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|  | Viva Mexico! by Alex Haley, Argentina Palacios, Howard Berelson
A biography of the Zapotec Indian who grew up to become the President of Mexico and lead his country in a war for independence. AUTHOR: Alex Haley, Argentina Palacios, Howard Berelson
PUBLISHER: Raintree Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Station Hospital Saigon by Bobbi Hovis, Frances S. Buckley
In 1963 Bobbi Hovis and four other nurses arrived in Saigon charged with the monumental task of converting, in four days, a dilapidated apartment building into the first U.S. Navy Station hospital in Vietnam. This engaging memoir, one of the few books written by and about women in war, describes their efforts to provide the first American casualties with excellent care despite third-world conditions. It is an inspiring story told with candor and humor. Operating in a city of chaos, where the extraordinary became the ordinary as the war escalated, Hovis provides a rare inside look at Vietnam in the early years of conflict. Her vivid impressions contrast the serene beauty of the countryside, before the ravages of full-scale war, with the excitement of Saigon and the horror of Viet Cong bombing attacks. Her gripping firsthand account of the Diem coup gives the reader a true sense of the turmoil and uncertainty experienced by the beleaguered medical staff. Her recollections of activities that helped to alleviate the intensity of her hospital duty--holidays in Cambodia, tennis and tea parties with the Westmorelands and Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge--further highlight the contrasts of her experience and allow the reader to become part of the small circle of U.S. personnel then in Vietnam. This accurate, very personal memoir makes a significant contribution to the history of the Navy Nurse Corps and the Vietnam experience. Drafted in 1964, while her memories were still fresh, and recently revised for publication, the work captures the confidence and esprit of men and women who were proud to be part of the military effort and had no inkling of the agonizing conclusion to the war that was to cometen years later. Illustrated with over forty of Hovis`s personal photographs and introduced by Rear Admiral Frances Shea Buckley, NC, USN (Ret.), Station Hospital Saigon will appeal to everyone who spent time in Vietnam or knows someone who did, and will serve as a valuable primary re AUTHOR: Bobbi Hovis, Frances S. Buckley
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Guide to the Mammals of Pennsylvania by Joseph F. Merritt
Student, scholar, and nature lover alike now have a ready reference to distinguish between 63 species of wild mammals in Pennsylvania, many of which are rarely seen except when pursued by an interested biologist, mammalogist, or nature photographer. AUTHOR: Joseph F. Merritt
PUBLISHER: University of Pittsburgh Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Woman from Mossad by Peter Hounam
After three years' military service, Mordechai Vanunu answered an ad for a control room job at the nuclear research center near Dimona. In 1976 he was assigned to Mochon 2, where he discovered the nuclear weapons program that he later divulged to Peter Hounam. Before his story could be published however, Vanunu met Cindy, a beautiful American woman who lured him to Rome. Caught in a trap, he was attacked by agents from Mossad (the Israeli secret service), drugged, and smuggled to Israel to stand trial for treason. Since then, Vanunu has spent more than 12 years in solitary confinement. In Woman from Mossad, Hounam details the kidnap and what happened to Cindy when she was exposed by the author. He also names Western powers that secretly helped Israel. AUTHOR: Peter Hounam
PUBLISHER: Frog, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | How Israel Was Won by Baylis Thomas
Description not available.A concise, hard-hitting history of the Arab-Israel wars covers five decades of conflict and more than five major conflagrations, exploring the social, cultural, political, and psychological factors--as well as manipulation by the great powers--that made violence almost inevitable in this volatile region. AUTHOR: Baylis Thomas
PUBLISHER: Lexington Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | California Missions by Anne Harler
From 1769 to 1823, Spanish missionaries came to California in the name of their monarchy and the Catholic church to colonize the area and convert the many Indian groups who lived there. Although the friars were ultimately unsuccessful, many of the distinctive (and beautiful) adobe missions that they designed, constructed, and built communities around still stand today. AUTHOR: Anne Harler
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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