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The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army
ISBN: 9780061451645 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A terrific biography....The dramatic story of how the American army that beat the British was forged has never been better told than in this remarkable book."
--Doris Kearns Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of Team of Rivals The true story of the Baron de Steuben and the making of the American Army, The Drillmaster of Valley Forge is the first biography in half a century of the immigrant Prussian soldier who molded George Washington's ragged, demoralized troops into the fighting force that eventually triumphed in America's War of... "A terrific biography....The dramatic story of how the American army that beat the British was forged has never been better told than in this remarkab...
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Double Duty in the Civil War: The Letters of Sailor and Soldier Edward W. Bacon
ISBN: 9780809329106 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1861 at the age of eighteen, Edward Woolsey Bacon, a Yale student and son of well-known abolitionist minister Leonard Bacon, left his home in New Haven, Connecticut, to fight for the United States. Over the next four years Bacon served in both the Union navy and army, which gave him a sweeping view of the Civil War. His postings included being a captain's clerk on the USS Iroquois, a hospital clerk in his hometown, a captain in the 29th Connecticut Infantry (Colored), and a major in the 117th U.S. Colored Infantry, and he described these experiences in vibrant letters to his friends...
In 1861 at the age of eighteen, Edward Woolsey Bacon, a Yale student and son of well-known abolitionist minister Leonard Bacon, left his home in New H...
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112,60 |
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The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: The Right Man for the Job, December 7, 1941-May 31, 1943
ISBN: 9780801829673 / Angielski / Twarda / 840 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 3 illuminates Marshall's evolving relationships with President Roosevelt and his selection of such commanders. Volume 3 illuminates Marshall's evolving relationships with President Roosevelt and his selection of such commanders. |
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374,67 |
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The Diaries of John Gregory Bourke, Volume 4: July 3, 1880-May 22,1881
ISBN: 9781574412635 / Angielski / Twarda / 545 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Gregory Bourke kept a monumental set of diaries as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General George Crook. This fourth volume (of a projected set of eight) chronicles the political and managerial affairs in Crook's Department of the Platte. A large portion centers on the continuing controversy concerning the forced relocation of the Ponca Indians from their ancient homeland along the Dakota-Nebraska line to a new reservation in the Indian Territory. An equally large portion concerns Bourke's ethnological work under official sanction from the army and the Bureau of Ethnology. Each volume in the...
John Gregory Bourke kept a monumental set of diaries as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General George Crook. This fourth volume (of a projected set of eigh...
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225,30 |
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Captains Contentious : The Dysfunctional Sons of the Brine
ISBN: 9781570038075 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers original insights into a quirky quintet of naval heroes of the American Revolution. In "Captains Contentious" accomplished maritime historian Louis Arthur Norton observes that many of the captains of the Continental Navy were quite obstinate as compared to their British counterparts. In doing so Norton surveys the lives and military accomplishments of five captains in the nascent Continental Navy, investigating how their personality flaws both hindered their careers and enhanced their heroics in Revolutionary War combat. This psychohistorical approach brings to life the...
This book offers original insights into a quirky quintet of naval heroes of the American Revolution. In "Captains Contentious" accomplished maritime h...
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122,40 |
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Reach for the Sky : The Story of Douglas Bader, Legless Ace of the Battle of Britain
ISBN: 9781557502223 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Douglas Bader was a legend in his lifetime. After losing both legs in an air crash in 1931 and being dismissed as a cripple by the Royal Air Force, he fought his way back into the cockpit of a Spitfire to become one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain. This inspiring biography of the famous World War II fighter pilot, first published in 1954, has a following of faithful readers who come back to the book time and again to re-read, share with their children and pass along to friends. Not many books have made such an impact on people's lives. Bader's story is so... Douglas Bader was a legend in his lifetime. After losing both legs in an air crash in 1931 and being dismissed as a cripple by the Royal Air Force,... |
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92,75 |
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Dear Gladys : Letters from Over There
ISBN: 9781553392231 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The moral support Osmond provides to Canadian military personnel has been honoured formally on several occasions: in 2006 she was awarded the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service, presented to her in Newfoundland by chief of the Defence Staff, General Rick Hillier. However, no formal honour, Osmond insists, can compare to the notes of sincere personal gratitude from the individuals and families to whom she has written. Now well into her eighties, Osmond's continued correspondence with her extended military family occupies her from dawn until long after dark. Dear Gladys...
The moral support Osmond provides to Canadian military personnel has been honoured formally on several occasions: in 2006 she was awarded the Canadian...
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132,18 |
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A Different Path: The Story of an Army Family
ISBN: 9781436352925 / Angielski / Miękka / 824 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,07 |
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Black American Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary
ISBN: 9780786444625 / Angielski / Miękka / 559 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers detailed, career-oriented summaries of men and women who often overcame societal obstacles to become ranking members of the armed forces.
Offers detailed, career-oriented summaries of men and women who often overcame societal obstacles to become ranking members of the armed forces.
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275,77 |
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In the Eye of the Wind: A Travel Memoir of Prewar Japan
ISBN: 9780773534971 / Angielski / Twarda / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Yokohama, a quiet fishing village when Commodore Matthew Perry arrived with his gunboat diplomacy in the mid-1800s, was quickly transformed into a bustling port for international trade. The change brought affluent foreigners to the city but also mobilized Japanese nationalist hostilities. It was in this setting that Ron and Martin Baenninger's Canadian mother and Swiss father met in 1933. Relying on Ron's early memories, their mother's diary, and the acute memory of their father, who lived to be over one hundred, the Baenningers recount the initial years of their parents' marriage and provide...
Yokohama, a quiet fishing village when Commodore Matthew Perry arrived with his gunboat diplomacy in the mid-1800s, was quickly transformed into a bus...
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137,09 |
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Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart
ISBN: 9780743278249 / Angielski / Miękka / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in paperback, this major biography of J.E.B. Stuart--the first in two decades--uses newly available documents to draw the fullest, most accurate portrait of the legendary Confederate cavalry commander ever published.
- Major figure of American history: James Ewell Brown Stuart was the South's most successful and most colorful cavalry commander during the Civil War. Like many who die young (Stuart was thirty-one when he succumbed to combat wounds), he has been romanticized and popular- ized. One of the best-known figures of the Civil War, J.E.B. Stuart is almost... Now in paperback, this major biography of J.E.B. Stuart--the first in two decades--uses newly available documents to draw the fullest, most accurat...
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115,56 |
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Pershing: General of the Armies
ISBN: 9780253343819 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The product of nearly 25 years of research, Pershing: General of the Armies remains one of the most authoritative biographies of the man known as "Black Jack." Newly appointed head of the American Expeditionary Forces, Pershing sailed for Europe in May 1917. Once in France, he set about the task of building an army. By October the Americans were at the front and over the next year became involved in increasingly significant battles, all vividly recounted here: Cantigny, Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, Soissons, St. Mihiel, and the 47-day slugfest in the Meuse-Argonne. Although the impact of... The product of nearly 25 years of research, Pershing: General of the Armies remains one of the most authoritative biographies of the man known as "... |
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244,89 |
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Angel Dressed in Camouflage
ISBN: 9781438928067 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I wrote this book in memory of William Dean Richardson in hopes that you would be able to have a sense of who he was as a child, adult and soldier. As you read this book you will be told the story of a young man who made the brave decision to become an American Soldier. Who dedicated his life in the most Noble and Honorable way that anyone can serve his or her country. Medals and decorations awarded to CPL William Dean Richardson include: The Purple Heart, the Bronze Star with Valor, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense...
I wrote this book in memory of William Dean Richardson in hopes that you would be able to have a sense of who he was as a child, adult and soldier. As...
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54,57 |
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The Memoirs of Jean Laffite: From Le Journal de Jean Laffite
ISBN: 9780738812533 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,88 |
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Stonewall Jackson: A Biography
ISBN: 9780230613980 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Deemed "irreplaceable" by Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson assumed his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. It is said that The Army of Northern Virginia never fully recovered from the loss of Stonewall's leadership when he was accidentally shot by one of his own men and died in 1863. Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson's a general who emphasized the importance of reliable information and early preparedness (he so believed in information that he had a personal mapmaker with him at all times) and details Jackson's many lessons in strategy and leadership. Deemed "irreplaceable" by Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson assumed his nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. It is said that The... |
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77,03 |
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John Paul Jones : America'S First Sea Warrior
ISBN: 9781591141044 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fresh look at America's first sea warrior avoids both the hero worship of past biographies and the inaccurate and denigrating views of more recent accounts. Writing from the perspective of a naval officer with more than thirty years of experience and a seaman with a lifetime of sailing know-how, Callo examines Jones' extraordinary accomplishments by going beyond a narrow naval context to establish him as a key player in the American Revolution. He also analyzes his relationships with such civilian leaders as Benjamin Franklin. How Jones handled those often difficult dealings contributed...
This fresh look at America's first sea warrior avoids both the hero worship of past biographies and the inaccurate and denigrating views of more recen...
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108,00 |
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Life Experiences of a Fifteen-Year-Old Boyhood Soldier
ISBN: 9781436390200 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,70 |
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A Medic's Story: An Autobiography of Experiences During World War II
ISBN: 9781403334039 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,73 |
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An Loc: The Unfinished War
ISBN: 9780896726451 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A South Vietnamese leader's revealing retrospective of the war, now in English
A South Vietnamese leader's revealing retrospective of the war, now in English
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107,71 |
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Looking for a Hero: Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War
ISBN: 9780803224933 / Angielski / Miękka / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War's most highly decorated soldier, Joe Ronnie Hooper in many ways serves as a symbol for that conflict. His troubled, tempestuous life paralleled the upheavals in American society during the 1960s and 1970s, and his desperate quest to prove his manhood was uncomfortably akin to the macho image projected by three successive presidents in their "tough" policy in Southeast Asia. Looking for a Hero extracts the real Joe Hooper from the welter of lies and myths that swirl around his story; in doing so, the book uncovers not only the complicated truth about an...
Widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War's most highly decorated soldier, Joe Ronnie Hooper in many ways serves as a symbol for that conflict. His troubled...
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