War Studies

Highlighting forgotten Black and White civil rights pioneers and weaving in the story of the author's own great-grandfather's crimes as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Freedom on Trial tells a gripping story of a moment pregnant with promise when race relations in the United States might have taken a dramatically different turn.

Flying the notorious "hump route" between India and China in 1943, a twin-engine plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed in a dense mountain jungle. Among the passengers and crew were celebrated CBS journalist Eric Sevareid, a Soviet double agent posing as an OSS operative, and General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's personal political adviser. Against the odds, all but one of the 21 people aboard the aircraft survived - but they fell from the frying pan into the fire.

Acclaimed historian Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth professor of history and American Indian studies, is the series editor for The Penguin Library of American Indian History. Rich in detail and highly readable, this compelling narrative portrays the Shawnees' valiant struggle to maintain their way of life.

In the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, Fuller Seminary theologian William Pannell decried the then-popular sentiment among White evangelicals that racism was no longer an urgent matter. In The Coming Race Wars? he meticulously unpacked reasons why our nation - and the church - needed to come to terms with our complicity in America's racial transgressions before we face a more dire reckoning. Critics in 1993 dismissed him as alarmist. Here, Pannell revisits his provocative message with an expanded edition that connects its message to current events.

Hearing about battles, bloody or not, will reveal the conditions of the past world. It will reveal the economic conditions of society, as well as the uneven distribution of power. It will also reveal the primary decision makers and their agenda that shaped the world. The Battle of Britain is yet another event where great lessons can be learned.

History records all the events of the past. In this audiobook, we're going to learn about the Story of the Crusades, and determine if it has a happy or sad ending.

Isn’t it amazing, how even the littlest things can cause the biggest change? An example would be the Women’s March on Versailles. They were mothers and homemakers who marched the streets demanding bread for their families. This basic family demand became the symbol of one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. Listen to this audiobook to learn more about the Women's March on Versailles!

This audio study guide for Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the nature of leadership, the morality of war, and the reality of heroism. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Robert O'Neill, the man that killed Bin Laden, tells us his story leaving nothing to the imagination. O'Neill has definitely lived a life full of jaw dropping stories; the attempts to rescue Marcus Luttrell and Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates and who could ever forget, terminating the life of the most wanted terrorist in the world. Finally, we have the chance to listen all about it in The Operator where he tells us the unabridged story of his life and work as a SEAL.

In this history listen, your sixth grader will be soaking in important facts about the Mexican American War from 1846 to 1848. It is important to know the reasons for wars to avoid them from happening again today or in the future. Also discussed are details on surrender and treaties.

Know the facts about the Spanish American War of 1898. Listen to this audiobook to learn about what caused the war, who the main personalities were, how it ended, and what were the treaties that contributed to it. Listening to historical truths does not have to be too overwhelming. Take it one step at a time. Start with this audiobook today!

When the U.S. government forced 70,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry into internment camps in 1942, it created administrative tribunals to pass judgment on who was loyal and who was disloyal. In American Inquisition, Eric Muller relates the untold story of exactly how military and civilian bureaucrats judged these tens of thousands of American citizens during wartime. Some citizens were deemed loyal and were freed, but one in four was declared disloyal to America and condemned to repressive segregation in the camps or barred from war-related jobs.

This audio study guide for A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as freedom of speech, propaganda and spying, and heroism in the face of oppression. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

This audio study guide for With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as valor and endurance, the ethics of war, and sanity and madness. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Different countries carry revolutions differently. You probably know how Americans carried theirs, but do you know how the Russian Revolution went? If not, then this is the audiobook to listen to. It discusses important facts that will help create an overall picture of the key players and events that brought about change in the Russian leadership and society. Start listening today!

Rise of ISIS gives a better understanding of the modern face of terror, and provides an overview of the laws of war and war crimes. These laws differentiate between the guilty and innocent, and explain why the US military and the Israeli Defense Forces are often limited in their defensive measures. The authors’ firsthand experience, including multiple appearances before the Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court at The Hague, along with direct contact battling jihadists during operation Iraqi Freedom lends insight into this important geopolitical issue.

Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg was among the most sought-after gynecologists in pre-World War II Germany. The creator of the first IUD, known as the Gräfenberg ring, he was posthumously credited with identifying the eponymous "Gräfenberg spot" or G-spot. He was also a Jew in Nazi Germany, and by 1938 he had been stripped of his practice, his possessions, and his freedom and was languishing in a Nazi prison.

Best-selling author David Shields analyzed over a decade’s worth of front-page war photographs from The New York Times and came to a shocking conclusion: The photo-editing process of the “paper of record”, by way of pretty, heroic, and lavishly aesthetic image selection, pulls the wool over the eyes of its readers; Shields forces us to face not only the the media's complicity in dubious and catastrophic military campaigns but our own as well.

The Progressive Era was the period of American history between the 1890s and 1920s. It was a movement dedicated to political and social reform, largely driven by the middle class. In a world that was dominated by wealthy industrialists and threatened by radical ideas of laborers, the middle class strived for order.

In this new short biography of Ulysses S. Grant, leading scholars provide an accessible introduction to Grant and his legacy. Grant led Federal forces to victory in the Civil War, was the first modern American president, and authored his memoirs, which would eventually become one of the greatest books of nonfiction by an American author. The authors present a thematic exploration of Grant, providing the necessary insight to appreciate Grant and correct the myths that for too long clouded his true importance.