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The powerful impact of World War II continues to thunder through the postwar decades. Memoirs and analyses of this turning point in world history continue to gain popularity. Now comes Blueberry Pie by Otis Pease, war veteran and retired history...

""A Cycle of Celestial Objects: Observed, Reduced and Discussed"" is a book written by William Henry Smyth and first published in 1881. The book is a collection of Smyth's observations of various celestial objects, including stars, nebulae, and galaxies,...

Religion and Genocide: Changing the Conversation is a cutting-edge introduction to the complex and controversial relationship between religion and genocide. This book aims to widen the reader's understanding of religion and those who practice it, the...

For a century, the Palestinian people have endured the brutal consequences of Western-backed Zionist settler colonialism. From relentless ethnic cleansing to mass population expulsions, the ancient land of Palestine has witnessed unspeakable horrors at...

The Spanish Civil War that began 17 July 1936 with Franco’s military coup,did not end with the defeat of the supporters of the legal government 1 April1939.From the moment the first shot was fired, the military insurgents embarked on a wave of...

This carefully organized collection leads the reader via poems closely linked by theme, subject, attitude, and metaphor into a gripping, moving, masterfully assembled, deeply meaningful and satisfying story. One poem says, "Sadness,remember the...

A very Australian story of heroism and healing.In 2004 Garth Callender, a junior cavalry officer, was deployed to Iraq. He quickly found his feet leading convoys of armoured vehicles through the streets of Baghdad and into the desert beyond. But one...

Only in recent years has the history of European colonial concentration camps in Africa-in which thousands of prisoners died in appalling conditions-become widely known beyond a handful of specialists. Although they preceded the Third Reich by many...

It has been said that the only warriors who do not suffer after combat are those who were killed. I cannot attest to that for all battle tested warriors but I certainly can for one---me. Some years ago a young, 13 year old eighth grade student from the...

In August 1964 Australia deployed six Caribou aircraft and 76 personnel to Vung Tau, South Vietnam, as the new unit, RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam (RTFV). In mid-1966 the unit was renamed No. 35 Squadron and remained in South Vietnam until February 1972...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The prolonged conflict in Iraq has shown us war's transformative effect. Civilians rivet themselves to events happening halfway around the world, while young soldiers return home from battlefields, coping with the memories of those events.  How We...

Les textes réunis ici se déploient principalement sur quatre registres, historique, philosophique, juridique et théologique. Leur imbrication, liée à l’histoire et à la nature plurielle et transdisciplinaire des « justifications »...

The Bahutu Manifesto was penned at a volatile moment in the history of Rwanda. Though the genocide of the 1990s was still far off, the Manifesto reveals that the seeds were already sown. In 1957, the Hutus were enjoying a reversal of fortune at the...

Les événements de la dernière décennie exigent de nouvelles approches en matière de prévention des atrocités, qui soient adaptables, innovantes et indépendantes d'une doctrine centrée sur l'État. Dans le but de réduire les facteurs de risque tels que la...

Described by numerous military personnel as being "The one resource that every transitioning veteran should have" this book provides a step-by-step guide to success in landing civilian employment. The book's conversational approach and easy to follow...

Convinced before the onset of Operation "Barbarossa" in June 1941 of both the ease, with which the Red Army would be defeated and the likelihood that the Soviet Union would collapse, the Nazi regime envisaged a radical and far-reaching occupation policy...

This ethnography of personhood in post-genocide Rwanda investigates how residents of a small town grapple with what kinds of persons they ought to become in the wake of violence. Based on fieldwork carried out over the course of a decade, it uncovers how...

Despite the widespread trends of secularization in the 20th century, religion has played an important role in several outbreaks of genocide since the First World War. And yet, not many scholars have looked either at the religious aspects of modern...

Among the many myths about the relationship of Nazism to the mass of the German population, few proved more powerful in postwar West Germany than the notion that the Wehrmacht had not been involved in the crimes of the Third Reich. Former generals were...

Two yellowing envelopes in a long-untouched file, unmistakably of U.S. Army origin but addressed to a North Carolina housewife, caught the attention of her son as he sorted her papers after her death. The postmarks, Virginia Beach, VA., and dated in...

"Toll of War/Vietnam" is a first hand account of this soldier's tour as an infantryman with B company of the 1st 327th infantry-101st Airborne Div. Screaming Eagles. The text is comprised of several short stories with contributions from other soldiers...

In this meticulously researched book, O'Connell chronicles the early years of the American Legion in Nebraska, from its founding in 1919 to the end of World War II. Featuring interviews with Legion veterans and a wealth of historical documents, this is a...

This book is for heroes.Dustoff 7-3 tells the true story of four unlikely heroes in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, where medics are forced to descend on wires to reach the wounded and helicopter pilots must fight wind, weather, and enemy fire to...

In World War II, the author's ship the USS Albuquerque PF-7 endured a fourteen month tour of duty in the Bering Sea performing unending patrols, escorts and emergency steaming to ships in distress to the point that some aboard Albuquerque feared that...

About the BookAny veteran of the United States Navy knows about "sea stories." If you served in the Navy, it is almost a 100% certainty that you've heard one (probably many more). And maybe even told "one or two" yourself. "Sea stories" and the tellers...

Roger Fazendin spent the last three years of his life collecting memories from his 756th Tank Battalion brothers who survived WWII and the Battle of Cassino. Fazendin's design was to give the comrades who fought in that battle, and their families, a full...

A surprise attack on American soil and a holy war waged under the guise of an ancient religion . . . A nation of zealots indoctrinated to hate Western Civilization and a culture ignoring reason in favor of mindless violence . . . A cabal of militarists...

""A Paper On The Circulating Medium, On Seignorage On Gold Coin, And On The Statute The Seventh And Eighth Of The Queen"" is a book written by Alexander Gibbon in 1856. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the circulating medium and the seignorage...

""A Numerical And Numismatical Register Of Lodges, Which Formed The United Grand Lodge Of England"" is a book written by William James Hughan and published in 1878. The book is a comprehensive guide to the lodges that formed the United Grand Lodge of...

This book explores how memories and representations shape our understanding of historical events, particularly the ways in which societies create narratives about genocide and its aftermath, using Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976-1983) and...

Join P.H. Coney in a poignant and powerful tribute to America's fallen soldiers. This moving work documents the Memorial Day Exercises at La Cygne, Kansas, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of this important national holiday.This...

These six volumes offer a unique glimpse into the history and activities of the American Legion in Kansas during the mid-20th century. Featuring speeches, reports, and other materials from the annual conventions of the state department, this collection...

This book is a comprehensive history of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. It describes the origins, purpose, and activities of the Order. It includes biographical sketches of the members of the Order, as well as detailed...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been protecting country since time immemorial. One way they have continued these traditions in recent times is through service in the Australian military, both overseas and within Australia. In Defence of...