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This book examines the events that led up to the day--March 31, 1968--when Lyndon Johnson dramatically renounced any attempt to be reelected president of the United States. It offers one of the best descriptions of U.S. policy surrounding the Tet offensive of that fateful March--a historic turning point in the war in Vietnam that led directly to th

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The true story of an infantryman's fight for survival in the Vietnam War.

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Making War at Fort Hood offers an illuminating look at war through the daily lives of the people whose job it is to produce it. Kenneth MacLeish conducted a year of intensive fieldwork among soldiers and their families at and around the US Army's Fort Hood in central Texas. He shows how war's reach extends far beyond the battlefield into military c

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Now in paperback: "The best book on Civil War artillery ever written." -Civil War Regiments.

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He's silent, invisible. He lies in one position for days, barely twitching a muscle, able to control his heartbeat and breathing. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. This is the story of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, Marine sniper, legend of military lore.

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With the explosive fireworks of his military classics "Marine Sniper" and "Silent Warrior," the author gives a startlingly realistic account of the Marines' hellish introduction to a new kind of warfare in Vietnam and the raw truth about how it produced a new kind of American soldier.

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This collection explores the role of martial masculinities in shaping nineteenth-century British culture and society. -- .

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Presents the Second World War as it was experienced by three of its most flamboyant, controversial and influential commanders - Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Erwin Rommel.

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"Explores the history of medical services, health and welfare in Europe during the First World War."--Provided by publisher.

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"Explores the history of medical services, health and welfare in Europe during the First World War."--Provided by publisher.

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Considers the connections between memory and violence in the wake of World War II. Covering a range of European experiences, this book takes a long-term approach to the study of trauma at the local level. It challenges the notion of collective memory and calls for an understanding of memory as a fine line between the individual and society.

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Considers the connections between memory and violence in the wake of World War II. This book covers a range of European experiences from East to West, and takes a long-term approach to the study of trauma at the local level. It reveals the myriad ways in which communities react to and reconstruct the horrors of war.

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Men, ideas and tanks reviews the development of British military ideas on armoured forces from 1903 to 1939. -- .

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This volume follows Metternich's career up to the restoration of the Bourbons in France. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original tex

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A comprehensive overview of Mexico's military history from 1810 to the present day, including rare facts and information not found online.

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With the MG 34, the German Wehrmacht introduced an entirely new concept in automatic firepower - the general-purpose machine gun (GPMG). This study explores the technological development, varied roles and lasting influence of the revolutionary MG 34 and MG 42 machine guns and their postwar successors.

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Explores the comparative histories and geographies of militarized landscapes. Ranging from the Korean DMZ to nuclear testing sites in the American West, and from Gettysburg to Salisbury Plain, this title focuses on these often secretive, hidden, dangerous and invariably controversial sites that occupy huge swathes of national territories.