War Nonfiction

On April 15th, 1783, the Articles of Peace between the United States and Great Britain went into effect proclaiming that "His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the United States . . . to be free Sovereign and independent States." That recognition represented a monumental achievement for the new American nation. It also, as Samuel Flagg Bemis shows us, marked the end of a world war.

Best-selling author and screenwriter Alistair MacLean follows Lawrence as he breaks with tradition to live with Arabs and, using modern-day guerrilla tactics, helps them defeat the Turks and gain an independent state. In addition to the enthralling details of the campaign, MacLean provides valuable insight into the origins of the Middle East we know today.

This is the story of a British deterrent. Much has been written about the V-bombers—the Valiant, Victor, and Vulcan—but virtually nothing has been said about their strategic nuclear strike role. How would Britain's small force of subsonic bombers have retaliated following a Soviet attack, and would they have succeeded? This book is the product of seven years of research by Dr. Tony Redding.

Americans are more familiar with his signature than with the man himself. In this spirited account of John Hancock's life, Brooke Barbier depicts a patriot of fascinating contradictions—a child of enormous privilege who would nevertheless become a voice of the common folk; a pillar of society uncomfortable with radicalism who yet was crucial to independence. Orphaned young, Hancock was raised by his merchant uncle, whose business and vast wealth he inherited—including household slaves, whom Hancock later freed. By his early thirties, he was one of New England's most prominent politicians.

Historian Miguel Ángel González-Quiroga draws on national archives, letters, consular records, periodicals, and a host of other sources to give voice to borderlanders' perspectives as he weaves their many, varied stories into one sweeping narrative. The tale he tells is one of economic connections and territorial disputes, of refugees and bounty hunters, speculation and stake holding, smuggling and theft, and other activities in which economic considerations often carried more weight than racial prejudice.

This is the first book to examine how and why the United States refused to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide until the early 2020s. Although the American government expressed sympathy towards the plight of the Armenians in the 1910s and 1920s, historian Julien Zarifian explores how, from the 1960s, a set of geopolitical and institutional factors soon led the United States to adopt a policy of genocide nonrecognition which it would cling to for over fifty years, through Republican and Democratic administrations alike.

On October 7, 1780, American Patriot and Loyalist soldiers battled each other at Kings Mountain, near the border of North and South Carolina. With over one hundred eyewitness accounts, this collection of participant statements from men of both sides includes letters and statements in their original form—the soldiers' own words—unedited and unabridged.

In 1941, Lenin's body was moved from his tomb on Red Square and taken to Siberia. By 1945, a victorious Stalin had turned a poor country into a victorious superpower. Over the course of those four years, Stalin, at Churchill's insistence, accepted an Anglo-American press corps in Moscow to cover the Eastern Front. Stalin imposed the most draconian controls-unbending censorship, no visits to the battlefront, and a ban on contact with ordinary citizens.

In February 1942, a reconnaissance party of US Army Air Force officers arrived in England. Firmly wedded to the doctrine of daylight precision bombing, they believed they could help turn the tide of the war in Europe. In the months that followed, they formed the Eighth Air Force—an organization that grew at an astonishing rate. To accommodate it, almost seventy airfields were built across the eastern counties of England. At the heart of the Eighth Air Force was its bombardment groups, each equipped with scores of heavily armed, four-engine bombers. This is the story of just one "Bomb Group".

Thulani Davis provides a sweeping rethinking of Reconstruction by tracing how the four million people newly freed from bondage created political organizations and connections that mobilized communities across the South. Drawing on the practices of community they developed while enslaved, freedpeople built new settlements and created a network of circuits through which they imagined, enacted, and defended freedom. This history shows that these circuits linked rural and urban organizations, labor struggles, and political culture with news, strategies, education, and mutual aid.

Did you know that the Native Americans went to many wars to protect their territory? This US history book will discuss one of these wars, which is known as the Wounded Knee Massacre. Understanding the details of history will ultimately lead to a realization that the past holds the key to the present, and to the future. Encourage your child to get into the habit of learning. Download your copy today!

Art looting is commonly recognized as a central feature of Nazi expropriation. After the war, the famed Monuments Men (and women) recovered several hundred thousand pieces from the Germans' makeshift repositories. Well-publicized restitution cases, such as that of Gustav Klimt's luminous painting featured in the film Woman in Gold, illustrate the legacy of Nazi looting in the art world today. But what happened to looted art that was never returned to its rightful owners?

In Marshall's Great Captain, author Kathy Wilson details Andrews's extraordinary life and career. The first biography dedicated to the namesake of Joint Base Andrews, this book sheds a light on Andrews's crucial role in orchestrating US involvement in WWII, as well as the professional relationship between Andrews and Marshall. Wilson raises Andrews's legacy to its legitimate place within the annals of both air power and WWII history and posits that there is a high probability that Andrews was Marshall's first choice for the office of Supreme Allied Commander.

In Lincoln and California Brian McGinty explains the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and the Golden State, describing important events that took place in California and elsewhere during Lincoln's lifetime. He includes the histories of Lincoln's close friends and personal acquaintances who made history as they went to California, lived there, and helped to keep it part of the imperiled Union.

From the first shot fired by his grandfather on a jungle trail in 1903 to the day his father captured plans for the Chinese invasion of South Korea, William Crawford Woods's family has fought in nearly every American war of the twentieth century.

Wer war Sophie Scholl? Barbara Sichtermann porträtiert das aufgeweckte Mädchen, das sich als Kind vor allem für die Natur interessierte und als junge Erwachsene zu einer der berühmtesten Widerstandskämpferinnen im Dritten Reich werden sollte. Das Hörbuch zeichnet den Weg dieser mutigen Frau von der Kindheit bis zu ihrer Ermordung durch die Nationalsozialisten nach.

Du möchtest Popstar werden? In diesem Hörbuch erfährst du alles, was du wissen musst, um die Bühnen der Welt zu erobern. Was sollte ich als späterer Popstar mitbringen? Welche Wege führen zum Plattenvertrag? Was sind mögliche Hindernisse, was sind die Schattenseiten einer Karriere als Popstar? Und welche Rolle spielen Talent, Fleiß und Durchhaltevermögen oder Plattformen wie Youtube und Soundcloud?

In der "Ich wär so gern..."-Reihe erfährst du alles darüber, was du über deinen späteren Berufswunsch wissen musst. Welche Voraussetzungen muss ich vorab erfüllen? Welche Wege führen zu meinem Traumjob? Was sind mögliche Hindernisse, was die Schattenseiten? Wir begleiten (teils prominente) Fachleute und Experten zu ihrem Arbeitsplatz, lauschen ihnen im Arbeitsalltag über die Schulter - und geben dir Tipps & Tricks, wie du deinen Wunschberuf erlangen kannst.

In der "Ich wär so gern..."-Reihe erfährst du alles darüber, was du über deinen späteren Berufswunsch wissen musst. Welche Voraussetzungen muss ich vorab erfüllen? Welche Wege führen zu meinem Traumjob? Was sind mögliche Hindernisse, was die Schattenseiten? Wir begleiten (teils prominente) Fachleute und Experten zu ihrem Arbeitsplatz, lauschen ihnen im Arbeitsalltag über die Schulter - und geben dir Tipps & Tricks, wie du deinen Wunschberuf erlangen kannst.

In der "Ich wär so gern..."-Reihe erfährst du alles darüber, was du über deinen späteren Berufswunsch wissen musst. Welche Voraussetzungen muss ich vorab erfüllen? Welche Wege führen zu meinem Traumjob? Was sind mögliche Hindernisse, was die Schattenseiten? Wir begleiten (teils prominente) Fachleute und Experten zu ihrem Arbeitsplatz, lauschen ihnen im Arbeitsalltag über die Schulter - und geben dir Tipps & Tricks, wie du deinen Wunschberuf erlangen kannst.