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Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy by Nicholas Reynolds
epub |eng | 2017-03-13 | Author:Nicholas Reynolds

Hemingway’s last hurrah with the troops coincided with the Battle of the Bulge in the second half of December 1944. Hitler hurled German tanks and infantry—some thirty divisions in all—against ...
( Category: Military March 19,2017 )
James Madison: A Life Reconsidered by Lynne Cheney
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-05-06 | Author:Lynne Cheney [Cheney, Lynne]

Chapter 13 THE REVOLUTION OF 1800 REPUBLICANS CLAIMED that Jefferson’s victory signified a revolution, by which they meant that the Federalists had been turned out and their policies rejected, but ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 15,2017 )
Caught in the Revolution by Helen Rappaport
epub |eng | | Author:Helen Rappaport

The atmosphere was ominous. There wasn’t a tram in sight and hardly any izvozchiki and the shutters on the shops were fastened tight; ‘in front of the Gostinny Dvor [indoor ...
( Category: American Revolution March 12,2017 )
Lucky 666 by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin
epub |eng | | Author:Bob Drury & Tom Clavin

PART III Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. —T. S. Eliot 19 “A MOTLEY COLLECTION OF OUTCASTS” RECONNAISSANCE. THE ...
( Category: World War II February 27,2017 )
1610397339 (N) by Anthony Sadler
azw3, epub |eng | 2016-08-29 | Author:Anthony Sadler

“WOW, THAT IS A CRAZY STORY.” Lea seemed impressed by Alek’s lineage, and Alek began to feel proud of it. He felt his own journey echoed Grandpa Nick’s, the military ...
( Category: Military February 26,2017 )
The Portable John Adams by John Adams
epub |eng | 2004-06-29 | Author:John Adams [Adams, John]

No. VIII. It has often been observed by me, and it cannot be too often repeated, that colonization is casus omissus at common law. There is no such title known ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents February 24,2017 )
Reporting on Hitler by Wainewright Will;
epub |eng | 2017-02-22 | Author:Wainewright, Will; [Will Wainewright]

- CHAPTER XI - RHINELAND The Nazis celebrated their third anniversary of taking power in January 1936. They had achieved much in the first three years, consolidating their control over ...
( Category: Fascism February 23,2017 )
Red Blood, Black Sand: Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima by Tatum Chuck
epub |eng | 2012-05-01 | Author:Tatum, Chuck [Tatum, Chuck]

Pillbox Bustin’ Aided as we were by tanks, afternoon gains were better than those previously achieved; however, heavy fighting continued against stubborn enemy resistance. We were still receiving sporadic mortar ...
( Category: World War II February 20,2017 )
God's Wolf by Jeffrey Lee
epub |eng | | Author:Jeffrey Lee

Reynald’s destination was the holiest place of all – the very wellspring of the crusading spirit. Pilgrims flocked from all over Christendom to pray nearby at Christ’s birthplace in Bethlehem, ...
( Category: General January 21,2017 )
George Washington's Secret Spy War by John A. Nagy
epub |eng | | Author:John A. Nagy

Eleven DECEPTION BATTLE PLAN: THE OBJECTIVE At the beginning of 1781 the war was not going well for the Americans. In the south, Charles Town (now known as Charleston), South ...
( Category: American Revolution December 11,2016 )
The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian by Foote Shelby
epub |eng | 1963-01-01 | Author:Foote, Shelby [Foote, Shelby]

Neither was their presence in the orchard covered by any instructions from their own commander. In fact, at the time Hood’s men first spotted them, Meade did not even know ...
( Category: American Civil War December 10,2016 )
Hemingway at War by Terry Mort
epub |eng | 2016-12-08 | Author:Terry Mort

To Hemingway, Paris was a city of memory and nostalgia, the place where he had served his apprenticeship as a writer, the place where he and his first wife, Hadley, ...
( Category: World War II December 9,2016 )
All the Gallant Men by Donald Stratton
epub |eng | 2016-11-04 | Author:Donald Stratton

WE TRIED TO follow the war, especially the battles in the Pacific. We got bits and pieces from the nurses and from Frosty. There was a radio in the ward, ...
( Category: World War II November 24,2016 )
Songs of a War Boy by Deng Thiak Adut & Ben Mckelvey
epub |eng | 2016-10-24 | Author:Deng Thiak Adut & Ben Mckelvey [Thiak Adut, Deng]

Chapter Eight SOME TO JUSTICE, SOME TO FATE After the peace was signed into law, many of the Sudanese who had run to Australia planned their return. The peace agreement ...
( Category: Essays November 21,2016 )
The Photographer and the President by Richard Lowry
epub |eng | 2015-09-28 | Author:Richard Lowry [Lowry, Richard]

Dedication Ceremonies, by Alexander Gardner, Gettysburg, November 19, 1863 (illustrations credit 3.17) ONE account of Lincoln’s speech tells of the crowd’s distraction by a photographer hurrying to get his camera ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents September 23,2016 )

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