In this spellbinding new history, David Goldfield offers the first major new interpretation of the Civil War era since James M. McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom. Where past scholars have …
The Civil War and the World War II stand as the two great cataclysms of American history. They were our two costliest wars, with well over a million casualties suffered in each. And …
The globe's first true world war comes vividly to life in this" rich, cautionary tale"(The New York Times Book Review) The French and Indian War-the North American phase of a far …
Victor Davis Hanson has long been acclaimed as one of our leading scholars of ancient history. In recent years he has also become a trenchant voice on current affairs, bringing a …
From acclaimed historian Robert H. Patton, author of The Pattons and Patriot Pirates, a rediscovery and celebration of America's first chroniclers of foreign war. The first war …
"" A Christian who truly walks the radical way of the cross. Phil Berrigan overturns the tables of injustice and summons us to love our enemies and worship the God of peace. Like …
Now in paperback, Between War and Peace is “a set of essays devoted to the shadowy ground on which the guns have ceased their roar, but could resume at any moment”(Kirkus …
2020 LA Times Book Prize Finalist, History A provocative examination of how the US military has shaped our entire world, from today's costly, endless wars to the prominence of violence …
More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had" uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half …