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|  | A Devil of a Whipping by Lawrence E. Babits
The battle of Cowpens was a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War in the South and stands as perhaps the finest American tactical demonstration of the entire war. On 17 January 1781, Daniel Morgan's force of Continental troops and militia routed British regulars and Loyalists under the command of Banastre Tarleton. The victory at Cowpens helped put the British army on the road to the Yorktown surrender and, ultimately, cleared the way for American independence. Here, Lawrence Babits provides a brand-new interpretation of this pivotal South Carolina battle. Whereas previous accounts relied on often inaccurate histories and a small sampling of participant narratives, Babits uses veterans' sworn pension statements, long-forgotten published accounts, and a thorough knowledge of weaponry, tactics, and the art of moving men across the landscape. He identifies where individuals were on the battlefield, when they were there, and what they saw--creating an absorbing common soldier's version of the conflict. His minute-by-minute account of the fighting explains what happened and why and, in the process, refutes much of the mythology that has clouded our picture of the battle. Babits put the events at Cowpens into a sequence that makes sense given the landscape, the drill manual, the time frame, and participants' accounts. He presents an accurate accounting of the numbers involved and the battle's length. Using veterans' statements and an analysis of wounds, he shows how actions by North Carolina militia and American cavalry affected the battle at critical times. And, by fitting together clues from a number of incomplete and disparate narratives, he answers questions the participants themselves could not, such as why South Carolina militiamen ran toward dragoons they feared and what caused the mistaken order on the Continental right flank. AUTHOR: Lawrence E. Babits
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Feudal Society by L. A. Manyon, Marc Bloch
Few have set themselves to the formidable task of reconstructing and analyzing a whole human environment; fewer still have succeed. Bloch dared to do this and was successful; therein the enduring achievement of 'Feudal Society' AUTHOR: L. A. Manyon, Marc Bloch
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Gladiators & Caesars by Cornelia Ewigleben, Eckart Kohne
For more than 500 years spectacular events were the most important leisure activities of the masses in the Roman empire. Two thousand years later, the Roman empire. Two thousand years later, the Roman games may seem remote, but, as this superbly illustrated book shows, they satisfied the same need for excitement and hero worship that gives rise to the intense media coverage of sports in our own time. AUTHOR: Cornelia Ewigleben, Eckart Kohne
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Greek Achievement by Charles Freeman
This book pays tribute to the contributions that the ancient Greeks have made to artistic, intellectual, scientific, philosophical, and religious pursuits throughout history. AUTHOR: Charles Freeman
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Up Front by Bill Mauldin
Originally published in 1945, Bill Mauldin's collection of drawings of American infantrymen in World War II was a popular classic of its genre. AUTHOR: Bill Mauldin
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Three Homelands by Norman Salsitz, Stanley Kaish
Born in Poland during World War II, Salsitz saw his father shot to death before he escaped the Nazi invasion by spending the war years in hiding. Vowing revenge, he dedicated his life to helping his fellow Jews, fighting anti-Semitism wherever he encountered it, and writing about his experiences. This is his fourth memoir of his traumatic childhood; it includes 54 photographs. AUTHOR: Norman Salsitz, Stanley Kaish
PUBLISHER: Syracuse University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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