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“albert a nofi”

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  • Fred Grant at Vicksburg

    A Boy’s Memoir at His Father’s Side During the American Civil War

    Edited by Albert A. Nofi ...
    On March 29, 1863, 12-year-old Frederick Grant, the eldest son of Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, arrived at his father’s headquarters at Young’s Point, Louisiana. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee was preparing to move against Vicksburg, Mississippi, and young Fred had no intention of missing out on the adventure. His incredible journey would consume more than three months and would not end until ... Read more

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  • Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War

    Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know

    by James F. Dunnigan, Albert A. Nofi ...
    James F. Dunnigan and Albert A. Nofi's Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War allows us to see what really happened to American forces in Southeast Asia, separating popular myth from explosive reality in a clear, concise manner.Containing more than two hundred examinations of different aspects of the war, the book questions why the American military ignored the lessons taught by previous ... Read more

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  • To Train The Fleet For War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923-1940

    The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923-1940

    by Albert A. Nofi ...
    Product Description: To Train the Fleet for War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923–1940, by Professor Albert A. Nofi, examines in detail, making extensive use of the Naval War College archives, each of the U.S. Navy’s twenty-one “fleet problems” conducted between World Wars I and II, elucidating the patterns that emerged, finding a range of enduring lessons, and suggesting their applicability of ... Read more

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  • The Alamo And The Texas War For Independence

    by Albert A. Nofi ...
    It was a small war -- probably no more than 2,500 men were ever engaged in a single action, both sides taken together. It was a short war too, lasting only about seven months. And it was fought in what was, at the time, one of the most obscure corners of the earth. Yet the Texas War for Independence has become a heroic conflict of legendary proportions.Very few balanced accounts of Texas's epic ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • U. S. Grant: The Civil War Years

    Grant Moves South and Grant Takes Command

    by Bruce Catton ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Bruce Catton's acclaimed two-book biography of complex and controversial Union commander Ulysses S. Grant.New York Times BestsellersIn these two comprehensive and engaging volumes, preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton follows the wartime movements of Ulysses S. Grant, detailing the Union commander's bold tactics and his relentless dedication to achieving ... Read more

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  • Hue 1968

    A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

    by Mark Bowden ...
    The author of Black Hawk Down vividly recounts a pivotal Vietnam War battle in this New York Times bestseller: "An extraordinary feat of journalism". —Karl Marlantes, Wall Street JournalIn Hue 1968, Mark Bowden presents a detailed, day-by-day reconstruction of the most critical battle of the Tet Offensive. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched attacks across South ... Read more

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  • A Time to Stand

    The Epic of the Alamo

    by Walter Lord ...
    The #1 New York Times –bestselling author of The Miracle of Dunkirk tells the story of the Texans who fought Santa Anna's troops at the Battle of the Alamo."Probably the best of all Alamo accounts . . . a history which should last." — The New York Times Book ReviewLooking out over the walls of the whitewashed Alamo, sweltering ... ... Read more

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  • Grant Takes Command

    by Bruce Catton ...
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian's New York Times –bestselling biography of Ulysses S. Grant and his leadership during the Civil War."Lively and absorbing." — The New York Times Book ReviewThis conclusion to Bruce Catton's acclaimed history of General Grant begins in the summer of 1863. After Grant's bold and decisive triumph over the Confederate Army at Vicksburg, Pr... ... Read more

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  • A Bright Shining Lie

    John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    by Neil Sheehan ...
    One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his ... Read more

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  • Exodus from the Alamo

    The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth

    by Phillip Thomas Tucker ...
    The award-winning historian provides a provocative new analysis of the Battle of the Alamo—including new information on the fate of Davy Crockett.Contrary to legend, we now know that the defenders of the Alamo during the Texan Revolution died in a merciless predawn attack by Mexican soldiers. With extensive research into recently discovered Mexican accounts, as well as forensic evidence, ... Read more

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  • Vicksburg

    Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy

    by Donald L. Miller ...
    **Winner of the Civil War Round Table of New York’s Fletcher Pratt Literary Award, the Austin Civil War Round Table’s Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Book Prize, and the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award“A superb account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the longest and most decisive Civil War campaign—the Siege of Vicksburg in Vicksburg, Mississippi—which opened the Mississippi ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The Vietnam War

    An Intimate History

    by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Based on the celebrated PBS television series, the complete text of an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict, “a significant milestone [that] will no doubt do much to determine how the war is understood for years to come.” —The Washington PostMore than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its memory continues to loom large in the ... Read more

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