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Under fire: the untold story of the attack in Benghazi
Par Fred Burton, Samuel M. Katz. 2013
Security experts reconstruct the September 11, 2012, attack by al-Qaeda-allied rebels on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted…
in the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Violence and strong language. 2013Poetry of the First World War: an anthology (Oxford World's Classics Ser.)
Par Tim Kendall. 2013
An anthology of verse dealing with the Great War, which raged across the globe from 1914 to 1918. Includes poems…
by Thomas Hardy, W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Graves; by soldier-poets Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Rupert Brooke; and popular music-hall and trench songs. Violence. 2013Admiral Nimitz: the commander of the Pacific Ocean theater
Par Brayton Harris. 2012
Chronicles the life of five-star admiral Chester Nimitz (1885-1966), who took charge of America's Pacific fleet after the December 7,…
1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Traces Nimitz's Texas childhood, years at the Naval Academy, and rise through the ranks to command two million men and one thousand ships. 2011The astronaut wives club: a true story
Par Lily Koppel. 2013
Discusses the role of the military wives whose husbands were chosen for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions during the…
late fifties through the early seventies. Focuses on Louise Shepard, Betty Grissom, and Annie Glenn. Bestseller. 2013Elsie and Mairi go to war: two extraordinary women on the Western Front
Par Diane Atkinson. 2010
Dual biography of British heroines Elsie Knocker and Mairi Gooden-Chisholm, who met in a motorcycling club in 1912. Describes their…
time tending the wounded on the front lines in Belgium as part of a World War I ambulance corps. Discusses their demobilization after being gassed and their post-war lives. 2010Over here!: New York City during World War II
Par Lorraine B Diehl. 2010
Discusses the social changes that occurred in New York City after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Covers the way the…
town became the target of German U-boats and saboteurs and the destination of servicemen on leave. Highlights the lives of ordinary New Yorkers who contributed to the war effort. 2010There goes Ted Williams: the greatest hitter who ever lived
Par Matt Tavares. 2012
Biography of Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox slugger. Recounts his early years as an awkward youth, his rise to…
All-Star status in 1941, and his military service during World War II and the Korean War. Covers his return to baseball as Player of the Decade. For grades 2-4. 2012Beyond courage: the untold story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
Par Doreen Rappaport. 2012
Personal accounts from members of the Jewish resistance throughout German-occupied Europe during the Holocaust. Details the actions of individuals like…
Georges Loinger, who smuggled Jewish children out of occupied France, and Youra Livchitz, who ambushed a train bound for a death camp. Violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2012Bomb: the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon
Par Steve Sheinkin. 2012
Award-winning author recounts the history of the atom bomb and the race among the United States, Nazi Germany, and the…
Soviet Union to build--or steal--the deadly weapon during World War II. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2012The Civil War at sea (Reflections On The Civil War Era Ser.)
Par Craig L Symonds. 2009
Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles the naval campaigns of the American Civil War. Discusses the coastal blockade of the South that…
ruined the economy and the Union dominance of inland rivers that cut the Confederacy in half. Details the leaders, regional campaigns, innovations, and battle tactics. 2009The Civil War: a concise history
Par Louis P Masur. 2011
Overview of the causes of the American Civil War, a year-by-year summary of its major battles, and analysis of political…
and social developments in the North and South. Discusses the aftermath of the conflict--including President Lincoln's assassination and Reconstruction--and the ways it changed the country. 2011No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden
Par Kevin Maurer, Mark Owen. 2012
For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a…
Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moment From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from the mountaintops of Afghanistan to the third floor of Osama Bin Laden’s compound, operator Mark Owen of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group ? commonly known as SEAL Team Six ? has been a part of some of the most memorable special operations in history, as well as countless missions that never made headlines. No Easy Day puts readers alongside Owen and the other handpicked members of the twenty-four-man team as they train for the biggest mission of their lives. The blow-by-blow narrative of the assault, beginning with the helicopter crash that could have ended Owen’s life straight through to the radio call confirming Bin Laden’s death, is an essential piece of modern history. In No Easy Day, Owen also takes readers onto the field of battle in America’s ongoing War on Terror and details the selection and training process for one of the most elite units in the military. Owen’s story draws on his youth in Alaska and describes the SEALs’ quest to challenge themselves at the highest levels of physical and mental endurance. With boots-on-the-ground detail, Owen describes numerous previously unreported missions that illustrate the life and work of a SEAL and the evolution of the team after the events of September 11. In telling the true story of the SEALs whose talents, skills, experiences, and exceptional sacrifices led to one of the greatest victories in the War on Terror, Mark Owen honors the men who risk everything for our country, and he leaves readers with a deep understanding of the warriors who keep America safe. And look for NO HERO, the follow-up to NO EASY DAY, coming May 2014.Federal benefits for veterans, dependents and survivors: 2012 edition
Par United States, Department of Veteran Affairs. 2011
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 2012 summary of benefits provided to eligible individuals. Covers health care, service-related disabilities, pensions, education…
and training, home loans, life insurance, burial and memorial benefits, transition assistance, and dependents and survivors. 2012Upon the head of the goat: a childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944
Par Aranka Siegal. 2003
Author recounts her experiences as a young Jewish girl during Hitler's rise to power. Recalls being trapped in Ukraine while…
visiting her grandmother, returning to her family in Hungary, and being forcibly moved to an Auschwitz ghetto. Describes the many wartime restrictions. For grades 6-9. Newbery Honor Book. 1981Through veterans' eyes: the Iraq and Afghanistan experience
Par Larry Minear. 2010
Commentary from post-9/11 veterans collected from the Library of Congress Veterans History Project and supplemented by author interviews. Covers reasons…
for enlisting; dealing with combat, local populations, and contractors; and living with post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injury. Strong language and some violence. 2010The First World War: an illustrated history (Penguin Bks.)
Par A. J. P Taylor. 1981
Oxford historian's year-by-year chronicle of World War I, which began with the assassination of Hapsburg archduke Franz Ferdinand and his…
wife Sophie on June 28, 1914, in Bosnia. Describes battles and behind-the-scenes politics, the use of poison gas and U-boats, and America's entry into the conflict. 1963An artist in treason: the extraordinary double life of General James Wilkinson
Par Andro Linklater. 2009
Historian uses Spanish archives and first-person accounts to portray the life of the Revolutionary War general, first governor of the…
Louisiana territory--and spy for Spain. Details Wilkinson's double-dealing life, which the author asserts four presidents overlooked because of his influence. 2009Master of war: the life of General George H. Thomas
Par Benson Bobrick. 2009
Biography of Virginia-born Union general George Thomas (1816-1870), who was compared to George Washington by his officers and soldiers. Discusses…
Thomas's family life, his decision to stay in the federal army, his successful military campaigns, and his marginalization by rivals Ulysses Grant and William Sherman. Some strong language. 2009Soldier from the war returning: the greatest generation's troubled homecoming from World War II
Par Thomas Childers. 2009
Documents the hardships experienced by U.S. veterans who returned home from World War II. Discusses problems such as unemployment, homelessness,…
alienation, and physical and psychological wounds. Highlights the lives of a former prisoner of war, an infantryman without legs, and the author's father, who suffered from undiagnosed post-traumatic stress. 2009How the South could have won the Civil War: the fatal errors that led to Confederate defeat
Par Bevin Alexander. 2007
Military historian posits that the South would have been victorious had Confederate president Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. Lee…
followed General Stonewall Jackson's advice and attacked factories, railroads, and farms in the North rather than engaging in frontal assaults. Details crucial battles that support this theory. 2007