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Joseph Wheelan
A history of the legendary extraction of the Fifth and Seventh Marines from a Chinese trap, told for the first time using Chinese sources.
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From an acclaimed historian, a compelling examination of the Civil War’s turning point -forty crucial days in Virginia during the spring of 1864
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In the tradition of Jay Winik’s national bestseller April 1865, the dramatic and surprising story of the last 150 days of the Civil War
From the author of Midnight in the Pacific, a stirring narrative of World War II’s final major battle–the Pacific war’s largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign - the last of…
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A fascinating and readable story of how America fought and won its first war on terror two centuries ago. Evan Thomas, author of JOHN PAUL JONES and assistant managing editor…
An insightful portrait of a man who placed his country above politics
While many books have been inspired by the horrors of Andersonville prison, none have chronicled with any depth or detail the amazing tunnel escape from Libby Prison in Richmond. Now…
In this compelling and crisply written biography, historian Joseph Wheelan examines the life and wars of the indomitable General Phil Sheridan, whose leadership and aggressive tactics helped win the Civil…
The hard-hitting narrative of the Pacific War’s forgotten battle of Peleliu – a story of intelligence failings and impossible bravery.
A sweeping narrative history - the first in over twenty years - of America’s first major offensive of World War II, the brutal, no-quarter-given campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal between…
Two centuries ago, without congressional or public debate, Thomas Jefferson, a president who is thought of today as peaceable, launched America’s first war on foreign soil–a war against terror. The…
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As the Confederacy steadily crumbled under the Union army's relentless hammering, dramatic developments in early 1865 brought the bloody war to a swift climax and denouement. Their Last Full Measure…
From the author of Midnight in the Pacific, a stirring narrative of World War II’s final major battle-the Pacific war’s largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign - the last of…
A unique and compelling examination of the Civil War’s turning point –forty crucial days in the spring of 1864 that turned the tide for the Union
Alongside Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan is the least known of the triumvirate of generals most responsible for winning the Civil War. Yet, before Sherman's…
