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When George C Marshall became Secretary of State in January of 1947, he asked George F Kennan to head a new component in the department's structure - the Policy Planning Staff. This title scrutinizes Kennan's subsequent influence over foreign policymaking during the crucial years from 1947 to 1950.

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This bibliography brings together and annotates works by and about Kennan.

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This work provides a transnational analysis of the influence of the Scots-Irish upon colonial and Native American culture in the Southeast, prior to 1783.

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This work provides a transnational analysis of the influence of the Scots-Irish upon colonial and Native American culture in the Southeast, prior to 1783.

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The Natives, primarily the Iroquois League and the Ohio Union, are erroneously presented in history texts as allies (or lackeys) of the British, but Native America was working from its own internally generated agenda: to prevent settlers from invading the Old Northwest.

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US political scientists, historians, and a judge on the Rhode Island Supreme Court try to return the country's first president to mainstream American conscious by demystifying him and the static view of him that many scholars have promulgated. They look at such topics as moral leadership, his farewe

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Politics as practiced by Reagan is examined through analysis of Reagan's rhetoric from his days as the governor of California to his campaign for the presidency in 1980.

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Long recognized as one of the best introductions to the campaign, Albert A. Nofi's The Gettysburg Campaign does not focus exclusively on the three days of the battle, but shows how events of May and June of 1863 set the stage for the engagement, and traces Lee's retreat from the field and the hesitant Northern pursuit, a fascinating tale in itself.

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Called a "masterpiece" by Civil War News, this is the most detailed regimental analysis of the first day of the battle of Gettysburg.

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Described as 'the most American place in America', Gettysburg is defended against commercial desecration like no other historic site. Examining Gettysburg's place in American culture, this book finds that the selling of Gettysburg is older than the shrine itself.

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In the 1680s, the Frenchman, Robert de La Salle explored the Great Lakes and the entire Mississippi, before being murdered by his own men when he led them on a disastrous mission to Texas. This title probes the flawed character of La Salle and recounts the history of the Jesuit missionaries, fur traders, and soldiers who followed on his heels.

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On a parched evening in the Philippines 53 years ago, 511 American POWs were saved from almost certain death. A force of elite US troops from the Sixth Ranger Battalion slipped 30 miles behind enemy lines and marched for three days through jungle and peat swamps.

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Tombstone, Bodie, St Elmo, Silver City: these are some of the most famous of the Old West ghost towns and mining camps that dot America's landscape and provide hints to the country's history. This title describes various types of ghost towns, explains their histories, and outlines ongoing research and archaeological study into decaying towns.

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From Birth of a Nation to Cold Mountain, Hollywood has used the Civil War to create compelling cinema with each generation resolving the tug of war between entertainment value and historical accuracy differently. Wills looks at the portrayal of the war in film, explores their ...

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