Books

18 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Antietam Antietam Cynthia Parzych Brings readers face-to-face with the people and events behind the Battle of Antietam, providing two pop-out maps, a running timeline, up to sixty historical and modern photographs, concise biographie… OL15983507W
Memories of war Memories of war Thomas A. Chambers "Charts the development of the public memory and historical understanding of the wars of the colonial and early national periods through the practice of battlefield tourism in the early American repu… OL16592478W
The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation Timothy B. Smith, Ph.D. The 1890s, argues Timothy B. Smith in his new book, represented the climax of battlefield preservation in America. But what makes this decade so important? This decade was the perfect time for the es… OL17753413W
The Hutchinson Atlas of Battle Plans The Hutchinson Atlas of Battle Plans John Pimlott,Richard Holmes See work: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1800712W OL1800712W
Battlefields Battlefields Lynn M. Stone Describes some of the key events in the military history of the United states and the sites where these events took place. OL1801520W
A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West John D. McDermott From 1860 to 1890 the United States military engaged in war after war with the indigenous peoples of the West. Although numerous treaties recognized the rights of individual tribes, the U.S. governme… OL1866469W
The fateful lightning The fateful lightning Jeff Shaara This concluding novel of Shaara's epic Civil War tetralogy tells the dramatic story of the final eight months of battle from multiple perspectives: the commanders in their tents making plans for tota… OL20007353W
World War I World War I n/a With the lives of millions lost, World War I still stands as one of the deadliest conflicts of all time. In this historical guide, discover the crucial acts that led to war, the devastating battles a… OL24309151W
Military Heritage of Britain and Ireland Military Heritage of Britain and Ireland Martin Marix Evans 246 p. : 22 cm OL2483508W
The D-Day assault The D-Day assault Stephen T. Powers "Just in time for the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings, this compact guidebook not only describes the most critical amphibious invasion of World War II, but features detailed battlefield tou… OL26194476W
The Civil War The Civil War William C. Davis Recounts the epic conflict of the Civil War and provides a unique record of the commanders, the soldiers, and the battles which shaped the course of the war. OL28964265W
Gettysburg to Vicksburg Gettysburg to Vicksburg A. J. Meek "Gettysburg to Vicksburg is a pictorial history of the first five Civil War battlefield parks: Gettysburg, Chickamauga-Chattanooga, Shiloh, Antietam, and Vicksburg. Photographer A.J. Meek brings the … OL3359360W
Battlefields of the Civil War Battlefields of the Civil War James V. Murfin The story of the Civil War is told by a noted historian, with pictures by artists and photographers who covered the battles, including a 48-page color portfolio illustrating many of the battlefields … OL4704787W
Cassell's Battlefields of Britain & Ireland Cassell's Battlefields of Britain & Ireland Richard Brooks xxvi, 724 pages : 24 cm OL4890378W
Gallipoli Gallipoli Huw Rodge 191 p. : 22 cm OL5778425W
Battlefield detectives Battlefield detectives David Wason "Seven of history's greatest battles are given the Battlefield Detectives treatment in this fantastic companion to the TV series. David Wason brings the essential questions of each investigation to l… OL5789696W
Warpaths Warpaths John Keegan At once a grand tour of the battlefields of North America and an unabashedly personal tribute to the military prowess of an essentially unwarlike people, *Fields of Battle* spans more than two centur… OL816419W
Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields Jeff Shaara TRAVEL THROUGH A PIVOTAL TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORYJeff Shaara, America's premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of the ten Civil War battlefields every American should visit: Shilo… OL83887W