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The Civil War, a Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote
mobi |eng | 1986-02-15 | Author:Shelby Foote

The wire did not have to go all the way to Washington; the Secretary was at Fort Monroe. He had arrived two days ago with Lincoln and Chase, primarily for ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
Rock of Chickamauga
mobi | | 2009-12-26 | Author:Joseph A. Altsheler

"I'm going to do so right away. Don't bother yourself about me, George. My nerves have been strained pretty hard, and I had to wait until they were quiet until ...
( Category: American Civil War March 25,2014 )
James Madison by Richard Brookhiser
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-01 | Author:Richard Brookhiser

CHAPTER SEVEN In Power When James Madison first arrived in Washington in the spring of 1801, it was nowhere. The federal government had moved to its latest site in the ...
( Category: American Revolution March 25,2014 )
FDR by Jean Edward Smith
mobi, epub, pdf, azw3 |eng | 2007-05-15 | Author:Jean Edward Smith

NINETEEN ON THE BRINK What America does or fails to do in the next few years has a far greater bearing and influence on the history of the whole human ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
Bismarck: A Life by Jonathan Steinberg
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2011-04-06 | Author:Jonathan Steinberg

On 20 April Prince Karl Anton and Prince Leopold let Madrid know that they were no longer interested. On 13 May Bismarck wrote to Delbrück to express his rage and ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 25,2014 )
Winston Churchill's War Leadership by Martin Gilbert
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-02-15 | Author:Martin Gilbert

Note on Sources The material in this lecture is taken from my book Churchill: A Life, as well as from the six volumes of the Churchill biography, Winston S. Churchill, ...
( Category: U.K. Prime Ministers March 25,2014 )
The Last Lion - Winston Churchill - Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 by William Manchester
mobi, pdf |eng | 2012-11-05 | Author:William Manchester

By July 14, Hitler’s eastern army (Ostheer) had established its bridgehead across the Don at Voronezh, but it had taken Army Group B’s Fourth Panzer Division a week to take ...
( Category: World War II March 25,2014 )
David Crockett by Michael Wallis
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-07-18 | Author:Michael Wallis

I now avail myself of the privilege common to every freeman, of offering myself as a candidate for a seat in the next Congress of the United States. It is ...
( Category: United States March 25,2014 )
Being George Washington by Beck Glenn
mobi, epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-11-21 | Author:Beck, Glenn [Beck, Glenn]

October 20, 1781 Yorktown General Cornwallis knew that this would be one of the most painful days of his esteemed life. Surrendering to the enemy was simply unimaginable. He would ...
( Category: History & Theory March 25,2014 )
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-03-23 | Author:Loung Ung

child soldiers August 1977 The months pass and the government continues to increase our food ration, allowing me to grow a little stronger. It has been three months since we ...
( Category: Asia March 25,2014 )
Rumsfeld's Rules by Donald Rumsfeld
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-08-22 | Author:Donald Rumsfeld

Don’t do or say things you would not want to see on the evening news. It is best to assume that everything you or your organization has done, is doing, ...
( Category: Afghan & Iraq Wars March 25,2014 )
An Ace of the Eighth: An American Fighter Pilot's Air War in Europe by Norman J. Fortier
mobi, epub |eng | 2003-01-02 | Author:Norman J. Fortier

“This formation will present an intimidating front to their people and give us plenty of cross cover.” He gave several other “advantages” of such a formation. We sat quietly and ...
( Category: Military March 25,2014 )
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2012-01-03 | Author:Chris Kyle

THE SALACIOUS AND THE SURREAL One evening, we took over what we thought was an abandoned apartment, since it was empty when we arrived. I was rotating with another sniper, ...
( Category: Afghan & Iraq Wars March 25,2014 )
SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper by Templin Stephen & Wasdin Howard E
mobi |eng | 2011-05-05 | Author:Templin, Stephen & Wasdin, Howard E. [Templin, Stephen]

After sniper school, I returned home to Red Team, but I would only have a little time to spend with my family. At work, I immediately started learning how to ...
( Category: Afghan War March 25,2014 )
Yellow Green Beret : Stories of an Asian-American Stumbling Around U.S. Army Special Forces by Wong Chester
mobi |eng | 2011-11-20 | Author:Wong, Chester [Wong, Chester]

STORY XIV DRUNK AUSTRIAN PILOT CIRCA AUGUST 2007 During my first trip to Northern Iraq, I lived with my Special Forces A-Team (plus up to fifteen guys) in a sweet ...
( Category: War & Military March 25,2014 )

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