Search results
Jun 26, 2024 · Titre(s) : The West Point Atlas of American Wars . Volume 1, 1689-1900 / compiled by The Department of military Art and Engineering, the United States Military academy; Chief editor Colonel Vincent J.
Jun 13, 2024 · The Korean War was the first major armed clash between the Free World and Communist forces. This book contains an anthology of articles that focus on those Marines who fought and died in what some historians sometimes characterized as the "forgotten war".
Jun 17, 2024 · - "Individual volumes in the series concentrate on specific themes, eras, or subjects intended to correspond to the way history is studied at the academic level", e.g. the Cold War, the Middle East since 1945, World War II, the Spanish Civil War, World War I, Revolutionary Russia, the American Revolution, and the Crusades.
1 day ago · William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), who earned recognition for his command of military strategy but criticism for the harshness of the scorched earth policies, which he implemented in ...
Jun 20, 2024 · It covers all of the generally expected topics for an American survey course, from the rise of Big Business and Organized Labor, American Imperialism, Progressivism, World Wars and the Crisis of Capitalism, as well as the Cold War and beyond.
1 day ago · West Point granted its first honorable discharge in 1971 to an African-American West Point cadet, Cornelius M. Cooper, of California, who applied for conscientious objector status in 1969. The academy struggled to fill its incoming classes as its graduates led troops in Southeast Asia, where 333 graduates died. Modern era
Jun 26, 2024 · Provides links to all of the Library of Congress resources related to World War II: American Memory Historical Collections (including 'man-on-the-street' interviews following the attack on Pearl Harbor, maps of the Battle of the Bulge, and photographs of the Japanese-American internment camp at Manzanar and American women works during World War ...
