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You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe
epub |eng | 2020-02-04 | Author:Alexis Coe

* * * As an adult, Washington had often proved to be a negligent son, and the busy spring and summer of 1789 were no exception. By the time Betty ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents February 5,2020 )
Mengele by David G. Marwell
epub |eng | 2019-11-10 | Author:David G. Marwell

Meeting in May Our May meeting in Frankfurt came three months after the attorney general had ordered the investigation. Much had happened in that time: two Senate hearings in the ...
( Category: World War II January 29,2020 )
The March to Kandahar: Roberts in Afghanistan by Rodney Atwood
epub |eng | 2012-11-13 | Author:Rodney Atwood [Atwood, Rodney]

Chapter 7 Backs to the Wall The invader of Afghanistan may count as inevitable a national rising against him ... tribesmen and disbanded soldiers sprang to arms, the banner of ...
( Category: Afghan War January 20,2020 )
Lawrence of Arabia's War: The Arabs, the British and the Remaking of the Middle East in WWI by Neil Faulkner
epub, pdf |eng | 2016-01-15 | Author:Neil Faulkner [Faulkner, Neil]

14. The Second Battle of Gaza, 19–20 April 1917, showing the situation at zero hour. The Eastern Frontier Force was not well prepared for such a battle. For sure, units ...
( Category: World War I January 19,2020 )
George Washington by John Rhodehamel
epub |eng | 2017-01-15 | Author:John Rhodehamel [Rhodehamel, John]

9 “The Destiny of Unborn Millions” AMERICA’S FIRST CITIZEN returned home after an absence of eight and a half years to find his private affairs in disarray. Mount Vernon was ...
( Category: American Revolution January 19,2020 )
Turncoat: Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty by Stephen Brumwell
epub |eng | 2018-01-15 | Author:Stephen Brumwell [Brumwell, Stephen]

* * * Inclined to downplay fears for his own safety, Washington remained alive to the possibility that the British might yet take advantage of the ice to launch further ...
( Category: American Revolution January 19,2020 )
The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death by Brian R. Dirck
epub |eng | 2019-02-06 | Author:Brian R. Dirck

Let dogs delight to bark and bite, I have no taste for war; My joy is not in fire and fight, In cannon’s roar and bullet’s flight, And nasty pools ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents January 19,2020 )
First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role by Jeanne E. Abrams
epub |eng | 2018-03-06 | Author:Jeanne E. Abrams

Abigail Adams became the second First Lady of the United States on February 8, 1797, when, at the age of sixty-one, John Adams was formally elected president, although he did ...
( Category: American Revolution January 19,2020 )
Sterling Hayden's Wars by Lee Mandel
epub |eng | 2018-01-15 | Author:Lee Mandel [Mandel, Lee]

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Naming Names IN APRIL OF 1950, THE APPEALS OF THE HOLLYWOOD TEN REACHED THE United States Supreme Court. The court refused to review the convictions and each member ...
( Category: United States January 19,2020 )
Hitler by Longerich Peter;
epub |eng | 2019-05-16 | Author:Longerich, Peter;

Preparations for the attack in the West On 23 November, Hitler gave a speech to the military leadership in which he made clear his determination to expand the war at ...
( Category: World War II January 19,2020 )
So Sad to Fall in Battle by Kumiko Kakehashi
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-16 | Author:Kumiko Kakehashi

There is no one better qualified to judge a general than the enemy general he is fighting. They may never actually meet, but seeing how their counterparts fight in the ...
( Category: World War II January 18,2020 )
The Sword of Rome by Jeremiah McCall
epub |eng | 2015-12-17 | Author:Jeremiah McCall [McCall, Jeremiah]

Chapter 4 The Political Battle for Syracuse Late in 211 or early in 210, Marcellus returned from Sicily. He left his troops there under his successor, though apparently unwillingly, since ...
( Category: Rome January 18,2020 )
George Washington by Stephen Brumwell
epub |eng | 2013-08-29 | Author:Stephen Brumwell [Brumwell, Stephen]

8 Victory or Death Lacking the boats he needed to ferry his troops across the Delaware River and continue hounding Washington’s army, on December 14, 1776, William Howe called a ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents January 18,2020 )
The Hard Way by Mark 'Billy' Billingham
epub |eng | | Author:Mark 'Billy' Billingham [Billingham, Mark ‘Billy’]

I enjoyed a much-needed break over the weekend with Julie and the kids, where I could recharge my body and brain – even if only for forty-eight hours. I had ...
( Category: Military January 18,2020 )
Naked in Baghdad by Anne Garrels
epub |eng | 2011-05-23 | Author:Anne Garrels

BRENDA BULLETIN: MARCH 17, 2003 A most welcome call this afternoon. Brenda is well, on her toes, thinking smart, and moving fast, if only to stay a jump ahead of ...
( Category: Afghan & Iraq Wars January 18,2020 )

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