Product Description: From Army Rangers to Green Berets to the U.S. Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden, this book explains what makes Special Forces "special," covering the rich and varied history of elite formations in American military history and describing their recruitment, intense training, and equipment in depth...read more

Product Description: This comprehensive survey profiles one of history's greatest fighting forces, on land, sea, and air.• Comprehensive daily coverage of wartime and peacetime activities as they have affected the U.S. Marine Corps as an institution and a fighting machine• Detailed coverage of all major and many minor military engagements from 1775 through 2009, affording informative glimpses of American men and women in combat across the globe• Illustrations throughout highlighting significant events and Marine Corps personalities• 20 sidebars that afford greater detail and context on a variety of events and individuals• A 5,000-word bibliography of the latest scholarship on U...read more

Product Description: Beginning with the earliest settlements of the Americas more than 12,000 years ago and leading up to recent events in the 21st century, the new four-volume "Chronology of American History" covers the entire length of American history...read more

Provides a chronology of military and political events of the Civil War, along with alphabetically arranged essays on the battles, individuals, legislation, and issues that impacted events.

Product Description: Title: Alamanacs of American WarsAuthor: Fredriksen, John C. (EDT)Publisher: Facts on FilePublication Date: 2007/08/30Number of Pages: Binding Type: HARDCOVERQuantity on Order (estimate only): 3

Provides a chronology of military and political events of the American Revolution, along with alphabetically arranged essays on the battles, individuals, legislation, and issues that impacted events from 1775 to 1783.

Alphabetical entries cover political leaders from over one hundred countries, detailing the political achievements of notables such as Vladimir Putin, Adolf Hitler, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Ariel Sharon, and the U.S. presidents.

Presents biographical profiles of leaders from over 100 countries, detailing the political achievements of notables such as Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Hitler, Margaret Thatcher, Menachem Begin, Corazon Aquino, Juan Perâon, and the U.S. presidents.

Alphabetical entries cover political leaders from around the world who have significantly shaped politcal opinions and events, including Nelson Mandela, Ariel Sharon, and Vladimir Putin.

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From Filipino guerilla leader Emilio Aguinaldo to British naval officer James Lucas Yeo, 223 entries offer biographical information on people who have taken up arms against the United States government. (view table of contents)

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'Prominent men and women of the military are the scope of this reference work. Coverage includes the most famous of leaders such as Grant, Patton, and Schwarzkopf; but what makes the source so outstanding is its inclusion of forgotten leaders such as Native American Stand Watie, aviator Jackie Cochran, and army educator Alden Partridge. Biographies range from two to three pages, concluding with a bibliography. Photographs and illustrations are included, and both a subject index and a list of leaders organized by their military titles can be found at the end of volume two.'----'Outstanding reference sources 2000', American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.Presents over four hundred alphabetically arranged biographies of men and women in the military, including Native Americans, and describes each individual's background, contributions, and significance.

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Product Description: Once regarded as a backwoods frontier skirmish, the War of 1812 has become an object of increasing historical scrutiny. A new consensus is emerging among scholars which views the Second War with England as a defining moment in the history of North America...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Between the Revolution and the Mexican war, the American republic grew from being a collection of weakly unified states to being a formidable world power. This bibliographic volume covers the first sixty years of United States military history, from 1783 to 1846, a time that has been largely neglected in historical scholarship...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume presents capsule biographies and illustrations from the "golden age of American military portraiture", placing the lives of a generation of military officers in proper historical perspective.