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Save 50% on a variety of our military history titles from our Potomac and Nebraska imprints. Spanning the history of our armed services with an in-depth look at the diversity of its many individuals and achievements, our list in military history and affairs includes everything from Civil War battlefield guides and memoirs of the First and Second World Wars to explorations of the role of our military in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

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Courage and Grief

Courage and Grief

Women and Sweden's Thirty Years' War

America's Digital Army

America's Digital Army

Games at Work and War

Selling War

Selling War

A Critical Look at the Military's PR Machine

The History of the Holocaust in Romania

The History of the Holocaust in Romania

Quagmire

Quagmire

Personal Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan

Bold Venture

Bold Venture

The American Bombing of Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong, 1942–1945

War Crimes in Japan-Occupied Indonesia

War Crimes in Japan-Occupied Indonesia

A Case of Murder by Medicine

Working in the Killing Fields

Working in the Killing Fields

Forensic Science in Bosnia

Spies, Lies, and Citizenship

Spies, Lies, and Citizenship

The Hunt for Nazi Criminals

It's My Country Too

It's My Country Too

Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan

Antiwar Dissent and Peace Activism in World War I America

Antiwar Dissent and Peace Activism in World War I America

A Documentary Reader

Blood in the Borderlands

Blood in the Borderlands

Conflict, Kinship, and the Bent Family, 1821–1920

Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin

Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin

A Story of the U.S. Military's Commitment to Leave No One Behind

Death at the Edges of Empire

Death at the Edges of Empire

Fallen Soldiers, Cultural Memory, and the Making of an American Nation, 1863-1921

Galvanized

Galvanized

The Odyssey of a Reluctant Carolina Confederate

Winning Westeros

Winning Westeros

How Game of Thrones Explains Modern Military Conflict

Fort Phil Kearny

Fort Phil Kearny

An American Saga

Shattered Dreams

Shattered Dreams

The Lost and Canceled Space Missions

The Golden Fleece

The Golden Fleece

High-Risk Adventure at West Point

So Close to Freedom

So Close to Freedom

A World War II Story of Peril and Betrayal in the Pyrenees

Trial by Gas

Trial by Gas

The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres

Abuses of the Erotic

Abuses of the Erotic

Militarizing Sexuality in the Post-Cold War United States

Disaster on the Spanish Main

Disaster on the Spanish Main

The Tragic British-American Expedition to the West Indies during the War of Jenkins' Ear

The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864

The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864

The Civil War and Reconstruction in Indian Territory

The Civil War and Reconstruction in Indian Territory

Beneficial Bombing

Beneficial Bombing

The Progressive Foundations of American Air Power, 1917-1945

Fu-go

Fu-go

The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America

The General Who Wore Six Stars

The General Who Wore Six Stars

The Inside Story of John C. H. Lee

Come Fly with Us

Come Fly with Us

NASA's Payload Specialist Program

Red, White, and True

Red, White, and True

Stories from Veterans and Families, World War II to Present

Maryland, My Maryland

Maryland, My Maryland

Music and Patriotism during the American Civil War

Music Along the Rapidan

Music Along the Rapidan

Civil War Soldiers, Music, and Community during Winter Quarters, Virginia

Eyeing the Red Storm

Eyeing the Red Storm

Eisenhower and the First Attempt to Build a Spy Satellite

American Journalists in the Great War

American Journalists in the Great War

Rewriting the Rules of Reporting

An Unladylike Profession

An Unladylike Profession

American Women War Correspondents in World War I

America's U-Boats

America's U-Boats

Terror Trophies of World War I

In the Trenches

In the Trenches

A Russian Woman Soldier's Story of World War I

The Miracle of American Independence

The Miracle of American Independence

Twenty Ways Things Could Have Turned Out Differently

The Investigator

The Investigator

Demons of the Balkan War

After Combat

After Combat

True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan

Containment in the Middle East

Containment in the Middle East

The Second Creek War

The Second Creek War

Interethnic Conflict and Collusion on a Collapsing Frontier

Bloody Sixteen

Bloody Sixteen

The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War

Blind Bombing

Blind Bombing

How Microwave Radar Brought the Allies to D-Day and Victory in World War II

Issei Baseball

Issei Baseball

The Story of the First Japanese American Ballplayers

Smoke the Donkey

Smoke the Donkey

A Marine's Unlikely Friend

More Than a Doctrine

More Than a Doctrine

The Eisenhower Era in the Middle East

The Grammar of Civil War

The Grammar of Civil War

A Mexican Case Study, 1857-61

Hostages of Empire

Hostages of Empire

Colonial Prisoners of War in Vichy France

Soldiers of the Nation

Soldiers of the Nation

Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868–1952

Between Flesh and Steel

Between Flesh and Steel

A History of Military Medicine from the Middle Ages to the War in Afghanistan

On the Other Shore

On the Other Shore

The Atlantic Worlds of Italians in South America during the Great War

Gardens of Hell

Gardens of Hell

Battles of the Gallipoli Campaign

The Soldier from Independence

The Soldier from Independence

A Military Biography of Harry Truman, Volume 1, 1906-1919

Speed

Speed

The Life of a Test Pilot and Birth of an American Icon

The French Army and Its African Soldiers

The French Army and Its African Soldiers

The Years of Decolonization

Stolen Words

Stolen Words

The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books

Lavi

Lavi

The United States, Israel, and a Controversial Fighter Jet

The Path to Salvation

The Path to Salvation

Religious Violence from the Crusades to Jihad

Clean Bombs and Dirty Wars

Clean Bombs and Dirty Wars

Air Power in Kosovo and Libya

How We Won and Lost the War in Afghanistan

How We Won and Lost the War in Afghanistan

Two Years in the Pashtun Homeland

Rails of War

Rails of War

Supplying the Americans and Their Allies in China-Burma-India

Harlem's Hell Fighters

Harlem's Hell Fighters

The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I

Duffy's War

Duffy's War

Fr. Francis Duffy, Wild Bill Donovan, and the Irish Fighting 69th in World War I

A Powerful Mind

A Powerful Mind

The Self-Education of George Washington

Chinese Nuclear Proliferation

Chinese Nuclear Proliferation

How Global Politics Is Transforming China's Weapons Buildup and Modernization

Dorothy Brooke and the Fight to Save Cairo's Lost War Horses

Dorothy Brooke and the Fight to Save Cairo's Lost War Horses

From Stray Dog to World War I Hero

From Stray Dog to World War I Hero

The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division

A Scientific Way of War

A Scientific Way of War

Antebellum Military Science, West Point, and the Origins of American Military Thought

Saga of Chief Joseph

Saga of Chief Joseph

Spring 1865

Spring 1865

The Closing Campaigns of the Civil War

Indian Soldiers in World War I

Indian Soldiers in World War I

Race and Representation in an Imperial War

War on the Silver Screen

War on the Silver Screen

Shaping America's Perception of History

Operation Rising Sun

Operation Rising Sun

The Sinking of Japan's Secret Submarine I-52

The Search for the Japanese Fleet

The Search for the Japanese Fleet

USS Nautilus and the Battle of Midway

The Ultimate Engineer

The Ultimate Engineer

The Remarkable Life of NASA's Visionary Leader George M. Low

Amiable Scoundrel

Amiable Scoundrel

Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Scandalous Secretary of War

World War I

World War I

The American Soldier Experience

In the Highest Degree Tragic

In the Highest Degree Tragic

The Sacrifice of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in the East Indies during World War II

Project Eagle

Project Eagle

The American Christians of North Korea in World War II

War Flower

War Flower

My Life after Iraq

Winning Wars amongst the People

Winning Wars amongst the People

Case Studies in Asymmetric Conflict

Unlikely Heroes

Unlikely Heroes

The Place of Holocaust Rescuers in Research and Teaching

Eyewitness to Chaos

Eyewitness to Chaos

Personal Accounts of the Intervention in Haiti, 1994

Changing the Rules of Engagement

Changing the Rules of Engagement

Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the Military

Remembering World War I in America

Remembering World War I in America

War by Numbers

War by Numbers

Understanding Conventional Combat

Civil War Washington

Civil War Washington

History, Place, and Digital Scholarship

From Hope to Horror

From Hope to Horror

Diplomacy and the Making of the Rwanda Genocide

Wolford's Cavalry

Wolford's Cavalry

The Colonel, the War in the West, and the Emancipation Question in Kentucky

From the Dugouts to the Trenches

From the Dugouts to the Trenches

Baseball during the Great War

The Best Team Over There

The Best Team Over There

The Untold Story of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Great War

The Turtle and the Dreamboat

The Turtle and the Dreamboat

The Cold War Flights That Forever Changed the Course of Global Aviation

Playing War

Playing War

Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations for World War II

Hero of the Crossing

Hero of the Crossing

How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World

Following the Drum

Following the Drum

Women at the Valley Forge Encampment

The Sharpshooters

The Sharpshooters

A History of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove

Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove

The Secret History of Nuclear War Films

Operation Kinetic

Operation Kinetic

Stabilizing Kosovo

Emergency War Plan

Emergency War Plan

The American Doomsday Machine, 1945–1960

Crossing the River Kabul

Crossing the River Kabul

An Afghan Family Odyssey

The Modoc War

The Modoc War

A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America's Gilded Age

Time in the Wilderness

Time in the Wilderness

The Formative Years of John “Black Jack” Pershing in the American West

The Jews Should Keep Quiet

The Jews Should Keep Quiet

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the Holocaust

An Incipient Mutiny

An Incipient Mutiny

The Story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Pilot Revolt

Treacherous Passage

Treacherous Passage

Germany's Secret Plot against the United States in Mexico during World War I

Why Nation-Building Matters

Why Nation-Building Matters

Political Consolidation, Building Security Forces, and Economic Development in Failed and Fragile States

¡Vamos a avanzar!

¡Vamos a avanzar!

The Chaco War and Bolivia's Political Transformation, 1899–1952

European Air Power

European Air Power

Challenges and Opportunities

In Command

In Command

Theodore Roosevelt and the American Military

Advocating Overlord

Advocating Overlord

The D-Day Strategy and the Atomic Bomb

All Souls Day

All Souls Day

The World War II Battle and the Search for a Lost U.S. Battalion

A Religious History of the American GI in World War II

A Religious History of the American GI in World War II

The Better Angels

The Better Angels

Five Women Who Changed Civil War America

New Principles of War

New Principles of War

Enduring Truths with Timeless Examples

Docu-Fictions of War

Docu-Fictions of War

U.S. Interventionism in Film and Literature

I Held Lincoln

I Held Lincoln

A Union Sailor's Journey Home

Manassas

Manassas

A Battlefield Guide

Tarnished

Tarnished

Toxic Leadership in the U.S. Military

The Role and Limitations of Technology in U.S. Counterinsurgency Warfare

The Role and Limitations of Technology in U.S. Counterinsurgency Warfare

The Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn

Ancient Furies

Ancient Furies

A Young Girl's Struggles in the Crossfire of World War II

Cartography

Cartography

Navigating a Year in Iraq

Fall of the Double Eagle

Fall of the Double Eagle

The Battle for Galicia and the Demise of Austria-Hungary

Enemies among Us

Enemies among Us

The Relocation, Internment, and Repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War

Burning Japan

Burning Japan

Air Force Bombing Strategy Change in the Pacific

African American Officers in Liberia

African American Officers in Liberia

A Pestiferous Rotation, 1910–1942

Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska

Buffalo Soldiers in Alaska

Company L, Twenty-Fourth Infantry

The War Criminal's Son

The War Criminal's Son

The Civil War Saga of William A. Winder

Valor, Guts, and Luck

Valor, Guts, and Luck

A B-17 Tailgunner's Survival Story during World War II

Soldier of Change

Soldier of Change

From the Closet to the Forefront of the Gay Rights Movement

Such Splendid Prisons

Such Splendid Prisons

Diplomatic Detainment in America during World War II

Glenn Miller Declassified

Glenn Miller Declassified

Outsourcing Security

Outsourcing Security

Private Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign Policy

Wartime Basketball

Wartime Basketball

The Emergence of a National Sport during World War II

The Prometheus Bomb

The Prometheus Bomb

The Manhattan Project and Government in the Dark

Vanished Arizona

Vanished Arizona

Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman, Second Edition

On the Trail of the Yellow Tiger

On the Trail of the Yellow Tiger

War, Trauma, and Social Dislocation in Southwest China during the Ming-Qing Transition

My Hitch in Hell

My Hitch in Hell

The Bataan Death March, New Edition

Friendly Enemies

Friendly Enemies

Soldier Fraternization throughout the American Civil War

How We Fight

How We Fight

Crusades, Quagmires, and the American Way of War

Murrow's Cold War

Murrow's Cold War

Public Diplomacy for the Kennedy Administration

Bourbon and Bullets

Bourbon and Bullets

True Stories of Whiskey, War, and Military Service

The War Against the Vets

The War Against the Vets

The World War I Bonus Army during the Great Depression

An Army in Crisis

An Army in Crisis

Social Conflict and the U.S. Army in Germany, 1968–1975

The Woman Who Fought an Empire

The Woman Who Fought an Empire

Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring

Warrior Diplomat

Warrior Diplomat

A Green Beret's Battles from Washington to Afghanistan

The Hunt for Jimmie Browne

The Hunt for Jimmie Browne

An MIA Pilot in World War II China

Policing Sex and Marriage in the American Military

Policing Sex and Marriage in the American Military

The Court-Martial and the Construction of Gender and Sexual Deviance, 1950–2000

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