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COnTenTS Campaigns and Commanders . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Classical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 new World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Colonial era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Frontier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Custer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World War I and II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uniforms, Weapons, equipment, and Battlefields . . . . . . . . . . . General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 43 44 49 10 12 16 31 36 40
The University of Oklahoma Press is proud to bring you our new Military History catalog, including our Campaign and Commanders Series, Gregory J. W. Urwin, series editor. This award-winning series covers the worlds battles, campaigns and military commanders, all framed within the political, institutional, sociological, and cultural aspects of war. This series covers all time periods and all geographical locations. For a complete list of titles available from OU Press, please visit our website at oupress.com. For a complete list of The Arthur H. Clark Company titles, please visit ahclark.com. We hope you enjoy this catalog and appreciate your continued support of the University of Oklahoma Press.
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Victory at peleliu
The 81st Infantry Divisions pacific campaign By Bobby C. Blair and John P. DeCioccio $34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4154-1 320 pages When the 1st marine Division began its invasion of peleliu in september 1944, the operation in the south pacific was to take but four days. In fact, capturing this small coral island in the palaus with its strategic airstrip took two months and involved some of the bloodiest fighting of the second World War in the pacific. Now bobby c. blair and John peter Decioccio tell the story of this campaign through the eyes of the 81st Infantry to offer a revised assessment. Victory at Peleliu demonstrates that without the armys help the marines could not have succeeded on peleliu.
A perfect gibraltar
The battle for monterrey, mexico, 1846 By Christopher D. Dishman $34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4140-4 344 pages For three days in the fall of 1846, u.s. and mexican soldiers fought fiercely in the picturesque city of monterrey, turning the northern mexican town, known for its towering mountains and luxurious gardens, into one of the nineteenth centurys most gruesome battlefields. led by brigadier general Zachary Taylor, graduates of the new u.s. military Academy encountered a city almost perfectly protected by mountains, a river, and a vast plain. montereys ideal defensive position inspired more than one u.s. soldier to call the city a perfect gibraltar. Dishman has canvassed a wide range of mexican and American sources and walked monterreys streets and battlefields. Accompanied by maps and period illustrations, this skillfully written history will interest scholars, history enthusiasts, and everyone who enjoys a true war story well told.
on Wellington
A critique of Waterloo By Carl von Clausewitz Translated, edited, and annotated by Peter Hofschrer $32.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4108-4 272 pages carl von clausewitz, the Western worlds most renowned military theorist, participated in the Waterloo campaign as a senior staff officer in the prussian army. His appraisal, offered here in an up-to-date and readable translation, criticized the Duke of Wellingtons actions. lord liverpool sent his translation of the manuscript to Wellington, who pronounced it a lying work. The translated commentary was quickly buried in Wellingtons private papers, where it languished for a century and a half. Now published for the first time in english, Hofschrer brings clausewitzs critique back into view with thorough annotation and contextual explanation.
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borrowed soldiers
Americans under british command, 1918 By Mitchell A. Yockelson $29.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3919-7 256 pages The combined british expeditionary Force and American II corps successfully pierced the Hindenburg line during the Hundred Days campaign of World War I, an offensive that hastened the wars end. Yet despite the importance of this effort, the training and operation of II corps have received scant attention from historians. mitchell A. Yockelson delivers a comprehensive study of the first time American and british soldiers who fought together as a coalition forcemore than twenty years before D-Day.
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george Thomas
Virginian for the union By Christopher J. einolf $19.95s paper 978-0-8061-4121-3 432 pages most southerners in the u.s. Army resigned their commissions to join the confederacy in 1861. but at least one son of a distinguished, slaveholding Virginia family remained loyal to the union. george H. Thomas fought for the North and was transformed by his wartime experiences from a slaveholder to a defender of civil rights. This book offers a fresh appraisal of an important career and lends new insight into the inner conflicts of the civil War.
muhammad
Islams First great general By Richard A. Gabriel $24.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3860-2 288 pages In Muhammad: Islams First Great General, richard A. gabriel shows us a warrior never before seen in antiquitya leader of an all-new religious movement who in a single decade fought eight major battles, led eighteen raids, and planned thirty-eight other military operations. gabriels study portrays muhammad as a revolutionary who introduced military innovations that transformed armies and warfare throughout the Arab world.
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Washita
The u.s. Army and the southern cheyennes, 18671869 By Jerome A. Greene $19.95 paper 978-0-8061- 3885-5 304 pages on November 27, 1868, the u.s. seventh cavalry under lt. col. george Armstrong custer attacked a southern cheyenne village along the Washita river in present-day western oklahoma. The subsequent u.s. victory signaled the end of the cheyennes traditional way of life and resulted in the death of black Kettle, their most prominent peace chief. In this remarkably balanced history, Jerome A. greene describes the causes, conduct, and consequences of the event even as he addresses the multiple controversies surrounding the conflict.
Classical
The Trojan War
By Carol G. Thomas and Craig Conant $19.95s paper 978-0-8061-3874-9 224 pages carol g. Thomas and craig conants broad and varied account of the Trojan War allows readers to investigate the archaeological and historical foundations that underlie the epic poems featuring Achilles and Aeneas, and to examine how the poems altered understanding of the war for the many cultures and civilizations touched by their narrative power.
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The roman Imperial Army of the First and second centuries a.d.
Third edition By Graham Webster $29.95 paper 978-0-8061-3000-2 400 pages This classic work of scholarship scrutinizes all aspects of roman military forces throughout the roman empire, in europe, North Africa, and the Near and middle east. graham Webster describes the roman armys composition, frontier systems, camps and forts, activities in the field (including battle tactics, signaling, and medical services), and peacetime duties, as well as the armys overall influence in the empire.
Hannibals War
A military History of the second punic War By J. F. Lazenby $29.95 paper 978-0-8061-3004-0 368 pages In Hannibals War, J.F. lazenby provides the first scholarly account in english since 1886 solely devoted to the second punic Warwhat some have called the first world war for mastery of the mediterranean world. by closely examining the accounts of livy and polybius, supplemented with the fruits of modern research, lazenby provides a detailed military history of the entire war as it was fought in Italy, spain, greece, and North Africa.
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The Jar of severed Hands
The spanish Deportation of Apache prisoners of War, 17701810 by mark santiago $29.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4177-0 264 pages more than two centuries after the cornado expedition first set foot in the region, the northern frontier of New spain in the late 1770s was still under attack by Apache raiders. The books arresting title comes from a 1792 report documenting a desperate break for freedom made by a group of Apache prisoners. After subduing the prisoners and killing twelve Apaches, the spanish soldiers amputated the left hands of the dead, preserving them in a jar to display to their supervisors. santiagos gripping account illuminates the relationship between Indian tribes and colonial powers in the southwest borderlands.
Indian conquistadors
Indigenous Allies in the conquest of mesoAmerica edited by Laura e. Matthew and Michel R. Oudijk $45.00s cloth 978-0-8061-3854-1 320 pages The conquest of the New World would hardly have been possible if the invading spaniards had not allied themselves with the indigenous population. This book takes into account the role of native peoples as active agents in the conquest through a review of new sources and more careful analysis of known but under-studied materials that demonstrate the overwhelming importance of native allies in both conquest and colonial control.
maya Wars
ethnographic Accounts from Nineteenth-century Yucatan By Terry Rugeley $24.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3355-3 224 pages Maya Wars is the first collection of documents devoted entirely to the nineteenth-century Yucatec mayas. It follows the mayas through the early national republic, the upheavals of the mid-century caste War, the short-lived period of French Imperialism, and the repressive monoculture of the centurys last two decades.
Aztec Warfare
Imperial expansion and political control By Ross Hassig $26.95s paper 978-0-8061-2773-6 424 pages In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, ross Hassig focuses on political and economic factors. because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan: the place of the military in Aztec society; the education and training of young warriors; the organization of the army; the use of weapons and armor; and the nature of combat.
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Architects of empire
The Duke of Wellington and His brothers By John Severn $34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3810-7 512 pages A soldier and statesman for the ages, the Duke of Wellington is a towering figure in world history. John severn now offers a fresh look at the man born Arthur Wellesley to show that his career was very much a family affair, a lifelong series of interactions with his brothers and their common Anglo-Irish heritage.The untold story of a great family drama, Architects of Empire paints a new picture of the era through the collective biography of Wellesley and his siblings.
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Agent of Destiny
The life and Times of general Winfield scott By John S. D. eisenhower $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3128-3 496 pages The hero of the War of 1812, the conqueror of mexico city in the mexicanAmerican War, and Abraham lincolns top soldier during the first six months of the civil War, general Winfield scott was a seminal force in the early expansion and consolidation of the American republic. John s. D. eisenhower explores how scott, who served under fourteen presidents, played a leading role in the development of the united states Army from a tiny, loosely organized, politics-dominated establishment to a disciplined professional force capable of effective and sustained campaigning.
The presidio
bastion of the spanish borderlands By Max L. Moorhead $21.95s paper 978-0-8061-2317-2 304 pages [max l. moorhead] tells us at the outset that his institutional study of the presidio on New spains northern frontier is meant to define the subject more sharply, to determine more fully its impact on the human environment, and to date the several presidios and fix their locations more precisely than has been done in the past.Pacific Historical Review
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lincolns cavalrymen
A History of the mounted Forces of the Army of the potomac, 1861-1865 By edward G. Longacre $26.95s paper 978-0-8061-4229-4 488 pages Lincolns Cavalrymen describes the organizational, administrative, and operational history of the mounted arm of mr. lincolns Army. Historian edward g. longacre consulted at least fifty manuscript collections pertaining to general officers of cavalry, as well as the unpublished letters and diaries of more than 450 officers and enlisted men, representing almost every mounted unit in the Army of the potomac. The result is the most comprehensive history of the union cavalry to date.
lees cavalrymen
A History of the mounted Forces of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 By edward G. Longacre $26.95s paper 978-0-8061-4230-8 484 pages since the first histories of the civil War appeared after Appomattox, the cavalry has received intermittent, uneven, and even romanticized coverage. Historian edward g. longacre has corrected this oversight. Lees Cavalrymen, not only details the organizational and operational history of the mounted arm of the Army of Northern Virginia but also examines the personal experiences of officers and men. A provocative analysis of the mounted armys organization, leadership, and tactics, Lees Cavalrymen is a study that no civil War enthusiast will want to miss.
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george crook
From the redwoods to Appomattox By Paul Magid $39.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4207-3 408 pages renowned for his prominent role in the Apache and sioux wars, general george crook (182890) was considered by William Tecumseh sherman to be his greatest Indian-fighting general. Although crook was feared by Indian opponents on the battlefield, in defeat the tribes found him a true friend and advocate who earned their trust and friendship when he spoke out in their defense against political corruption and greed. George Crook offers insight into the influences that later would make this general both a nemesis of the Indian tribes and their ardent advocate.
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meade of gettysburg
by Freeman cleaves $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-2298-4 412 pages This study is the first full-length biography of meade in a generation. scholarly and judicious, the author confines his attention largely to the headquarters of the army, the men in the ranks, the people behind the lines and the politicians come in for scant treatment. The result is a somewhat narrow view of the war, but a penetrating study of meade and of the other commanders of the Army of the potomac. so skillfully is the story written that one experiences with meade his triumphs and his frustrations. World Affairs
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rock of chickamauga
The life of general george H. Thomas by Freeman cleaves $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-1978-6 364 pages general george H. Thomas, the rock of chickamauga of the history books, was a Virginian who chose the northern side in the civil War. While Thomas was considered a traitor by his family, his military superiors regarded him with a certain mistrust because of his southern background. Nonetheless, Thomas was prominent in the battles of mill springs, shiloh, corinth, perryville, and Nashville, and was immortalized at chickamauga, where he tenaciously held the field until ordered to withdraw.
Western Frontier
Kit carson
The life of an American border man By David Remley $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-4273-9 320 pages best known as a nineteenth-century frontier hero, christopher Kit carson has been represented more recently as an Indian killer responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Navajos. Although despised for the merciless warfare he led on general James H. carletons behalf against the Navajos, carson lived amicably among many Indian people, served as a u.s. government agent, and married an Arapaho woman. In Kit Carson: The Life of an American Border Man, remley strikes a balance between prevailing notions about this quintessential western figure.
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Violent encounters
Interviews on Western massacres By Deborah and Jon Lawrence $34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4126-8 224 pages The battle of the little big Horn, the sand creek massacre, the battle of the Washita, and the mountain meadows massacre are iconic events that have been repeatedly analyzed, but the interviews included in this volume offer new points of view. other events discussed are little-known today, such as the camp grant massacre, in which more than a hundred pinal and Aravaipa Apache men, women, and children were killed. The interviews cover broader themes such as violence in early california, hostilities between the frontier army and the sioux, violence between european Americans and great basin tribes, and the need to incorporate multiple viewpoints in historical research and writing.
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Al sieber
chief of scouts By Dan L. Thrapp $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-2270-5 468 pages general crook relied on Al sieber to lead Apache scouts against renegade Apaches, who were adept at hiding and raiding from within their native terrain. In this carefully researched biography, Thrapp gives extensive evidence for siebers expertise, noting that the expeditions he accompanied were highly successful while those from which he was absent met with few triumphs.
Texas Devils
rangers and regulars on the lower rio grande, 18461861 by michael l. collins $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-4132-9 328 pages The Texas rangers have been the source of tall tales and the stuff of legend as well as a growing darker reputation. but the story of the rangers along the mexican border between Texas statehood and the onset of the civil War has been largely overlookeduntil now. This engaging history pulls readers back to a chaotic time along the lower rio grande in the mid-nineteenth century. Texas Devils challenges the time-honored image of good guys in white hats to reveal the more complicated and sobering reality behind the ranger myth.
soldiers West
biographies from the military Frontier, second edition edited by paul Andrew Hutton and Durwood ball $34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3997-5 416 pages Soldiers West views the turbulent history of the West from the perspective of fifteen senior army officersincluding philip H. sheridan, george Armstrong custer, and Nelson A. mileswho were assigned to bring order to the region. This revised edition of paul Andrew Huttons popular work adds five new biographies, and essays from the first edition have been updated to incorporate recent scholarship.
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Jayhawkers
The civil War brigade of James Henry lane by bryce benedict $32.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3999-9 352 pages This first book-length study of the jayhawkers, as the men of lanes brigade were known, takes a fresh look at their exploits and notoriety. bryce benedict draws on a wealth of previously unexploited sources, including letters by brigade members, to dramatically re-create the violence along the Kansasmissouri border and challenge some of the time-honored depictions of lanes unit as bloodthirsty and indiscriminately violent.
gall
lakota War chief by robert W. larson $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-4036-0 320 pages robert W. larson sorts through contrasting views of gall to determine the real character of this legendary sioux. This first-ever scholarly biography also focuses on the actions gall took during his final years on the reservation, unraveling his last fourteen years to better understand his previous forty.
Washita memories
eyewitness Views of custers Attack on black Kettles Village by richard g. Hardorff $26.95s paper 978-0-8061-3990-6 464 pages The battle of the Washita is one of the most tragicand disturbingevents in American history. on November 27, 1868, the u.s. cavalry under lt. col. george Armstrong custer attacked a peaceful southern cheyenne village along the Washita river in present-day western oklahoma. This u.s. victory signaled the end of the cheyennes traditional way of life and resulted in the death of black Kettle, their most prominent peace chief. In this documentary history, richard g. Hardorff presents a broad range of views of the Washita battle.
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Inkpaduta
Dakota leader by paul N. beck $24.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3950-0 176 pages leader of the santee sioux, Inkpaduta participated in some of the most decisive battles of the northern great plains, including custers defeat at the little bighorn. but the attack in 1857 on forty white settlers known as the spirit lake massacre gave Inkpaduta the reputation of being the most brutal of all the sioux leaders. paul N. beck now challenges a century and a half of bias to reassess the life and legacy of this important Dakota leader.
crazy Horse
A lakota life by Kingsley m. bray $24.95 paper 978-0-8061-3986-9 528 pages Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life corrects older, idealized accountsand draws on a greater variety of sources than other recent biographiesto expose the real crazy Horse: not the brash sioux warrior we have come to expect, but a modest, reflective man whose courage was anchored in lakota piety.
Victorio
Apache Warrior and chief by Kathleen p. chamberlain $24.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3843-5 272 pages A steadfast champion of his people during the wars with encroaching Anglo-Americans, the Apache chief Victorio deserves as much attention as his better-known contemporaries cochise and geronimo. In presenting the story of this nineteenth-century Warm springs Apache warrior, Kathleen p. chamberlain expands our understanding of Victorios role in the Apache wars and brings him into the center of events.
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Yellowstone Denied
The life of gustavus cheyney Doane by Kim Allen scott $32.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3800-8 320 pages Frontier soldier and explorer extraordinaire, gustavus cheyney Doane was no stranger to historical events. between 1863 and 1892, he fought in the civil War, participated in every major Indian battle in montana Territory, and led the first scientific reconnaissance into the Yellowstone country. Doane was always close to being at the right place at the right time to secure lasting fame, yet that fame always eluded him, even after his death. Kim Allen scott rescues Doane from obscurity to tell the tale of an educated and inventive man who strove in vain for recognition throughout his life.
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Yellowstone command
colonel Nelson A. miles and the great sioux War, 18761877 by Jerome A. greene $19.95s paper 978-0-8061-3755-1 352 pages shortly after custers defeat in the battle of the little bighorn, colonel Nelson A. miles and his Fifth Infantry launched several significant campaigns to destroy the lakotaNorthern cheyenne coalition in the Yellowstone river basin. miless expeditions involved relentless pursuit and attack throughout the winter months, culminating in the lame Deer Fight of may 1877, the last major engagement of the great sioux War.Yellowstone Command is the first detailed account of the harrowing 18761877 campaigns. Drawing from Indian testimonies and many previously untapped sources, Jerome A. greene reconstructs the ambitious battles of colonel miles and his foot soldiers. This paper edition of Yellowstone Command features a new preface by the author.
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Navajo expedition
Journal of a military reconnaissance from santa Fe, New mexico, to the Navajo country, made in 1849 by James H. simpson edited and annotated by Frank mcNitt $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3570-0 384 pages Frank mcNitt makes the coin of the past ring true. He has given us the New mexico-Arizona world as it looked on the eve of an era during which u.s. traders and government people were to become a daily factor in Navajo and pueblo life.New Mexico Quarterly
Indian Fights
New Facts on seven encounters by J. W. Vaughn $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-3511-3 282 pages In Indian Fights, J. W. Vaughn gives detailed accounts of the battles, careful descriptions of the battlefields, and interesting asides on the u.s. Army officers and soldiers serving in the West during and after the civil War. using a metal detector, Vaughn uncovered cartridge cases, bullets, and other debris marking battle situations, allowing him to reconstruct many little-known battles in detail. He analyzed a number of engagements that occurred around cheyenne Fork, Wyoming, a popular camping place on the old bozeman Trail, comparing his findings with the mass of conflicting testimonies, government records, newspaper accounts, and other sources covering the battles.
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sagebrush soldier
private William earl smiths View of the sioux War of 1876 by sherry l. smith $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3335-5 176 pages Sagebrush Soldier is an account of military life during the Indian Wars in the late nineteenth-century West. private William earl smith describes daily camp life, battle scenes, and the behavior of famous menranald mackenzie and george crookin public and private poses.
mountain scouting
A Handbook for officers and soldiers on the Frontiers by edward s. Farrow $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3209-9 284 pages Mountain Scouting, first published in 1881, is a valuable instruction guide for novice soldiers, describing how to care for their horses, shoot accurately with their rifles, fix broken bones, and ward off diseases and ailments.
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reminiscences of a ranger
early Times in southern california by Horace bell $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3152-8 528 pages In his Reminiscences of a Ranger, Horace bell reports that midnight raids and open day robbery and assassinations of defenseless or unsuspecting Americans were of almost daily occurrence in southern california, a territory newly acquired from mexico. To combat this lawlessness, in 1853 the citizens of los Angeles formed a volunteer mounted police force known as the los Angeles rangers. under the command of captain Alexander Hope, the rangers strove to keep the peace within the city, and they hunted down bandits and murderers in the surrounding region, including several connected with Joaquin murrietas band.
borderlander
The life of James Kirker, 17931852 by ralph Adam smith $34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3041-5 416 pages James Kirker, Indian fighter, is among the most infamous characters of the American West. In his exhaustively researched biography, ralph Adam smith explores the controversy surrounding the life of this frontier figure. Kirker emigrated from Ireland to New York city in 1810. In the years that followed, he was a privateer (in the War of 1812), a british captive, a merchant, a mountain man, the head of a private army, and a dominant figure in New mexico politics.
unlikely Warriors
general benjamin H. grierson and His Family by William H. leckie and shirley A. leckie $24.95 paper 978-0-8061-3027-9 384 pages Unlikely Warriors is the story of benjamin Henry grierson, civil War hero and postwar commander of the Tenth cavalry buffalo soldiers, and his family on the western frontier. In this biography, William and shirley leckie explore three generations of griersons family, and for this edition they include a new preface on recent interest in the buffalo soldiers.
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Without Quarter
The Wichita expedition and the Fight on crooked creek by William Y. chalfant $24.95 cloth 978-0-8061-2367-7 184 pages Without Quarter is the story of the first major u.s. army expedition against the comanches between the mexican and civil wars. chalfant first sets the historical context, then traces events to the climax at crooked creek on may 13, 1859.
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After custer
loss and Transformation in sioux country by paul l. Hedren $24.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4216-2 272 pages between 1876 and 1877, the u.s. Army battled lakota sioux and Northern cheyenne Indians in a series of vicious conflicts known today as the great sioux War. After the defeat of custer at the little big Horn in June 1876, the army responded to its stunning loss by pouring fresh troops and resources into the war effort. In the end, the u.s. Army prevailed, but at a significant cost. In this unique contribution to American western history, paul l. Hedren examines the wars effects on the culture, environment, and geography of the northern great plains, their Native inhabitants, and the Anglo-American invaders.
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stricken Field
The little bighorn since 1876 by Jerome A. greene $34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3791-9 384 pages The little bighorn battlefield National monument is the site of one of Americas most famous armed struggles, but the events surrounding custers defeat there in 1876 are only the beginning of the story. As park custodians, American Indians, and others have contested how the site should be preserved and interpreted for posterity, the little bighorn has turned into a battlefield in more ways than one. In Stricken Field, one of Americas foremost military historians offers the first comprehensive history of the site and its administration in more than half a century.
custer and me
A Historians memoir by robert m. utley $39.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3638-7 288 pages Custer and Me, renowned western historian and expert on historic preservation, robert m. utley, turns his talents to his own life and career. Through lively personal narrative, utley offers an insiders view of park service workings and problems, both at regional and national levels, during the eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and carter administrations. utley also details the birth of the Western History Association, early national historicpreservation programs, and the many clashes over symbolic possession of what is now the little bighorn battlefield National monument.
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cavalier in buckskin
revised edition by robert m. utley $21.95 paper 978-0-8061-3387-4 248 pages When originally published in 1988, Cavalier in Buckskin met with critical acclaim. Now robert m. utley has revised his best-selling biography of general george Armstrong custer. In his preface to the revised edition, utley writes about his summers (1947-1952) spent as a historical aide at the custer battlefield-as it was then known-and credits the work of several authors whose recent scholarship has illuminated our understanding of the events of little bighorn. He has revised or expanded chapters, added new information on sources, and revised the map of the battlefield.
custer
cavalier in buckskin by robert m. utley $19.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3347-8 180 pages george Armstrong custer. The name evokes instant recognition among Americans and people around the world. No figure in the history of the American West has more powerfully moved the human imagination. This new, lavishly illustrated book combines over 300 photographs and paintings, many in color, with a revised edition of robert m. utleys classic biography, Cavalier in Buckskin.
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In custers shadow
major marcus reno by ronald H. Nichols $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3281-5 432 pages In Custers Shadow presents the complex life of major marcus reno, custers second-in-command. employing photographs and maps to help the reader visualize the text, Nichols unravels the controversy surrounding renos role in the battle and questions the scrutiny to which he was subjected in the years following.
Arikara Narrative of custers campaign and the battle of the little bighorn
by orin g. libby $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3072-9 240 pages eyewitness reports on custers campaigns from 1874 through 1876 are told in Arikara Narrative of Custers Campaign and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the result of interviews with nine scouts. Arikaras scouted in advance of the u.s. Army for custer and reno, reporting enemy Indian movements and seeking to capture their horses. Their accounts of the battle of the little bighorn reveal much about why custer failed.
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centennial campaign
The sioux War of 1876 by John s. gray $26.95 paper 978-0-8061-2152-9 408 pages In his soundly documented and absorbing book John gray manages with cumulative power what few have attempted: a total view of the u.s. Army campaign against the sioux in 1876 that strange wilderness war whose centerpiece was the custer massacre.Publishers Weekly
custers luck
by edgar I. stewart $29.95 paper 978-0-8061-1632-7 538 pages This is a remarkable book on a period of American history about which much has been writtenthe period of the Indian wars in the Northwest, from the close of the civil War until the custer disaster on the little big Horn. It presents in graphic detail and on a vast canvas the great events and the small, which reached a decisive crescendo in custers fate.
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clash of Arms
How the Allies Won in Normandy by russell A. Hart $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-3605-9 488 pages Clash of Arms examines how the Western Allies learnedon the battlefield to defeat the Nazi war machine. beginning with an investigation of the interwar neglect that left the Allied militaries incapable of defeating Nazi aggression at the start of World War II, russell A. Hart analyzes the methods the Allies used to improve their military effectiveness. He also explores the continuous german adaptation that prolonged the war and increased the price of eventual Allied victory. central to his comparative study is the complex interplay of personalities, military culture, and wartime realities that determined how accurately the combatants learned the lessons of war and how effectively they enhanced their battle capabilities.
bataan
A survivors story by lt. gene boyt with David l. burch $24.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3582-3 272 pages Bataan: A Survivors Story, possibly one of the last accounts to come from a bataan survivor, details the bataan Death march and boyts subsequent forty-two months in Japanese internment camps.
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Holding the line at the battle of the bulge by george W. Neill $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-3380-5 384 pages george W. Neill served with a rifle platoon in the 99th Infantry Division during World War II. In Infantry Soldier, he takes the reader into the foxholes for a rarely reported view of how combat infantrymen lived and survived, what they thought, how they fought, and how they died. Few people know their horrific story.
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g.I.
The American soldier in World War II by lee Kennett $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-2925-9 304 pages lee Kennett provides a vivid portrait of the American soldier, or g.I., in World War II, from his registration in the draft, training in boot camp, combat in europe and the pacific, and to his final role as conqueror and occupier. It is all here: the greetings from uncle sam; endless lines in induction centers across the country; the unfamiliar and demanding world of the training camp, with its concomitant jokes, pranks, traditions, and taboos; and the comparative largess with which the Army was outfitted and supplied.
Zhukov
second edition, revised & enlarged by otto p. chaney, Jr. $24.95 cloth 978-0-8061-2807-8 560 pages In this completely updated version of his classic 1971 biography of marshal georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, otto preston chaney provides the definitive account of the man and his many achievements.
Anzio
epic of bravery by Fred sheehan $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-2678-4 256 pages one of the most bitterly contested pieces of land in World War II was a strip of Italian seacoast fifteen miles long and seven miles deepthe Anzio beachhead. Fred sheehan, a soldier who participated in the campaign, tells the story of this largely neglected battle, whose purpose was to open the road to rome.
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Vietnam
After my lai
my Year commanding First platoon, charlie company by gary W. bray $16.95 paper 978-0-8061-4045-2 184 pages In the fall of 1969, gary bray landed in south Vietnam as a recently married, freshly minted second lieutenant in the u.s. Army. His assignment was not enviable: leading the platoon whose former members had committed the my lai massacrethe murder of hundreds of Vietnamese civilianseighteen months earlier. In this compelling memoir, he shares his experiences of Vietnam in the direct wake of that terrible event.
of uncommon birth
Dakota sons in Vietnam by mark st. pierre $29.95 cloth 978-0-8061-3517-5 320 pages A work of creative nonfiction inspired by the true story of two south Dakota teenagers, mark st. pierres Of Uncommon Birth draws upon extensive interviews and exhaustive research in military archives to present a harrowing story of two young menone white, one Indiancaught in the vortex of the Vietnam War.
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The Heartland remembers by stanley W. beesley $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-2162-8 212 pages [beesley] presents the stories of men, women, whites, minorities, grunts, nurses, etc., born in the heartland but fighting a war in a faraway land filled with natural beauty and unnatural death. All the nomenclature of the war is here (there is a glossary), along with the sense of this as both national episode and personal tragedy. beesley provides an update on what these participants are doing today. Highly recommended.Library Journal
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gangs, pseudo-militaries, and other modern mercenaries
New Dynamics in uncomfortable Wars By Max G. Manwaring $45.00s cloth 978-0-8061-4146-6 256 pages As the first decade of the twenty-first century made brutally clear, the very definitions of war and the enemy have changed almost beyond recognition. Threats to security are now as likely to come from armed propagandists, popular militias, or mercenary organizations as they are from conventional armies backed by nation-states. In this timely book, national security expert max g. manwaring explores a little-understood actor on the stage of irregular warfarethe gang.
To shining sea
A History of the united states Navy, 17751998 by steven Howarth $32.95s paper 978-0-8061-3026-2 672 pages To Shining Sea is a landmark work of naval historythe most comprehensive and authoritative narrative account of American sea power written in recent times. stephen Howarth chronicles the epic story of the united states Navy. Here are the first engagements of the tiny continental Navy, the fight against the barbary pirates, the watershed clash of the monitor and the merrimack, the developmentfrom blueprint to battleshipof the u.s. Navys first modern capital ships and submarines, the great battles of World War II in the pacific, and the navys deployment in Vietnam and in the persian gulf.
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Valentine T. mcgillycuddy
Army surgeon, Agent to the sioux By Candy Moulton $34.95s cloth 978-0-87062-389-9 296 pages In september 1877, hundreds of sioux and soldiers at camp robinson crowded around a fatally injured lakota leader. A young doctor forced his way through the crowd only to see the victim fading before him. It was the famed crazy Horse. In this book, the first biography of mcgillycuddy in seventy years, award-winning author candy moultoin explores his fascinating experiences on the northern plains as topographer, cartography, army physician, and Indian agent.
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Hancocks War
conflict on the southern plains by William Y. chalfant $59.95s cloth 978-0-87062-371-4 544 pages $125.00s special edition 978-0-87062-374-5 544 pages When general Winfield scott Hancock led a military expedition across Kansas, colorado, and Nebraska in 1867, his purpose was a show of force that would curtail Indian raiding sparked by the sand creek massacre of 1864. but the havoc he and his troops wrought on the plains served only to further incite the tribes and inflame passions on both sides, disrupting u.s.Indian relations for more than a decade. This first thorough scholarly history of the ill-conceived expedition offers an unequivocal evaluation of military strategies and a culturally sensitive interpretation of Indian motivations and reactions.
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Fort laramie
military bastion of the High plains by Douglas c. mcchristian $45.00s cloth 978-0-87062-360-8 448 pages Douglas c. mcchristian has written the first complete history of Fort laramie, chronicling every critical stage in its existence, including its addition to the National park system. He draws on an extraordinary array of archival materialsincluding those at Fort laramie National Historic siteto present new data about the fort and new interpretations of historical events.
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Tom custer
ride to glory by carl F. Day $38.50s cloth 978-0-87062-310-3 304 pages $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-3687-5 304 pages In this biographythe first to document the life of Tom custercarl F. Day reveals the public and private life of a distinguished American soldier. Although his life has been overshadowed by his more famous, or infamous, older brother, george Armstrong custer, Tom custer was a notable figure in his own right.
Army of Israel
mormon battalion Narratives edited by David l. bigler and Will bagley $39.50s cloth 978-0-87062-297-7 496 pages Army of Israel puts to rest ancient myths and sheds new light on forgotten heroes, both male and female. recruited from a single religious organization, this battalion was perhaps the most unusual body of men ever to serve in Americas armed forces. between 1846 and 1848 its members pioneered a southern route to california, helped pacify that new u.s. territory, and took part in the gold discovery.
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No Turning point
The saratoga campaign in perspective By Theodore Corbett $39.95s 978-8061-4276-0 416 pages Volume 32 in the campaigns and commanders series Available october 2012 setting the battle in its social and political context, Theodore corbett examines saratoga and its aftermath as part of ongoing conflicts among the settlers of the Hudson and champlain valleys of New York, canada, and Vermont. This long, more local view reveals that the American victory actually resolved very little.
outpost of empire
The Napoleonic occupation of Andaluca, 18101812 By Charles J. esdaile $39.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4278-4 512 pages Volume 33 in the campaigns & commanders series Available November 2012 esdailes study is a significant contribution to the new field sometimes known as occupation studies, which focuses on the ways a victorious army attempts to reconcile a conquered populace to the new political order. combining military history with political and social history, Outpost of Empire delineates what we now call the cultural terrain of war. This is history that moves from battles between armies to battles for hearts and minds.
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