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by John M. Batten
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
This is a short memoir that recalls John Batten’s service in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. From the beginning: “After bidding my relatives and friends good-bye, I proceeded to Philadelphia, Pa., and reported for duty on board the United States steamer Princeton, which was lying anchored...
The U.S.-Mexican War (Vol. 1&2)
The Relations Between the U.S. And Mexico, Attitudes on the Eve of War, the Preliminaries of the Conflict, the California Question, the War in American Politics, the Foreign Relations of the War
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
This two-volume edition was written by an American historian Justin Harvey Smith, specialist on the Mexican-American War. For his exceptional work Smith was awarded with Pulitzer Prize for History.Aseveryone understands, the conflict with Mexico has been almost entirely eclipsed by the greater wars...
Alexis in America
A Russian Grand Duke's Tour, 1871-1872
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
In the autumn of 1871, Alexis Romanov, the fourth son of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, set sail from his homeland for an extended journey through the United States and Canada. A major milestone in U.S.-Russia relations, the tour also served Duke Alexis's family by helping to extricate him from an unsuitable...
How the States Got Their Shapes Too
The People Behind the Borderlines
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Was Roger Williams too pure for the Puritans, and what does that have to do with Rhode Island? Why did Augustine Herman take ten years to complete the map that established Delaware? How did Rocky Mountain rogues help create the state of Colorado? All this and more is explained in Mark Stein's...
The Men Behind the Legacy - Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Complete Biographies, Speeches, Articles & Historical Records
Including the Constitution of the United States, Articles of Confederation, First Drafts of The Declaration of Independence and Other Decisive Historical Documents
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2017
This collection presents you with the biographies of fifty-eight individuals, some of them famous names, some forgotten men of the past, but all crucial in the accomplishment of a single object, the independence of the United State: Thomas Jefferson John Hancock Benjamin Franklin Roger Sherman Edward...
by Richard S. Conley
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
The 1980s and early 1990s were remarkable for the triumph of conservatism in the United States and its closest allies. The victories of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in the United States were complemented by the electoral successes of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom and Brian...
The U.S. Army Stability Operations Field Manual
U.S. Army Field Manual No. 3-07
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Field Manual 3-07, Stability Operations, represents a milestone in Army doctrine.
With a focus on transforming conflict, managing violence when it does occur and maintaining stable peace, The U.S. Army Stability Operations Field Manual (otherwise known as FM 3-07) signals a stark departure...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Established during World War II to advise the President regarding the strategic direction of armed forces of the United States, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) continued in existence after the war and, as military advisers and planners, have played a significant role in the development of national...
by David Mayers
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
The main tide of international relations scholarship on the first years after World War II sweeps toward Cold War accounts. These have emphasized the United States and USSR in a context of geopolitical rivalry, with concomitant attention upon the bristling security state. Historians have also extensively...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The evolving nature of conflict will require the U.S. military to conduct humanitarian operations more frequently and on a larger scale than ever before. Humanitarian operations require extensive...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. this unique study examines
The majority of the international natural disaster relief operations that the U.S. Government responds to are led by the United States Agency for International...
Colombia and the United States
The Making of an Inter-American Alliance, 1939-1960
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
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A valuable addition to the New Studies in U.S. Foreign Relations Series
World War II and the Cold War transformed U.S.-Colombian security...
by Paul Revere
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
One of the most famous revolutions in history, the American Revolution (1775-1783) was the political upheaval in which 13 distinct colonies in North America banded together to cast off British rule, forming the United States of America. After the shot heard round the world on April 19, 1775, at the Battle...
Brothers to the Buffalo Soldiers
Perspectives on the African American Militia and Volunteers, 1865-1917
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, African American men were seldom permitted to join the United States armed forces. There had been times in early U.S. history when black and white men fought alongside one another; it was not uncommon for integrated units to take to battle...