A sweeping narrative of America's Civil War era, Liberty and Union shows how the war helped to bring about revolutionary changes in American life, changes that were sustained--and limited--by most Americans' abiding commitment to the nation's founding principles.
Winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize. The first modern history of Lincoln's border-state policies during the Civil War which tells the story of how... Læs mere
Beginning with the first regiments formed in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, this book chronicles how American militia-men have transformed themselves from a loose collection of local defence forces into a modern efficient reserve force.
When he first published this text, Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Rhodes helped to launch and legitimate the memoir of abused childhood. In this tenth anniversary... Læs mere
Systematically explores the moral issues surrounding self-deception. While many articles and books have been written on the concept of self-deception in recent years,... Læs mere
The memoir of paratrooper Kurt Gabel - a German Jew who emigrated to the US in 1938, joined the 513th Regiment of the 17th... Læs mere
John Lewis Barkley's memoir provides a rare and vivid ground-level look at World War I through the eyes of a soldier whose exploits rivaled those of Sergeant York and won him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
When the US took control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam following the Spanish-American War, it was unclear to what degree these... Læs mere
From the American Revolution to the war on terror, US Army doctrine has evolved to regulate the chaos of armed conflict by providing an... Læs mere
In the spring of 1862, there was no more important place in the western Confederacy than the tiny town of Corinth, Mississippi. Despite its significance, Corinth has... Læs mere
Many rights that Americans cherish today go unmentioned in the US Constitution. Where do these freedoms come from? John V. Orth traces the history of due process, from its origins in medieval England to its applications in the latest cases.