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Author
Series
Genealogy and local history volume LH 988
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1946]
Physical Desc
124 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
Language
English
83) Spartans
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Spartans. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
87) LeMay
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A close look at the controversial command and strategies of the Air Force Chief of Staff, Curtis LeMay—a terrifying, complex, and brilliant general.
In World War II, LeMay ordered the firebombing of Tokyo and was in charge when Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was responsible for tens of thousands of civilian deaths—a fact he liked to celebrate by smoking Cuban cigars. But LeMay was also the man
Author
Publisher
Casemate
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Holy Wars describes 3,000 years of war in the Holy Land with the unique approach of focusing on pivotal battles or campaigns, beginning with the Israelites' capture of Jericho and ending with Israel's last full-fledged assault against Lebanon. Its 17 chapters stop along the way to examine key battles fought by the Philistines, Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, and Mamluks, the latter clash, at Ayn Jalut, comprising the first time the Mongols...
92) Prelude to war
Series
Publisher
Platinum
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Special collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (54 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This film demonstrates how the diplomatic and political blunders made in the wake of WWI led inexorably to World War II. Especially culpable are those complacent citizens of the USA who were led to believe that the problems of the rest of the world had no bearing on their lives. Throughout the film, the lies of fascism and totalitarinism are contrasted with the ideals of Democracy.
Author
Series
1798 collection volume 1
Publisher
Round Tower Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
Fourth edition.
Physical Desc
10 unnumbered xxv, 982 pages : folded maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
99) American veteran
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Today, America has nearly eighteen million living military veterans, from the Greatest Generation to men and women coming home from recent tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. They join the now-silent ranks of American veterans reaching back to our earliest conflict, the Revolutionary War.
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