November 20, 2009
New Arrivals · Military History
These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
The Tuskegee Airmen
November 13, 2009
Homan, Lynn M.
Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia, c1998.
128 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
In 1941, Tuskegee, Alabama, was selected as the site of an important new development in military training. For the first time, black Americans were to be allowed to serve their country as members of the United States Army Air Corps. During its five-year history, Tuskegee Army Air Field was home to almost 1,000 African-American pilots. More than 10,000 black men and women served as their vital support personnel. Together, they filled the ranks of the 99th Fighter Squadron, the 332nd Fighter Group, and the 477th Bombardment Group. Their remarkable achievements at home and overseas destroyed stereotypes and helped to bring about the eventual integration of the United States military. Under the harsh restrictions of segregation, the African-Americans both trained and served together, and in this forced isolation, developed unbreakable bonds .
The darkest summer : Pusan and Inchon 1950 : the battles that saved South Korea--and the Marines--from extinction
November 9, 2009
Sloan, Bill, 1935-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
ix, 383 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Sloan recounts the dramatic first three months of the Korean War, when South Korea was saved from Communism's conquest.
The Poison King : the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome's deadliest enemy
November 5, 2009
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2010.
xxii, 448 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
"Meticulous in its research, exciting in its narration, ambitious in its conception, "The Poison King" re-creates an era when much of the Mediterranean world rebelled against Rome. At the center of it all is the fascinating and frightening king who rallied the resistance: Mithradates. Mayor has written a terrific book."--Barry Strauss, author of "The Spartacus War" "Adrienne Mayor's "The Poison King" is an intriguing and highly readable new biography of one of the most controversial figures of antiquity, Mithradates--ruthless Hellenistic king, genocidaire, terrorist, alchemist, implacable enemy of Rome. It is an important contribution to our understanding of the desperate measures some rulers were prepared to take to resist Rome's iron-fisted pursuit of empire."--R. Bruce Hitchner, Tufts University
Kill them all, and let the gods sort them out -- A savior is born in a castle by the sea -- Education of a young hero -- The lost boys -- Return of the king -- Storm clouds -- Victory -- Terror -- Battle for Greece -- Killers' kiss -- Living like a king -- Falling star -- Renegade kings -- End game -- In the tower.
The defeat of Rome in the East : Crassus, the Parthians, and the disastrous Battle of Carrhae, 53 BC
October 28, 2009
Sampson, Gareth C.
Philadelphia : Casemate, 2008.
xvi, 224 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Sampson lays out the gruesome outcome of Rome's greatest military disaster atCarrhae and its consequences.
Originally published in the United Kingdom as: The defeat of Rome.
The American Civil War : a military history
October 26, 2009
Keegan, John, 1934-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
xvi, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozens of skirmishes, and offers insight into the war's psychology, ideology, and economics while discussing the pivotal roles of leadership and geography.
North and South divide -- Will there be a war? -- Improvised armies -- Running the war -- The military geography of the Civil War -- The life of the soldier -- Plans -- McClellan takes command -- The war in middle America -- Lee's war in the East, Grant's war in the West -- Chancellorsville and Gettysburg -- Vicksburg -- Cutting the Chattanooga-Atlanta link -- The overland campaign and the fall of Richmond -- Breaking into the South -- The battle off Cherbourg and the Civil War at sea -- Black soldiers -- The home fronts -- Walt Whitman and wounds -- Civil War generalship -- Civil War battle -- Could the South have survived? -- The end of the war.
Stripping bare the body : politics, violence, war
October 22, 2009
Danner, Mark, 1958-
New York, NY : Nation Books, c2009.
xxviii, 626 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Foreword / by Louis Begley -- Introduction / by author -- Beyond the mountains -- La parenthèse -- The legacy -- The mountains -- The saddest story -- How not to stop a war -- Cleansing, camps, and genocide -- "Safe areas" and the politics of gesture -- Explosion in the marketplace -- The great betrayal -- To the killing fields -- Operation Storm and the cold peace -- Coda: Endgame in Kosovo -- Marooned in the Cold War -- The forever war -- The battleground in the American mind -- Struggles of democracy and empire -- How not to win a war -- Delusions in Baghdad -- Abu Ghraib : the hidden story -- A doctrine left behind -- We are all torturers now -- The real election -- The secret way to war -- Taking stock of the forever war -- The war of the imagination -- Words in a time of war -- Voices from the black sites -- The Red Cross report and what it means -- Into the light? : torture, power, and the real American exception -- Afterword: The erotic pull of the strange.
The Thirty Years War : Europe's tragedy
October 19, 2009
Wilson, Peter H. (Peter Hamish)
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
xxii, 996 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. In a major reassessment, Wilson argues that religion was not the catalyst, but one element in a lethal stew of political, social, and dynastic forces that fed the conflict--a conflict that ultimately transformed the map of the modern world.
Knights : in history and in legend
October 8, 2009
Bouchard, Constance Brittain.
Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, c2009.
302 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 31 cm.
The most comprehensive book on knights and knighthood available.
D-day : the Battle for Normandy
October 8, 2009
Beevor, Antony, 1946-
New York : Viking, 2009.
xv, 591p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting.
Maps on lining papers.
War : from ancient Egypt to Iraq
October 7, 2009
[New York] : DK Pub., 2009.
512 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 31 cm.
"The definitive visual history, from Bronze Age battles to 21st century conflict"--Cover.
A fiery peace in a cold war : Bernard Schriever and the ultimate weapon
October 6, 2009
Sheehan, Neil.
New York : Random House, c2009.
xix, 534 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
From Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic "A Bright Shining Lie, " comes the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that changed history--and of the visionary American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever, who led the high-stakes effort with the ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missiles) program.
An artist in treason : the extraordinary double life of General James Wilkinson
October 1, 2009
Linklater, Andro.
New York : Walker, 2009.
viii, 392 p., [8] p. of plates : ports., maps ; 25 cm.
James Wilkinson was a consummate contradiction during the Revolutionary War era. In this modern biography of the greatest traitor--and one of the most colorful characters--in American history, Linklater examines the extraordinary double life of Wilkinson.
No greater ally : the untold story of Poland's forces in World War II
October 1, 2009
Koskodan, Kenneth K.
Oxford, UK ; New York : Osprey Pub., 2009.
272 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Records relating to personal participation in World War II : "the American soldier" surveys
September 21, 2009
United States. National Archives and Records Administration.
Washington, DC : National Archives and Records Administration, 2007.
vii, 27 p. ; 23 cm.
Shipping list no.: 2008-0090-P.
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