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  • A People's History of the U.S. Military

    by Michael A. Bellesiles ...
    In A People's History of the U.S. Military, historian Michael A. Bellesiles draws from three centuries of soldiers' personal encounters with combat—through fascinating excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, as well as audio recordings, film, and blogs—to capture the essence of the American military experience firsthand, from the American Revolution to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inventing Equality

    Reconstructing the Constitution in the Aftermath of the Civil War

    by Michael Bellesiles ...
    The evolution of the battle for true equality in America seen through the men, ideas, and politics behind the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments passed at the end of the Civil War.On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood in front of a crowd in Rochester, New York, and asked, “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” The audience had invited him to speak on the day celebrating freedom, and had ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A People's History of the U.S. Military

    Ordinary Soldiers Reflect on Their Experience of War, from the American Revolution to Afghanistan

    by Michael A. Bellesiles ...
    Series series New Press People's History
    In A People's History of the U.S. Military, historian Michael A. Bellesiles draws from three centuries of soldiers' personal encounters with combat—through fascinating excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, as well as audio recordings, film, and blogs—to capture the essence of the American military experience firsthand, from the American Revolution to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Inventing Equality

    Reconstructing the Constitution in the Aftermath of the Civil War

    by Michael Bellesiles ...
    Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 57 min

    On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass stood in front of a crowd in Rochester, New York, and asked, "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" The audience had invited him to speak on the day celebrating freedom, and had expected him to offer a hopeful message about America; instead, he'd offered back to them their own hypocrisy. How could the Constitution defend both freedom and slavery? How could ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Documenting American Violence

    A Sourcebook

    by Christopher Waldrep, Michael Bellesiles ...
    Violence forms a constant backdrop to American history, from the revolutionary overthrow of British rule, to the struggle for civil rights, to the present-day debates over the death penalty. It has served to challenge authority, defend privilege, advance causes, and throttle hopes. In the first anthology of its kind to appear in over thirty years, Documenting American Violence brings together ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

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    The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad

    by Matthew F. Delmont ...
    **• Winner of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction• A New York Times Notable Book• A Best Book of the Year from TIME, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Washington Independent Review of Books, and more!The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont“Matthew F. Delmont’s book is filled ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Custer

    The Making of a Young General

    by Edward G. Longacre ...
    The name George Armstrong Custer looms large in American history, specifically for his leadership in the American Indian Wars and unfortunate fall at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But before his time in the West, Custer began his career fighting for the Union in the Civil War. In Custer: The Making of a Young General, legendary Civil War historian Edward G. Longacre provides fascinating insight ... Read more

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  • Fighting for America

    Black Soldiers-the Unsung Heroes of World War II

    by Christopher Paul Moore ...
    The African-American contribution to winning World War II has never been celebrated as profoundly as in Fighting for America. In this inspirational and uniquely personal tribute, the essential part played by black servicemen and -women in that cataclysmic conflict is brought home.Here are letters, photographs, oral histories, and rare documents, collected by historian Christopher Moore, the son of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • On Hallowed Ground

    The Story of Arlington National Cemetery

    by Robert M. Poole ...
    On Hallowed Ground opens with the long-delayed funeral of four servicemen, brought home for final honors at Arlington National Cemetery almost forty years after they disappeared in Vietnam. To understand how this tradition of extraordinary care for our war dead began, Robert Poole traces the founding of Arlington Cemetery on what had been the family plantation of Robert E. Lee. After resigning his ... Read more

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  • Honor in the Dust

    Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream

    by Gregg Jones ...
    “Fascinating.”—New York Times Book Review • “Well-written.”—The Boston Globe • “Extraordinary.”—The Christian Science Monitor • “A compelling page-turner.”—Adam HochschildOn the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the U.S. into a major world power. The Spanish-American War would forever change America's standing in global affairs, and drive the young ... Read more

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  • The Savage Wars Of Peace

    Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power

    by Max Boot ...
    "Anyone who wants to understand why America has permanently entered a new era in international relations must read [this book] . . . Vividly written and thoroughly researched." -- Los Angeles TimesAmerica's "small wars," "imperial war," or, as the Pentagon now terms them, "low-intensity conflicts," have played an essential but little-appreciated role in its growth as a world power. Beginning with ... Read more

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  • To America

    Personal Reflections of an Historian

    by Stephen E. Ambrose ...
    Completed shortly before Ambrose's untimely death, To America is a very personal look at our nation's history through the eyes of one of the twentieth century's most influential historians.Ambrose roams the country's history, praising the men and women who made it exceptional. He considers Jefferson and Washington, who were progressive thinkers (while living a contradiction as slaveholders), and ... Read more

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