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|  | Rebels & Redcoats by George F. Scheer, Hugh F. Rankin
Description not available.A history of the American Revolution examines individuals on both sides of the conflict AUTHOR: George F. Scheer, Hugh F. Rankin
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | America's Jubilee
Using 1826 as a marker, a historian examines the way Americans looked at their their growth as a nation. He registers social and political changes and sees signs that the nation remained true to the sentiments expressed 50 years earlier in the Declaration of Independence.
CATEGORY: History
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 | We Were Soldiers Once...& Young by Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
This compelling account of two major engagements in Vietnam's la Drang Valley in November 1965 is written by the man who commanded the battalion that was involved and by a war correspondent who was there. Both spent years interviewing soldiers who made it through and families of those lost in battle. AUTHOR: Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Fighting Aircraft of World War II by Bill Gunston
All fighter, bomber and ground-attack aircraft used by the air forces of World War II are featured in this comprehensive directory. An accurate and informative text outlines technical specifications for each aircraft and is complemented by superb, specially commissioned color illustrations and diagrams, as well as dramatic period photography. She more than 160 aircraft described are divided into Allied and Axis and presented alpha by manufacturer. An ideal reference for warbird fans and modelers. AUTHOR: Bill Gunston
PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing Company LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Gyrene by Wilbur D. Jones
More than 50 years after his victory in the Pacific, the World War II United States Marine is vividly alive again in Gyrene. The scope and details record, analyze, and interpret the personal and cultural history of the enlisted men of America's celebrated fighting force which swept through the South and Central Pacific. Gyrene examines the pleasant and the unpleasant, serious and not so, the ordinary and the exceptional. This citizen-soldier is presented as having human frailties but is simultaneously different and special in the eves of himself and others -- capable of, and willing against the odds, to risk his life to secure a military objective or save a comrade. Overall, Gyrene paints a picture of who and what the Marine was and why and how he performed his duty. It tells no tales of great victories, grand strategies, famous generals, or decorated heroes. In his war, there was no London, Paris, or Rome. Both profound and entertaining, it adds a fresh new dimension to and historical perspective on the composition and quality of the Marine. Gyrene focuses on the combat marine of the infantry regiment, but it is also about Marines who served in aviation, the engineers, amphibious tractors, artillery, tanks, and combat support in posts at home and overseas. Each was a Marine, whether he attacked pillboxes or paperwork, watched the war from a loading beach or Douglas Dauntless dive bomber. Each was called gyrene without distinction as to rank or job classification. AUTHOR: Wilbur D. Jones
PUBLISHER: White Mane Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Profligate City by Nadia May, Stella Dong
Description not available.Recounts the history of Shanghai, a main point of contact between China and the outside world, and a place with great contrasts, ruled by gangsters and the birthplace of the Communist Party in China. Reprint. 17,500 first printing. AUTHOR: Nadia May, Stella Dong
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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