They entered West Point shortly before the end of World War II. Four years later the class of USMA '49 graduated amid peacetime military cutbacks and national complacency. A year later these young officers were plunged into a cruel and unexpected war and were forced to compensate, by valor and leadership, for the nation's unpreparedness. Some called it a U.N. Police Action, but to the 2nd lieutenants fighting as platoon leaders, forward observers, and jet pilots, it was war to the fullest.
Men of '49 served along the Naktong Perimeter, landed at Inchon, flew combat missions against...

This compelling photographic history examines the war in its entirety, from its causes and protagonists to the strategies, weapons and battles. Goldstein and Maihafer have collected more than 450 vivid photographs, many never before seen by the general public. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean conflict, The Korean War remembers the experience of the American fighting man in -the forgotten war.-

"At long last, the familiar and overused photographs of the "Day of Infamy" can be retired. The 430 prints in this new and welcome collection were gathered from various Japanese and U.S. sources, and most have never been seen by the general public. The majority were taken during the height of the air raid itself, many from Japanese cockpits. Along with numerous maps and sketches, they are arranged according to the various phases of the battle and are supplemented with commentary by two of Gordon Prange's coauthors (Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon). The overall effect is to give the reader...

A shrewd politition Abraham Lincoln recognised the power of the press. This book hightlights the complex interplay between Lincon and the media during the Civil War and reveals the inner workings of the Lincoln White House featuring some of the most notable nineteenth century journalists who fuel Lincoln's idea of the power of through the press

BRAVE DECISIONS presents true stories of men in American history who met the moral challenge and did "the right thing." Having the courage to choose the right path, these fifteen men, including Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Douglas MacArthur, and Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., have become American heroes. Their dilemmas did not involve simple choices of honor and dishonor but hard, courageous, and ethical paths that had both professional and personal consequences. BRAVE DECISIONS highlights leaders who recognized the right course.