Celebrating the bicentennial of the founding of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a companion volume to the PBS-TV special traces West Point's continual role in and influence on American history, profiles some of its larger-than-life graduates, and examines its traditions, changing roles, and contributions. (view table of contents)

Picture essays accompany a chronicle of the Axis conquest of the Balkans and the struggles of partisan troops and guerrillas to undermine and overthrow Hitler's forces

Product Description: Book by Bailey, Ronald H.

Recounts the Union Army's campaign to capture Atlanta, describes Confederate efforts to defend the city, and offers a profile of General Sherman

Depicts the battle along the banks of the Antietam Creek and examines the military strategies of the Union and Confederate leaders

Describes McClellan's expedition and his battles with Confederate forces in Virginia

Compares the treatment of German, Russian, Japanese, and American prisoners of war, describes escape attempts, and recounts how prisoners endured their ordeals

Highlights a look at the RAF, U.S. Army Air Forces, and Luftwaffe as they struggled for supremacy in the skies over Europe

Picture essays accompany a chronicle of the Axis conquest of the Balkans and the struggles of partisan troops and guerrillas to undermine and overthrow Hitler's forces

Brings to light through photographs, captions, and text the ways in which Americans adjusted to the shortages, sorrows, and challenges of the war years following the attack on Pearl Harbor