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Theodore Roosevelt's bestselling memoir chronicling the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry and its victory at San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War. Yearning to join the fight for Cuban independence in the Spanish–American War, Theodore Roosevelt and Col. Leonard Wood formed the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. They enlisted a motley crew from all walks of life, from cowboys and frontiersmen to Ivy League graduates. These 1,250 men became...
7) World War I
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[1991]
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English
Description
Examines the United States's role in World War I, including preparations for war, trench warfare, use of airplanes, major battles, and the results of the conflict.
10) The Korean War
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1991.
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English
Description
Explains how America was involved in the Korean War and discusses its events and legacy.
11) The Civil War
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Pub. Date
[1991]
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English
Description
Examines the political, cultural, and military aspects of the conflict that tragically divided the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.
12) The Vietnam War
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Series
Pub. Date
[1991]
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English
Description
Discusses the course of the Vietnam War from its early stages before American involvement to the 1974 ceasefire and its aftermath.
13) The Indian wars
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San Diego, CA :
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English
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A discussion of the hostilities between European-American settlers and the native American population and their impact on both settlers and Indians.
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2015.
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English
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Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869), one of the nineteenth century's most impressive legal and political minds, wielded enormous influence and power as Lincoln's Secretary of War during most of the Civil War and under Johnson during the early years of Reconstruction. In the first full biography of Stanton in more than fifty years, William Marvel offers a detailed reexamination of Stanton's life, career, and legacy. Marvel argues that while Stanton was a...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
Description
Michael Ballard provides a concise yet thorough study of the 1863 battle that cut off a crucial river port and rail depot for the South and split the Confederate nation, providing a turning point in the Civil War. The Union victory at Vicksburg was hailed with as much celebration in the North as the Gettysburg victory and Ballard makes a convincing case that it was equally important to the ultimate resolution of the conflict.
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[2002]
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English
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During the battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops along Cemetery Ridge rebuffed Pickett's Charge, they were heard to shout, "Give them Fredericksburg!" Their cries reverberated from a clash that, although fought some six months earlier, clearly loomed large in the minds of Civil War soldiers. Fought on December 13, 1862, the battle of Fredericksburg ended in a stunning defeat for the Union. Confederate general Robert E. Lee suffered roughly 5,000 casualties...
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