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Mission, black list #1
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Eric Maddox |
Everyone has seen the footage: a heavily bearded Saddam Hussein blinking under the bright lights of infantry cameras, dazed to find himself in U.S. Army custody. Yet while the breaking news was broad… |
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Spain in our hearts
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Adam Hochschild,Adam Hochschild |
For three crucial years in the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War dominated headlines in America and around the world, as volunteers flooded to Spain to help its democratic government fight off a fascist u… |
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The Lincoln Brigade
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William Loren Katz,Marc Crawford |
Recounts the story of the American contingent which joined other International Brigades in fighting with the Loyalists during the Spanish Civil War. |
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When tigers ruled the sky
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Bill Yenne |
Presents an account of the Flying Tigers, the legendary World War II combat group which led America's first venture into covert operations against a foreign power. |
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Kościuszko, we are here!
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Janusz Cisek |
"Poland was in ruins after World War I. The fighting front had rolled through some areas more than seven different times, destroying the roads, railways, bridges, water systems, and power plants. Eve… |
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The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
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Arthur H. Landis |
In 1967 Landis [published The Abraham Lincoln Brigade][1], an account of the experiences of Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War. The book was based largely upon the reminiscences of SCW vet… |
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Willie & Joe
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Bill Mauldin,Todd DePastino |
During WWII, the closest most Americans ever came to the war was through the cartoons of Bill Mauldin, the most beloved enlisted man in the U.S. Army. A collection of more than 600 wartime cartoons f… |
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