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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where, historically, empires clashed and sieges from the east toppled kingdoms and enslaved peoples. Many view the region-comprising present-day Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, and Romania, among other countries-as united only by the shared experience of invasions launched by foreign powers, from the Huns of the fourth century, to the Swedes of the seventeenth, to...
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Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 CDs (approximately 4 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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This course explores the role that war has played in shaping the United States of America. The lectuers begin with the American Revolution and an examination of how America was born with war. The discussion continues with the "forgotten" War of 1812 and then turns to the Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War. Subsequent lectures then illustrate America's role in helping to end the "War to End All Wars" before the course concludes with...
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Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
528 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Over the years, the United States Army has been a vital presence at home and abroad, and many Americans have helped to sustain it through selfless service and dedication. Giangreco recounts the venerable history of this incredible fighting force, from the founding of the Continental Army through the Civil War and the recent conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiii, 479 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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"In this book, Robert Wooster provides a comprehensive history of the United States Army from its inception during the American Revolution to the Philippine-American War. He integrates the institutional history of the Army with larger trends in US history, with a special focus on state building and civil-military relations. This will be the definitive book on the US Army's relationship with the nation during the nineteenth century. It will be of interest...
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English
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A novel of army life in the calm before Pearl Harbor: A New York Times bestseller, a National Book Award winner, and “one of the great books of our time” (Newsday).
At the Pearl Harbor army base in 1941, Robert E. Lee Prewitt is Uncle Sam’s finest bugler. A career soldier with no patience for army politics, Prewitt becomes incensed when a commander’s favorite wins the title of First Bugler....
At the Pearl Harbor army base in 1941, Robert E. Lee Prewitt is Uncle Sam’s finest bugler. A career soldier with no patience for army politics, Prewitt becomes incensed when a commander’s favorite wins the title of First Bugler....
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