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A Woman's War
The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy's First African American Female Intelligence Officer
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
When Gail Harris was assigned by the U.S. Navy to a combat intelligence job in 1973, she became the first African American female to hold such a position. Her 28-year career included hands on leadership in the intelligence community during every major conflict from the Cold War to Desert Storm to...
by George F. Nafziger
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2001
The author covers one of the most explosive and most exciting periods of world history, spanning the time from the eruption of the French Revolution through the end of the Napoleonic wars (1789-1815). These twenty-six years of history saw the birth of nationalism and Western democracy, economic crisis...
by Todd Leahy, Raymond Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Native Americans in the United States, similar to other indigenous people, created political, economic, and social movements to meet and adjust to major changes that impacted their cultures. For centuries, Native Americans dealt with the onslaught of non-Indian land claims, the appropriation of their...
The Trail of Tears
An Annotated Bibliography of Southeastern Indian Removal
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
The Removal of the Five Tribes from what is now the Southeastern part of the United States to the area that would become the state of Oklahoma is a topic widely researched and studied. In this annotated bibliography, Herman A. Peterson has gathered together studies in history, ethnohistory, ethnography,...
by Terry L. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
The Civil War was the most traumatic event in American history, pitting Americans against one another, rending the national fabric, leaving death and devastation in its wake, and instilling an anger that has not entirely dissipated even to this day, 150 years later.
This updated and expanded...
by Stuart D.B. Picken
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
One of Japan's major religions, Shinto has no doctrines and there are no sacred texts from which religious authority can be derived. It does not have an identifiable historical founder, and it has survived the vicissitudes of history through rituals and symbols rather than through continuity of doctrine....
The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot
The Fort Stevens Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story recounts the story of President Abraham Lincoln’s role in the Battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864. This engagement stands apart in American history as the only time a sitting American president came under enemy fire while in office. In this...
by Rotem Kowner
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
Every war leaves an imprint in history, but few have had such a pervasive impact in so many respects as the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Politically, it fatally weakened the Russian Empire while allowing Japan to follow more dangerous paths. Diplomatically, it shook the power balance in Europe...
Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective
The Need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Keeping U.S. Intelligence Effective: The Need for a Revolution in Intelligence Affairs explores whether the U.S. intelligence enterprise will be able to remain effective in today's security environment. Based on the demands currently being placed upon the intelligence community, the analysis concludes...
African-Americans in Defense of the Nation
A Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
The role of the African American in American history has been documented but sometimes ignored by historians. This work is intended to assist researchers in locating the wealth of material that has been published. African-Americans in Defense of the Nation builds on a long list of early bibliographies...
by James Panton
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
The monarch is the United Kingdom's head of state, exercising powers that are circumscribed by common law, convention, and statute law. Nowadays, many of the sovereign's functions are ceremonial but in the past the balance between ceremony and decision-making was very different. The foundations of...
Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy
The Last Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
After an unparalleled string of artistic and commercial triumphs in the 1950s and 1960s, Alfred Hitchcock hit a career lull with the disappointing Torn Curtain and the disastrous Topaz. In 1971, the depressed director traveled to London, the city he had left in 1939 to make his reputation in Hollywood....
Baseball's Most Notorious Personalities
A Gallery of Rogues
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Of the 17,000-plus players who have donned major league uniforms over the years, not all were particularly nice or ethical. In fact, the actions of a handful were so heinous, they left an indelible mark on the sport. In Baseball’s Most Notorious Personalities: A Gallery of Rogues, Jonathan Weeks...
Reel Men at War
Masculinity and the American War Film
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
As they transition into adulthood, many American boys and young men spend a considerable amount of time engaging in physical sports, playing violent video games, and watching action movies, including war films. In many cases, boys spend more time exposed to media models than they do with their fathers....