Military - United States
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Gettysburg: The Tide Turns: An Oral History
$32.00 Add to cartThe definitive oral history of the battle that turned the tide of the Civil War that combines vivid first-hand accounts with rich historical narrative.
In late June of 1863, one month after his victor- Author: Chadwick, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368256
- Language: English
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The Big Book of Civil War Sites: From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, a Visitor’s Guide to the History, Personalities, and Places of America’s Battlefields
$34.95 Add to cartThe definitive travel reference for America’s most famous–and infamous–Civil War battle sites!
With The Big Book of Civil War Sites, history-focused travelers finally have ready access to in-depth an
- Author: Bradford, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072021
- Language: English
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Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How Us Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments
$37.50 Add to cartA vivid tour of US military efforts to understand, survive, and command harsh environments worldwide–and beyond.
Deserts, the Arctic, outer space–these extreme environments are often seen as inhosp- Author: Heefner, Gretchen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0226831590
- Language: English
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Great American Marine Corps Stories
$22.95 Add to cartGreat American U.S. Marine Stories is a magnificent collection of gripping accounts of Marines in action.
- Author: McCarthy, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1493089994
- Language: English
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World War Zoos: Humans and Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age
$35.00 Add to cartA new and heartbreaking history of World War II as told through the shocking experiences of zoos across the globe.
As Europe lurched into war in 1939, zookeepers started killing their animals. On Se- Author: Kinder, John M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0226827666
- Language: English
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The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America’s First Military Victory
$27.00 Add to cartThe Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America’s “forgotten war” of 1812. Andrew Jackson led his ragtag corps of soldiers against 8,000 disciplined invading British regulars in a battle… [more below]
- Author: Remini, Robert V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0141001798
- Language: English
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Don Troiani’s Black Soldiers in America’s Wars: 1754-1865
$34.95 Read moreUsing a masterful combination of artistry and accuracy, Don Troiani has dedicated his career to transforming our understanding of the military soldier. Don now turns his talents to capturing the under
- Author: Troiani, Don
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 081177371X
- Language: English
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Outmaneuvered: America’s Tragic Encounter with Warfare from Vietnam to Afghanistan
$29.99 Add to cartFrom a celebrated military historian, a highly engaging and thought-provoking exploration of why the United States has failed again and again in irregular wars and military campaigns from Vietnam to A… [more below]
- Author: Warren, James A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1668004550
- Language: English
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The Marines of Montford Point: America’s First Black Marines
$24.00 Add to cartWith an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps–the last all-white branch of the U.S. military–was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African … [more below]
- Author: McLaurin, Melton A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0807861766
- Language: English
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The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West, Revised Edition
$26.95 Add to cartOriginally published in 1967, William H. Leckie’s The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African American units in the conquest of the West. Decades later, … [more below]
- Author: Leckie, William H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0806138408
- Language: English
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Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS
$29.00 Add to cartThe incredible untold story of four women who spun the web of deception that helped win World War II.
Betty MacDonald was a 28-year-old reporter from Hawaii. Zuzka Lauwers grew up in a tiny Czechoslova- Author: Rogak, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1250275598
- Language: English
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First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11
$21.99 Read moreAn award-winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA’s Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11.
America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has st… [more below]
- Author: Harnden, Toby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 316540978
- Language: English
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Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777
$34.95 Add to cartWinner, 2024 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award
The fighting prowess of United States Marines is second to none, but few know of the Corps’ humble beginnings and what it achieved during the early years … [more below]
- Author: Bohm, Jason Q.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1611216265
- Language: English
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The US Marine Corps 1775-1859: Continental and United States Marines
$21.00 Read moreFeaturing specially commissioned artwork and archive illustrations, this engrossing study describes the US Marine Corps’ early operations and illustrates its evolving uniforms and personal equipment.
- Series: Elite #251
- Author: Field, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1472851544
- Language: English
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Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States
$12.95 Read moreWhen Frederich Wilhelm von Steuben, a colorful, charismatic, imposing, and gay military leader from Prussia, presented himself to the Continental Congress in 1778, he had one goal in mind: to whip the… [more below]
- Author: Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: December 31 2019
- ISBN10: 1429095555
- Language: English
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Epidemics and the American Military: Five Times Disease Changed the Course of War
$36.95 Read moreIn Epidemics and the American Military, Dr. Jack McCallum examines the major role the military has played propagating and controlling disease throughout this nation’s history. The U.S. armed forces re… [more below]
- Author: McCallum, Jack E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1682477304
- Language: English
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America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present
$24.00 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR – A hugely ambitious, “delightfully readable, genuinely informative” portrait (The New York Times) of the two-centuries-long entwined histories of Iran and A… [more below]
- Author: Ghazvinian, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0307472388
- Language: English
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The Battle of Gettysburg 1863 (2): The Second Day
$25.00 Read moreThis work provides an authoritative illustrated examination of the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, analyzing both grand strategy, and the tactical decisions of Day Two and the ensuing combat.
- Series: Campaign #391
- Author: Orr, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1472854640
- Language: English
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Gettysburg: The Story of the Battle with Maps
$24.95 Read more70 color maps and insightful text tell the hour-by-hour story of the 3-day Battle of GettysburgEach map shows the same 3 1/2-by-4 1/2-mile view of the battlefield, allowing the reader to visualize the… [more below]
- Author: Detweiler, M. David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0811712184
- Language: English
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: A Century of Honor, 1921-2021
$24.95 Read more- Author: Bigler, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1513642774
- Language: English
