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Search For Strategy - British-American Military Collaboration In 1942

de John F. Shortal

~~33,06€~~ 29,75€ 10% IMEDIATO

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 A hallmark of history surrounding Winston Churchill and World War II is that the British-American alliance comprised a "special relationship" of military, political, social, and cultural connections between the British Empire and the United States. Stressing the intimate collaboration between the American and British military advisors on the Combined Chiefs of Staff, Churchill emphasized policy consensus and downplayed any dissension or disagreements in allied war councils. In A Search for Strategy: British-American Military Collaboration in 1942, John F. Shortal argues that this special relationship did not exist in 1942. At the Arcadia Conference, from December 1941 to January 1942, Prime Minister Churchill and President Franklin Roosevelt developed a strong personal relationship, having more in common with one another than with their own military advisors. The American and British chiefs likewise seemed to agree with each other more than they did with their respective civilian heads of state on the appropriate short-term strategy. However, serious mistrust and prejudice existed among staff officers of both nations as they focused on national goals and objectives. According to Shortal, unwillingness to compromise almost tore the fledgling British-American Alliance apart in 1942. Drawing on international archival material from governmental sources, Shortal offers an in-depth analysis of the reasoning and rationale of the United States and Great Britain during the first year of the British-American Alliance. A Search for Strategy gives readers a month-by-month breakdown of diplomatic and military policies to fully appreciate the relationship forged between the allied chieftains to ensure national war aims while cooperating in World War II.
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Bringing Davy Home - In The Shadow Of War, A Soldier'S Daughter Remembers

de Sherri Steward

~~25,11€~~ 22,60€ 10% IMEDIATO

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 After some twenty years of research into original frontline letters, the US military’s Individual Deceased Personnel files, and accounts of the chaotic Korean War, author Sherri Steward has recovered a story that was lost for more than seventy years. Bringing Davy Home: In the Shadow of War, a Soldier’s Daughter Remembers chronicles the brutal combat experiences of two small-town Texas boys. One, an underage soldier, was killed in action only three weeks after arriving in Korea. Months later, the older brother he admired—a decorated World War II veteran—was compelled to join the same war that had already fractured his family. Bringing Davy Home examines the grievous burden heaped upon our warriors and their families, themselves forgotten casualties in the web of war. Through personal communications and interviews with hundreds of veterans and their families, Steward provides a haunting examination of the minds and hearts of young men who were thrust onto savage battlefields in service to their nation. Many did not survive. Many others came home alive but still carrying the shattering emotional burdens imposed by the horrors they witnessed. In 2023, there were more than 16 million veterans, thousands of whom remained tormented by indelible memories of war. Bringing Davy Home will shed new light on the pervasive problem of PTSD among our warriors, solemnly accounting the psychological costs paid by service members and their families.
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Macarthur And West Point - How The General And The Academy Shaped Each Other

de Sherman L. Fleek

~~26,43€~~ 23,79€ 10% IMEDIATO

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 Few figures loom larger in the story of the United States Military Academy at West Point—or in US military history in general—than Douglas MacArthur. In this wide-ranging book, acclaimed military historian Sherman L. Fleek explores the mutual influence between the United States Military Academy and General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. More than a simple narration of MacArthur’s time at the academy—both as a cadet and as superintendent—this book examines how MacArthur and the institution that he regarded as a second home shaped each of them, along with the subsequent impacts both entities had on history and the conduct of the US military. Perhaps the preeminent figure among the handful of those who have guided and changed the direction of the academy at West Point and the "long gray line" of those who have passed through its halls, MacArthur frequently referred to the institution in letters, speeches, official documents, and personal contacts throughout his lifetime. Although MacArthur was only in residence at the military academy for seven years, in many ways he has never been absent from West Point, nor was the academy ever absent from the man. In MacArthur and West Point, Fleek offers readers a new perspective on the truly reciprocal nature of the longstanding relationship between one of the US military’s most significant historical figures and one of its most venerated institutions.
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Peace, War, And Partnership - Congress And The Military Since World War Ii

~~52,93€~~ 42,34€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Covering the period from World War II through the Trump presidency, Peace, War, and Partnership: Congress and the Military since World War II unpacks the vital and dynamic relationship between Congress and the military, two entities that have worked together, at times with different purposes, to solve myriad important issues impacting the United States in both peace and war. Congress and the military have had their periods of cooperation. However, they have also had alternating periods of resistance to each other, based on distinct conceptions of national interests and divergent strategies. Their partnership has been a symbiotic relationship in which one entity or the other has ebbed and flowed in power depending on the circumstances. They have altered each other in far-reaching ways and transformed American society as a result of their liaisons. Peace, War, and Partnership analyzes the significant, powerful, and central relationship between Congress and the military. It investigates intersections of policy, politics, and society to theorize the impact of this relationship on the United States in the modern era. This work also offers a better understanding of earlier attempts by policy makers in Congress and the military to provide national security, contextualizing highly relevant current issues such as military service, proliferation, foreign intervention, national security, joint operations, diplomacy, alliances, mobilization, post-conflict resolution, citizenship, and military innovation. It illuminates crucial questions involving military policies in American democracy, and their sway on America historically and today, sparking and informing public debate about its implications now and for the future.
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Air Force Disappointments, Mistakes, And Failures - 1940-1990

de Kenneth Werrell

~~29,81€~~ 23,85€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Tells of the race to overcome obstacles - politics, resources, competing technologies, timing - in the quest to deliver quality, if not war-winning machinery. The focus is on aircraft (bombers, fighters, transports) and missiles (cruise missiles, standoff missiles, ballistic missiles, surface-to-air missiles, air-to-air missiles).
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Rear Admiral Schley - An Extraordinary Life At Sea And On Shore

de Robert A. Jones

~~33,06€~~ 26,45€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 The career of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, unfolding on land and sea, offers a compelling account of a pivotal time in the history of the US Navy and maritime warfare. Remembered chiefly for his role in the in Spanish-American War, Schley led the US Navy to victory at the Battle of Santiago, was promoted to rear admiral, then found himself accused of timidity and cowardliness in battle and subject to a controversial Court of Inquiry. The dispute and its resolution, known as the Sampson-Schley Controversy, impact the navy to this day. Schley graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1860 and advanced quickly through the ranks. After fighting in the Civil War, sailing the seven seas, and visiting many foreign countries, he played a vital part in the formation of the "New Steel Navy" as the fleet converted from the era of sail to steam. In Rear Admiral Schley: An Extraordinary Life at Sea and on Shore, Robert A. Jones tells a stirring tale of a remarkable commander whose cool-headed courage under fire and in hand-to-hand combat made him a highly respected leader whom men would follow willingly. His skills and proven leadership led to his being asked to conduct diplomatic missions in several countries, to supervise ship construction, to direct two lighthouse districts, to intervene in a civil war in Chile, and to lead the famous mission to rescue the Greely Arctic expedition. This meticulously researched biography will shed additional light on the career of an illustrious, if previously lesser-known leader who helped shape the US Navy we know today.
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Cold Sun - The Search For World War Ii Airmen Lost In A Tibetan Glacier

de William H. Jordan

~~33,13€~~ 26,50€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 In January 1944, a US Army Air Corps transport, en route to its home base in India, crashed into a snowfield in Tibet, killing all crew members. Because of the remote location and fierce winter weather, the aircraft was covered by heavy snowfall. The snowfield glaciated, completely hiding the aircraft until its accidental discovery by a Tibetan hunter in 1993. A nearby Chinese army garrison launched an immediate reconnaissance into the crash site and brought out remnants of the airplane and remains of the crew. They then notified the American Embassy in Beijing. Then-Colonel William H. Jordan, commander of the US Army Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii, was assigned to investigate the crash site and to recover, identify, and repatriate the remains of the fallen US servicemen. Cold Sun: The Search for World War II Airmen Lost in a Tibetan Glacier is Jordan’s recounting of the events surrounding the recovery, including the final, solemn duty of officially informing the lost crewmen’s family members—by this time in middle age or older—of the fate of their loved ones. He weaves the mission of the aircraft and crew’s fate through the prism of America’s history of identifying and recovering their fallen warriors, the efforts over the years, and technological leaps needed to finally accomplish this grim, necessary mission. Inspiring and informative, based in the personal reflections of Jordan and the others involved, Cold Sun tells the gripping story of a tragic loss, a harrowing recovery effort, and the human efforts involved.
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Mother Of The Company - Sgt. Percy M. Smith'S World War Ii Reflections

de Philip M. Smith

~~19,88€~~ 15,90€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 The letters of Sgt. Percy Smith, a World War II soldier, and his memories as an aging veteran reveal how military training, wartime, and occupation brought out strengths, vulnerabilities, and changing judgments about fellow soldiers, military leadership, the enemy population, and home. Capturing the story of a common enlisted man from embarkation to discharge, the letters and stories in Mother of the Company: Sgt. Percy M. Smith’s World War II Reflections also provide an intimate window conveying his feelings for his wife, though tempered in expression as well as subject to censorship. The letters add depth to the story of this soldier, and they expand the narrative to capture more of the experience of all veterans who felt at risk and needed comfort during and after the war. But these letters provide readers with another, less-expected view into the heart and mind of this member of the World War II generation. In contrast with military training, masculine expectations, and the prejudices of white America at that time, the longer, later memories of wartime and occupation contain strong instances of comforting and caring that sometimes turn the gender experience of war and male camaraderie on its head. In the end, if we ask what constitutes a good soldier, a good survival, and a worthy life, the answer for Sgt. Percy Smith, as suggested by his letters, might encompass the greater value of life-giving and life-fostering instincts as a part of healing the damage left behind by the life-taking experience of war.
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Hispanic Medal Of Honor Recipients - American Heroes

de Michael Lee Lanning

~~19,88€~~ 15,90€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 La Valentia, el valor, la bravura. Since the creation of the Medal of Honor by the United States Congress in 1861, sixty Americans of Hispanic heritage have been awarded the nation’s highest decoration for bravery and self-sacrifice in combat. In this important new work, Michael Lee Lanning documents what one reader describes as "some of the most extraordinary battlefield exploits ever performed in an American military uniform."Based on meticulous research, Lanning has assembled authoritative accounts of these heroic individuals and their deeds of valor, from the American Civil War through the current campaign in the Middle East. This clear and vigorous narrative—derived from enlistment records and other public documents, newspaper accounts, archival sources, and interviews with the families of the honorees—presents brief biographies that include details of the recipients’ lives before and—in the case of those who survived—after their active-duty service. Lanning also includes the text of the citation from each recipients’ Medal of Honor ceremonies and gripping accounts of the battlefield heroics that earned them the ultimate military honor from a grateful nation.Hispanic Medal of Honor Recipients: American Heroes provides the most thorough documentation to date of these courageous Americans and their service to our nation. The work offers a fitting commemoration of their remarkable actions under the direst circumstances, often performed under conditions of discrimination and prejudice, providing inspiration and encouragement for years to come.
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Black Dragon - The Experience Of A Marine Rifle Company In The Central Pacific

de Steven Mccloud

~~46,38€~~ 37,10€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Recounts the experience of a single Marine rifle company and its drive through the central Pacific in World War II. Steven McCloud, through research and extensive interviews with surviving members of Fox Company, has reanimated the gruelling, day-by-day slog through the Pacific theatre through the eyes of the US Marines who endured it.
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Securing The Mrap - Lessons Learned In Marketing And Military Procurement

de James Hasik

~~33,06€~~ 26,45€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 The mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle, or MRAP, required years of entrepreneurial marketing by the defense industry. In Securing theMRAP, James Hasik explores how these vehicles, which the American military mostly rejected despite the great need for them, eventually came to be adopted as the Pentagon's top procurement priority.
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Tales Of The Sea Cloud - Luxury Yacht, Integrated Naval Vessel, Legendary Ship

de Ken W. Sayers

~~33,06€~~ 26,45€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Takes readers on the full journey of the Sea Cloud, from its postwar ownership by Rafael Trujillo, to its use as a commercial cruise ship in Panama, its near-disastrous physical deterioration and restoration, and on to the present day as a luxury charter sailing yacht.
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Code Name Arcadia - The First Wartime Conference Of Churchill And Roosevelt

de John F. Shortal

~~46,38€~~ 37,10€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 The First Washington Conference, codenamed Arcadia, was a secret meeting held in the days immediately following the entrance of the United States into World War II. John Shortal unravels the inside story of this pivotal meeting, showing how the working and personal relationships between Roosevelt and Churchill first took root.
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Physician Soldier - The South Pacific Letters Of Captain Fred Gabriel From The 39th Station Hospital

de Michael P. Gabriel

~~66,25€~~ 53,00€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Frederick R. Gabriel graduated from medical school in 1940, entered the US Army, and was assigned to the newly-created 39th Station Hospital. His letters from the Pacific theatre - especially from Guadalcanal, Angaur, and Saipan - capture the everyday life of a soldier physician.
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Sac Time - A Navigator In The Strategic Air Command

de Thomas E. Alexander

~~35,78€~~ 28,62€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Thomas E. Alexander served for a number of years in the elite Strategic Air Command, designed as a primary deterrent to Soviet military ambitions. In this gripping memoir, Alexander presents â€˜an honest and reflective account of the impact the Cold War had on individuals who were then on the front lines of defense - like it or not.'
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Storms Over The Mekong - Major Battles Of The Vietnam War

de William Pace Head

~~53,00€~~ 42,40€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 From the defeat of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam at Ap Bac to the battles of the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh, and more, Storms over the Mekong offers a reassessment of key turning points in the Vietnam War.
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War Narratives - Shaping Beliefs, Blurring Truths In The Middle East

de Caleb S. Cage

~~13,24€~~ 10,59€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 A tightly packed and provocative book containing a series of connected essays on the many competing narratives - both fiction and nonfiction - that are used to explain recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, how those narratives are perceived through preexisting social, political, and literary lenses, and how they often fall short.
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Anxious Peace - A Cold War Memoir

de Hans Mark

~~13,24€~~ 10,59€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Hans Mark recounts in detail his life as a twentieth-century "rocket man." Here is the inside story of one who - in a career spanning more than six decades - was on the technological front line, from long-range bombers to the space shuttle. Along the way, Mark reveals many never-before-told stories from life at NASA and more.
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Veterans Cemeteries Of Texas

de Michael Lee Lanning

~~13,24€~~ 10,59€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Texas, home to more than 1.7 million living veterans (the second largest number of any state), is also home to six nationally run and four state-run veterans cemeteries. The Veterans Cemeteries of Texas recounts the stories of these ten official final resting places for Texas veterans, creating a complete guide to these solemn bivouacs of the dead.
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Danger 79er - The Life And Times Of Lieutenant General James F. Hollingsworth

de James H. Willbanks

~~13,24€~~ 10,59€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Tells the remarkable story of Lt. Gen. James F. Hollingsworth, a three-time recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross along with four Silver Stars, six Purple Hearts, and a host of additional medals and commendations. His career spanned wars both cold and hot, and throughout, ""Holly"" was a hard-charging, hands-on soldier who could be irreverent and brash but always ""led from the front.""
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Edith'S War - Writings Of A Red Cross Worker And Lifelong Champion Of Social Justice

de Peter A. Witt

~~13,24€~~ 10,59€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Edith May Witt served her country by joining the Red Cross in World War II as a staff assistant (or ""club woman"") in Oran, Algeria, and worked throughout the Mediterranean theatre. She was also a talented writer and left behind a rich archive that illuminates the wartime experiences of civilian women.
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Long Journeys Home - American Veterans Of World War Ii, Korea, And Vietnam

de Michael D. Gambone

~~119,25€~~ 95,40€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Explores the veteran experience of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. This book examines and dissects the various myths that have grown up around each of these wars. Michael D. Gambone compares and contrasts the basic elements of each narrative, including the factors that influenced the decision to enlist, the impact of combat on life after the war, and the struggles of postwar adjustment.
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Buttoned Up - American Armor And The 781st Tank Battalion In World War Ii

de Westin Ellis Robeson

~~119,25€~~ 95,40€ 20% IMEDIATO

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 Independent tank battalions were small, self-contained armored units attached to larger infantry divisions as necessary during World War II. The United States Army believed this would provide infantry the firepower and protection it needed on an ever-changing battlefield. In Buttoned Up, Westin E. Robeson explores the contribution of American armor to the Allied victory in World War II.
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Black Dragon - The Experience Of A Marine Rifle Company In The Central Pacific

de Steven Mccloud

59,48€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Recounts the experience of a single Marine rifle company and its drive through the central Pacific in World War II. Steven McCloud, through research and extensive interviews with surviving members of Fox Company, has reanimated the gruelling, day-by-day slog through the Pacific theatre through the eyes of the US Marines who endured it.
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