-packed memoir by an American pilot and squadron commander in the Korean War What it was like to fly the F-80 Shooting Star against MiGs and ground targets Author flew 112 combat missions in five major campaigns in 1950-51 “Bully Able Leader” was the author’s radio callSale Price: Read More
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The Civil War: An Illustrated History
This magnificent pictorial history portrays the Civil War as never before, from the events leading to the firing of the first shot at Fort Sumter, through the battles at Shiloh and Gettysburg, the siege of Vicksburg, Sherman’s march to the sea, and Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. 500Sale Price: Read More
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Blackwater Book (Hardcover)
Description: Jeremy Scahills Blackwater book (hardcover) provides a distressing expos of the secretive company Blackwater Worldwide. The international bestseller and winner of the George Polk book award offers an in-depth look at the rise of the worlds most powerful mercenary army. Blackwater is a compelling Iraq war book that provides food for thought. The Blackwater book revisits the events of September 16, 2007, when machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad’s Nisour Square leaving seventeen Iraqi civilians dead, among them women [...]
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Civil War Journal – The Commanders
The Civil War ravaged America and transformed the nation, righting a great injustice but opening wounds that have never completely healed. The saga of the War Between the States is captured in Civil War Journal, which goes beyond the battles to tell the personal stories that shaped the epic conflict. This illuminating set examines the commanders whose decisions changed history, and includes familiar tales told in a refreshing way and overlooked stories of friendships torn apart in the heat ofSale [...]
