Product Description: Although America entered the war relatively late, it played a critical role in tipping the scales against Germany and its allies and in shaping the war’s aftermath. The book’s hundreds of photos tell the stories of the U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, politicians, and citizens on the home front who helped the Allies win the war...read more

Product Description: Highlights the complex interplay between Lincoln and the media during the Civil War Reveals the inner workings of the Lincoln White House Features Horace Greeley, James Gordon Bennett, and other notable nineteenth-century journalists A shrewd politician, Abraham Lincoln recognized the power of the press...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This compelling photographic history examines the war in its entirety, from its causes and protagonists to the strategies, weapons and battles. Goldstein and Maihafer have collected more than 450 vivid photographs, many never before seen by the general public...read more

Product Description: On Staturday, January 14, 1950, at 6:18 p.m., Richard Cox left his room at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point gto go to dinner with an unidentified visitor. He never returned. Despite a massive manhunt and several plausible theories, Cox was never found...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

True stories of men in American history who met the moral challenge and did "the right thing". Having the courage to choose the right path, these 15 men, including Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Douglas MacArthur, and Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., have become American heroes. Their dilemmas are not simple choices of honor and dishonor, but of a hard, courageous, and ethical path that had both professional and personal consequences. Brave Decisions highlights leaders who recognized the right course. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The true story of how soldier/president Ulysses S. Grant's wartime successes and peacetime failures were directly influenced by Horace Greeley and Charles Dana, two of the greatest figures in American journalism. An original look at three of American history's most controversial and powerful figures...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The 15 men whose stories are told in this book must make a difficult decision. Their dilemmas, however, are not the kind we associate with military heroes. They are not simple choices between honor & dishonor. Rather, the men must choose between a difficult, courageous, ethical path that has potentially dire personal consequences or a relatively safe, blame-free, & therefore easier alternative...read more