After the Civil War, Violet and her husband, upon his return from the Confederate Navy, become partners in restoring their South Carolina plantation as well as ventures in mercantile trade and railroads during years of Yankee occupation and Carpetbag-Scalawag government.

After the Civil War, Violet and her husband, upon his return from the Confederate Navy, become partners in restoring their South Carolina plantation and in ventures in mercantile trade and railroads during years of Yankee occupation and Carpetbag-Scalawag government.

This handbook is comprised of suggestions for thinking about history and teaching it. Appendices give the texts of various historical items.

Set in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, this fast-paced novel involves enemy infiltration, imaginative tactics in moving an infantry battalion through the wintry Ardennes, and romance between an American captain and a Swiss teacher employed in Patton's headquarters.

Set in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II involves enemy infiltration; imaginative tactics in moving an infantry battalion through the wintry Ardennes, and romance between an American captain and a Swiss teacher employed in Patton's headquarters.

The author, who fought across France with the 134th infantry, follows the approximate liberation route as he revisits the towns decades later. This book is a combination of military and political history, meditation on the tragic predicament of humanity, and an affectionate portrayal of the French and their country.

Beginning with a case study of the greatest airborne operation of the war, the 1944 invasion of Holland, Huston examines the inception, organization, training, equipment, strategies, Allied cooperation, and overall effectiveness of the airborne in the total war effort. Operations in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France, the Pacific, and the Far East are discussed.