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|  | The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh, Phan T. Hao
In this novel, Kien, once in the infantry at Hanoi, must now retrieve and bury the dead bodies from one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. As he does so, he reflects on his youth, and then moves on to a career as a writer in Hanoi, trying to make sense of the war itself and the terrible savageries he has witnessed. This is the first novel of the Vietnam War published in the West that is told from the point of view of the North Vietnamese. AUTHOR: Bao Ninh, Phan T. Hao
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Other
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Wartime by Jonathan Reese, Paul Fussell
Paul Fussell examines the immediate impact of World War II on soldiers and civilians. He depicts the psychological and emotional atmosphere of World War II by, most importantly, emphasizing the damage the war did to intellect, discrimination, honesty, individuality, complexity, ambiguity, and wit. AUTHOR: Jonathan Reese, Paul Fussell
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Battles of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781 by John S. D. Eisenhower, William J. Wood
This volume has been designed for the armchair strategist. Forty illustrations and 30 maps help clarify Wood's contention that Americans won their independence on the battlefields by employing superior strategies, tactics, and leadership. AUTHOR: John S. D. Eisenhower, William J. Wood
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation by Douglas G. Brinkley, Sam Abell, Stephen E. Ambrose
Description not available.Two leading historians and an award-winning photographer chronicle the rich history of America's great river and its role in the shaping of the American continent, journeying the entire length of the Mississippi from Delacroix Island, Louisiana to Itasca, Minnesota, to describe key figures and events as Mark Twain, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, and the birth of the Blues. AUTHOR: Douglas G. Brinkley, Sam Abell, Stephen E. Ambrose
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Sherman by John F. Marszalek
General William Tecumseh Sherman has come down to us as the implacable destroyer of the Civil War, notorious for his burning of Atlanta and his brutal march to the sea. A probing biography that explains Sherman's style of warfare and the threads of self-possession and insecurity that made up his character. Photos. AUTHOR: John F. Marszalek
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | SS by John Pimlott
The Waffen-SS fought on the Eastern Front from the beginning of the Russian campaign in 1941 until the fall of Berlin in 1945. As the war in Russia progressed, the units elite formations proved that they were masters of warfare on the worlds most complex battlefields. With the aids of maps, dozens of black-and-white photographs, rank and award tables, and firsthand accounts from Waffen-SS soldiers, the author transports his readers back to the Eastern Front: what it was like, for example, to take part in Operation Barbarossa, when the Waffen-SS fought its way to the gates of Moscow; and the first dreadful winter in Russia, when temperatures routinely dropped to 40 degrees below zero. SS: Hell on the Eastern Front also examines the consequences of the Waffen-SS's ideological motivations, their disregard for life which often resulted in atrocities against civilians and prisoners. Above all, this book is about the experiences of the men who fought in the Waffen-SS -- men who learned to survive and fight close the enemy, something few Allied troops could do. The most detailed study of the Waffen-SS's war on the Eastern Front yet published. AUTHOR: John Pimlott
PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing Company LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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