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For more than eighty-five years, the University of Oklahoma Press
has published award-winning military history books and we are
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On the cover and in the catalog : Emanuel Leutze, Washington at the Battle of Monmouth,
1857. Courtesy of the Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, New
Jersey. Gift of the descendants of David Leavitt, 1937.
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CONTENTS
Napoleonic Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Colonial to Antebellum Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
American Civil War to Turn of the Century . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Twentieth Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
New in Paperback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
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Napoleonic Era Titan
British Power in the Age of Revolution and NapoleonBy William R. Nester
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5205-9 · 376 Pages
The interplay of individuals and events, the importance of conjunctures and
contingency, the significance of Britain’s island character and resources: all come
into play in Nester’s exploration of the art of British military diplomacy. The result
is a comprehensive and insightful account of the endeavors of statesmen and
generals to master the art of power in a complex battle for empire.
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The Man Who Captured WashingtonMajor General Robert Ross and the War of 1812
By John McCavitt and Christopher T. George
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5164-9 · 312 Pages
Despite a military career that included distinguished service in Europe and
North Africa, Ross is better known for his actions than his name: his 1814
campaign in the Chesapeake Bay resulted in the burning of the White House
and Capitol and the unsuccessful assault on Baltimore, immortalized in “The
Star Spangled Banner.” The Man Who Captured Washington is the first in-depth
biography of this important but largely forgotten historical figure.
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European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802Edited by Frederick C. Schneid
S34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4039-1 · 288 Pages
In nine essays by leading scholars, European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–
1802 provides an authoritative, continent-wide analysis of the organization and
constitution of these armies, the challenges they faced, and the impact they
had on the French Revolutionary Wars and on European military practices. The volume opens with editor Frederick C. Schneid’s substantial introduction,
which reviews the strategies and policies of each participating state throughout
the wars, establishing a clear context for the essays that follow.
Women in the Peninsular WarBy Charles J. Esdaile
$39.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4478-8 · 336 Pages
In Women in the Peninsular War , Esdaile looks beyond the iconography. While
a handful of Spanish and Portuguese women became Agustina-like heroines,
a multitude became victims, and here both of these groups receive their due.
But Esdaile reveals a much more complicated picture in which women are
discovered to have experienced, responded to, and participated in the conflict
in various ways.
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BlücherScourge of Napoleon
By Michael V. Leggiere
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4409-2 · 568 Pages
One of the most colorful characters in the Napoleonic pantheon, Gebhard
Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819) is best known as the Prussian general
who, along with the Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon at the Battle
of Waterloo. This magnificent biography by Michael V. Leggiere, an award-
winning historian of the Napoleonic Wars, is the first scholarly book in English
to explore Blücher’s life and military career—and his impact on Napoleon.
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Sickness, Suffering, and the Sword The British Regiment on Campaign, 1808–1815
By Andrew Bamford
$39.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4343-9 · 328 Pages
Although an army’s success is often measured in battle outcomes, its victories
depend on strengths that may be less obvious on the field. In Sickness, Suffering,
and the Sword , military historian Andrew Bamford assesses the effectiveness of
the British Army in sustained campaigning during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Outpost of Empire The Napoleonic Occupation of Andalucía, 1810–1812
By Charles J. Esdaile$39.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4278-4 · 512 Pages
Napoleon’s forces invaded Spain in 1808, but two years went by before they
overran the southern region of Andalucía. Situated at the farthest frontier of
Napoleon’s “outer empire,” Andalucía remained under French control only
briefly—for two-and-a-half years—and never experienced the normal functions
of French rule. In this groundbreaking examination of the Peninsular War,
Charles J. Esdaile moves beyond traditional military history to examine the
French occupation of Andalucía and the origins and results of the region’s
complex and chaotic response.
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On WellingtonA Critique of Waterloo
Translated, edited, and annotated by Peter Hofschröer
$32.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4108-4 · 272 Pages
Carl von Clausewitz, the Western world’s most renowned military theorist,
participated in the Waterloo campaign as a senior staff officer in the Prussian
army. His appraisal, offered here in an up-to-date and readable translation,
criticized the Duke of Wellington’s actions. Now published for the first time in
English, Hofschröer brings Clausewitz’s critique back into view with thorough
annotation and contextual explanation.
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Wellingtons Two-Front War The Peninsular Campaigns, at Home and Abroad, 1808–1814
By Joshua Moon
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4157-2 · 272 Pages
Sir Arthur Wellesley’s 1808–1814 campaigns against Napoleon’s forces in
the Iberian Peninsula have drawn the attention of scholars and soldiers for
two centuries. In Wellington’s Two-Front War , Joshua Moon not only surveys
Wellington’s command of British forces against the French but also describes
the battles Wellington fought in England—with an archaic military command
structure, bureaucracy, and fickle public opinion.
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Napoleon’s Enfant TerribleGeneral Dominique Vandamme
By John G. Gallaher
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-3875-6 · 384 Pages
A dedicated career soldier and excellent division and corps commander,
Dominique Vandamme was a thorn in the side of practically every officer he
served. Outspoken to a fault, he even criticized Napoleon, whom he never
forgave for not appointing him marshal. His military prowess so impressed the
emperor, however, that he returned Vandamme to command time and again.
In this first book-length study of Vandamme in English, John G. Gallaher traces
the career of one of Napoleon’s most successful midrank officers.
Architects of Empire The Duke of Wellington and His Brothers
By John Severn
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-3810-7 · 512 Pages
A soldier and statesman for the ages, the Duke of Wellington is a towering
figure in world history. John Severn now offers a fresh look at the man born
Arthur Wellesley to show that his career was very much a family affair, a lifelong
series of interactions with his brothers and their common Anglo-Irish heritage. The untold story of a great family drama, Architects of Empire paints a new
picture of the era through the collective biography of Wellesley and his siblings.
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Colonial to Antebellum Period➢CAMPAIGNS AND COMMANDERS
Fatal Sunday George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle
By Mark E. Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5335-3 · 616 Pages
The Battle of Monmouth was critical to the success of the Revolution. It also
marked a decisive turning point in the military career of George Washington.
Without the victory at Monmouth Courthouse, Washington’s critics might
well have marshaled the political strength to replace him as the American
commander-in-chief. Authors Mark Edward Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone
argue that in political terms, the Battle of Monmouth constituted a pivotalmoment in the War for Independence.
Musket Ball and Small Shot IdentificationA Guide
By Daniel M. Sivilich
$34.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-5158-8 · 232 Pages
Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification: A Guide traces the history of musket balls
and small shot, and explores their uses as lethal projectiles and in nonlethal
alterations. Sivilich asks—and answers—a variety of questions to demonstrate
how a musket ball found in a military context can help to interpret the site.
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The Army Surveys of Gold Rush CaliforniaReports of Topographical Engineers, 1849–1851
Edited by Gary Clayton Anderson and Laura Lee Anderson
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-87062-430-8 · 256 Pages
Historian Gary Clayton Anderson and anthropologist Laura Lee Anderson
provide historical, geographic, and biographical context in the book’s
introduction and in headnotes and annotations for each journal. Thesedocuments offer extraordinary firsthand views of the environment, natural
resources, geography, and early settlement, as well as the effects of disease on
Native and white populations.
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The Battle of Lake ChamplainA “Brilliant and Extraordinary Victory”
By John H. Schroeder
$26.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4693-5 · 184 PagesOn September 11, 1814, an American naval squadron under Master
Commandant Thomas Macdonough defeated a formidable British force on
Lake Champlain under the command of Captain George Downie. Examining
the naval and land campaign in strategic, political, and military terms, from
planning to execution to outcome, The Battle of Lake Champlain offers the most
thorough account written of this pivotal moment in American history.
William Wells and the Struggle for the Old NorthwestBy William Heath
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5119-9 · 520 Pages
Born to Anglo-American parents on the Appalachian frontier, captured
by the Miami Indians at the age of thirteen, and adopted into the tribe,
William Wells (1770–1812) moved between two cultures all his life but was
comfortable in neither. Vilified by some historians for his divided loyalties, he
remains relatively unknown even though he is worthy of comparison with such
famous frontiersmen as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett.
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Connecticut Unscathed Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675–1676
By Jason W. Warren
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4475-7 · 240 Pages
The conflict that historians have called King Philip’s War still ranks as one of
the bloodiest per capita in American history. But because Connecticut lacked
a chronicler, its experience has gone largely untold. As Jason Warren makes
clear in Connecticut Unscathed , this imbalance has generated an incomplete
narrative of the war.
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Defender of Canada
Sir George Prevost and the War of 1812By John R. Grodzinski
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4387-3 · 360 Pages
Defender of Canada, the first book-length examination of Prevost’s career,
offers a reinterpretation of the general’s military leadership in the War of
1812. Historian John R. Grodzinski shows that Prevost deserves far greater
credit for the successful defense of Canada than he has heretofore received.
George Rogers Clark“I Glory in War”
By William R. Nester
$39.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4294-4 · 384 Pages
George Rogers Clark led four victorious campaigns against the Indians and
British during the American Revolution. Although historians have ranked
him among the greatest rebel commanders, Clark’s name is all but forgotten
today. William R. Nester resurrects the story of Clark’s triumphs and his
downfall in this, the first full biography of the man in more than fifty years.
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A Perfect Gibraltar The Battle for Monterrey, Mexico, 1846
By Christopher D. Dishman
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4140-4 · 344 Pages
For three days in the fall of 1846, U.S. and Mexican soldiers fought fiercely in
the picturesque city of Monterrey, turning the northern Mexican town, known
for its towering mountains and luxurious gardens, into one of the nineteenth
century’s most gruesome battlefields. Led by Brigadier General Zachary
Taylor, graduates of the new U.S. Military Academy encountered a city almost
perfectly protected by mountains, a river, and a vast plain. Monterrey’s idealdefensive position inspired more than one U.S. soldier to call the city “a
perfect Gibraltar.”
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At Sword’s Point, Part 1A Documentary History of the Utah War to 1858
By William P. MacKinnon
$45.00s Cloth • 978-0-87062-353-0 • 544 Pages
The Utah War of 1857–58, the unprecedented armed confrontation betweenMormon Utah Territory and the U.S. government, was the most extensive
American military action between the Mexican and Civil wars. At Sword’s Point
presents in two volumes the first in-depth narrative and documentary history
of that extraordinary conflict.
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The Far Reaches of Empire War in Nova Scotia, 1710–1760
By John Grenier
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-3876-3 · 288 Pages
The Far Reaches of Empire chronicles the half century of Anglo-American efforts to
establish dominion in Nova Scotia, an important French foothold in the New
World. John Grenier examines the conflict of cultures and peoples in the colonial
Northeast through the lens of military history as he tells how Britons and Yankees
waged a tremendously efficient counterinsurgency that ultimately crushed every
remnant of Acadian, Indian, and French resistance in Nova Scotia.
American Civil War toTurn of the Century➢CAMPAIGNS AND COMMANDERS
Kill Jeff Davis The Union Raid on Richmond, 1864
By Bruce M. Venter
$29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-5153-3 · 384 Pages
The ostensible goal of the controversial Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid on
Richmond was to free some 13,000 Union prisoners of war held in the
Confederate capital. But orders found on the dead body of the raid’s
subordinate commander, Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, point instead to a plot
to capture or kill Confederate president Jefferson Davis and set Richmond
ablaze. Kill Jeff Davis offers a fresh look at the failed raid and mines newly
discovered documents and little-known sources to provide definitive answers.
Fort Bascom
Soldiers, Comancheros, and Indians in the Canadian River Valley By James Bailey Blackshear
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5209-7 · 272 Pages
In Fort Bascom, James Bailey Blackshear presents the definitive history of this
critical outpost in the American Southwest, along with a detailed view of army
life on the late-nineteenth-century western frontier. Blackshear shows the
difficulties of maintaining a post in a harsh environment where scarce water
and forage, long supply lines, poorly constructed facilities, and monotonous
duty tested soldiers’ endurance.
Photographing Custer’s Battlefield The Images of Kenneth F. Roahen
By Sandy Barnard
$39.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5159-5 · 280 Pages
In Photographing Custer’s Battlefield , Sandy Barnard, an expert on Custer and the
Little Big Horn, presents the work of the site’s most dedicated photographer,
U.S. Fish and Game agent Kenneth F. Roahen (1888–1976), revealing further
mysteries of the battlefield and showing how it has changed.
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The Civil War Years in Utah The Kingdom of God and the Territory That Did Not Fight
By John Gary Maxwell
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4911-0 · 488 Pages
While the Civil War spread death, tragedy, and sorrow across the continent, Utah Territory remained virtually untouched. Although the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints—and its faithful—proudly praise the service of an 1862 Mormon
cavalry company during the Civil War, Maxwell’s research exposes the relatively
inconsequential contribution of these Nauvoo Legion soldiers.
Lone Star Unionism, Dissent, and ResistanceOther Sides of Civil War Texas
Edited by Jesús F. de la Teja
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5182-3 · 296 Pages
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-5183-0 · 296 Pages
Concluding with an account of the origins of Juneteenth—the nationally
celebrated holiday marking June 19, 1865, when emancipation was
announced in Texas—Lone Star Unionism, Dissent, and Resistance challenges
the collective historical memory of Civil War Texas and its place in both the
Confederacy and the United States. It provides material for a fresh narrative,
one including people on the margins of history and dispelling the myth of a
monolithically Confederate Texas.
Blood on the Marias The Baker MassacreBy Paul R. Wylie
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5157-1 · 336 Pages
While other scholars have written about the Baker Massacre in related
contexts, Blood on the Marias gives this infamous event the definitive treatment
it deserves. Baker’s inept command lit the spark of violence, but decades of
tension between Piegans and whites set the stage for a brutal and too-often-
forgotten incident.
Through Indian Sign Language The Fort Sill Ledgers of Hugh Lenox Scott and Iseeo, 1889–1897
Edited by William C. Meadows
$55.00s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4727-7 · 520 Pages
The Scott ledgers contain an array of historical, linguistic, and ethnographic
data—a wealth of primary-source material on Southern Plains Indian people.
Meadows describes Plains Indian Sign Language, its origins and history, and
its significance to anthropologists. He also sketches the lives of Scott and
Iseeo, explaining how they met, how Scott learned the language, and how
their working relationship developed and served them both.
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Californio Lancers The 1st Battalion of Native Cavalry in the Far West, 1863–1866
By Tom Prezelski
$32.95s Cloth · 978-0-87062-436-0 · 248 Pages
Although some ten thousand Spanish-surnamed Americans served during
the Civil War, their support of the Union is almost unknown in the popular
imagination. Californio Lancers contributes to our understanding of theCivil War in the Far West and how it transformed the Mexican-American
community.
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Health of the Seventh CavalryA Medical History
Edited by P. Willey and Douglas D. Scott
$32.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4839-7 · 480 Pages
In Health of the Seventh Cavalry , editors P. Willey and Douglas D. Scott and theirco-contributors—experts in history, medicine, human biology, epidemiology,
and human osteology—examine the Seventh’s medical records to determine the
health of the nineteenth-century U.S. Army, and the prevalence and treatment
of the numerous conditions that plagued soldiers during the Indian Wars.
The Gray Fox George Crook and the Indian Wars
By Paul Magid
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4706-2 · 480 Pages
As Paul Magid portrays Crook in this highly readable second volume of a
projected three-volume biography, the general was an innovative and eccentric
soldier, with a complex and often contradictory personality, whose activities
often generated intense controversy. Though known for his uncompromising
ferocity in battle, he nevertheless respected his enemy and grew to know them.
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Before Custer Surveying the Yellowstone, 1872
By M. John Lubetkin$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-87062-431-5 · 328 Pages
The firsthand accounts compiled here by M. John Lubetkin document the
survey’s three-month struggle with the Lakotas and other Plains Indian
people. Before Custer: Surveying the Yellowstone, 1872 tells of a little-known but
crucial episode in the history of westward expansion and Native peoples’
efforts to halt that expansion.
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Custer and the 1873 Yellowstone SurveyA Documentary History
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-87062-422-3 · 320 pages
$125.00s Limited Edition · 978-0-87062-427-8 · 320 pages
Custer and the 1873 Yellowstone Survey examines the expedition told through
documents selected and interpreted by historian M. John Lubetkin.
The U.S. Army was determined to punish the Sioux, and the Northern
Pacific desperately needed to complete its engineering work and resume
construction. The expedition mounted in 1873—larger than all previous
surveys combined—included “embedded” newspaper correspondents and
1,600 infantry and cavalry, the latter led by George Armstrong Custer.
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The Early Morning of War Bull Run, 1861
By Edward G. Longacre
$29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-4498-6 · 648 Pages
This crucial campaign receives its most complete and comprehensive
treatment in Edward G. Longacre’s The Early Morning of War . A magisterial
work by a veteran historian, The Early Morning of War blends narrative and
analysis to convey the full scope of the campaign of First Bull Run—its
drama and suspense as well as its practical and tactical underpinnings and
ramifications.
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Soldiers in the Army of Freedom The 1st Kansas Colored, the Civil War’s First African American Combat Unit
By Ian Michael Spurgeon
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4618-8 · 400 Pages
Soldiers in the Army of Freedom is the first published account of this largely
forgotten regiment and, in particular, its contribution to Union victory in the
trans-Mississippi theater of the Civil War. As such, it restores the First Kansas
Colored Infantry to its rightful place in American history.
A Corporal’s Story Civil War Recollections of the Twelfth Massachusetts
By George Kimball
Edited by Alan D. Gaff and Donald H. Gaff
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4480-1 · 368 Pages
When George Kimball (1840–1916) joined the Twelfth Massachusetts in
1861, he’d been in the newspaper trade for five years. When he mustered
out three years later, having been wounded at Fredericksburg and again at
Gettysburg (mortally, it was mistakenly assumed at the time), he returned
to newspaper life. Collected in A Corporal’s Story , Kimball’s writings form a
unique narrative of one man’s experience in the Civil War, viewed through a
perspective enhanced by time and reflection.
American Carnage Wounded Knee, 1890
By Jerome A. Greene
$34.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-4448-1 · 648 Pages
In this gripping tale, Jerome A. Greene—renowned specialist on the Indian
wars—explores why the bloody engagement happened and demonstrates
how it became a brutal massacre. Drawing on a wealth of sources, including
previously unknown testimonies, Greene examines the events from both
Native and non-Native perspectives, explaining the significance of treaties,
white settlement, political disputes, and the Ghost Dance as influentialfactors in what eventually took place.
The River Was Dyed with BloodNathan Bedford Forrest and Fort Pillow
By Brian Steel Wills
$29.95 Cloth • 978-0-8061-4453-5 · 288 Pages
In The River Was Dyed with Blood , best-selling Forrest biographer Brian Steel
Wills argues that although atrocities did occur after the fall of the fort,
Forrest did not order or intend a systematic execution of its defenders.
Rather, the general’s great failing was losing control of his troops. The battle-scarred fighter with his homespun aphorisms was neither an infallible warrior
nor a heartless butcher, but a product of his time and his heritage.
Battles and Massacres on the Southwestern Frontier Historical and Archaeological Perspectives
By Ronald K. Wetherington and Frances Levine
$24.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4440-5 · 260 Pages
This unique study centers on four critical engagements between Anglo-
Americans and American Indians on the southwestern frontier: the Battleof Cieneguilla (1854), the Battle of Adobe Walls (1864), the Sand Creek
Massacre (1864), and the Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857). Editors
Ronald K. Wetherington and Frances Levine juxtapose historical and
archaeological perspectives on each event to untangle the ambiguity and
controversy that surround both historical and more contemporary accounts
of each of these violent outbreaks.
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Shooting Arrows and Slinging MudCuster, the Press, and the Little Bighorn
By James E. Mueller
$29.95s Cloth • 978-0-8061-4398-0 · 272 Pages
In Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud , James E. Mueller draws on exhaustiveresearch of period newspapers to explore press coverage of the famous battle.
As he analyzes a wide range of accounts—some grim, some circumspect, some
even laced with humor—Mueller offers a unique take on the dramatic events
that so shook the American public.
Los Angeles in Civil War Days, 1860–1865By John W. Robinson
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4312-5 · 204 Pages
Most accounts of California’s role in the Civil War focus on the northern part
of the state, San Francisco in particular. In Los Angeles in Civil War Days, John
W. Robinson looks to the southern half and offers an enlightening sketch of
Los Angeles and its people, politics, and economic trends from 1860 to 1865.
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Custer, the Seventh Cavalry, and the Little Big HornA Bibliography
By Michael O’Keefe
$125.00s Cloth · 978-0-87062-404-9 · 720 Pages
Since the shocking news first broke in 1876 of the Seventh Cavalry’s disastrous
defeat at the Little Big Horn, fascination with the battle—and with Lieutenant
George Armstrong Custer—has never ceased. Widespread interest in the
subject has spawned a vast outpouring of literature, which only increases
with time. This two-volume bibliography of Custer literature is the first to be
published in some twenty-five years and the most complete ever assembled.
After CusterLoss and Transformation in Sioux Country
By Paul L. Hedren
$24.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4216-2 · 272 Pages
Between 1876 and 1877, the U.S. Army battled Lakota Sioux and Northern
Cheyenne Indians in a series of vicious conflicts known today as the Great
Sioux War. After the defeat of Custer at the Little Big Horn in June 1876, the
army responded to its stunning loss by pouring fresh troops and resources
into the war effort. In this unique contribution to American western history,
Paul L. Hedren examines the war’s effects on the culture, environment, and
geography of the northern Great Plains, their Native inhabitants, and the
Anglo-American invaders.
Violent EncountersInterviews on Western Massacres
By Deborah Lawrence and Jon Lawrence
$24.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4126-8 · 224 Pages
Merciless killing in the nineteenth-century American West, as this unusual
book shows, was not as simple as depicted in dime novels and movie
Westerns. The scholars interviewed here, experts on violence in the West,
embrace a wide range of approaches and perspectives and challenge both
traditional views of western expansion and politically correct ideologies.
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Our Centennial Indian War and the Life of General CusterBy Frances Fuller Victor
Introduction by Jerome A. Greene
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4173-2 · 208 Pages
Published even before the Great Sioux War had ended, Our CentennialIndian War and the Life of General Custer was the first contemporary and
comprehensive account of the successive army operations in 1876 and early
1877. It was a major accomplishment. Victor drew information from a wide
range of sources to explain the lengthy, disjointed struggle between the army
and the Lakota-Cheyenne coalition.
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Red Cloud’s War The Bozeman Trail, 1866–1868
By John D. McDermott
$75.00s Cloth • 978-0-87062-376-9 • 704 Pages
On a cold December day in 1866, Captain William J. Fetterman disobeyed
orders and spurred his men across Lodge Trail Ridge in pursuit of a group
of retreating Lakota Sioux, Arapahos, and Cheyennes. He saw a perfect
opportunity to punish the tribes for harassing travelers on the Bozeman
Trail and attacking wood trains sent out from nearby Fort Phil Kearny. In a
sudden turn of events, his command was, within moments, annihilated. John
D. McDermott’s spellbinding narrative offers a cautionary tale of hubris and
miscalculation.
War Party in BluePawnee Scouts in the U.S. Army
By Mark van de Logt
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4139-8 · 368 Pages
In War Party in Blue, Mark van de Logt tells the story of the Pawnee scouts
from their perspective, detailing the battles in which they served and
recounting hitherto neglected episodes.
Beyond Bear’s Paw The Nez Perce Indians in Canada
By Jerome A. Greene
$24.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-4068-1 · 264 Pages
Beyond Bear’s Paw is the first book to explore the fate of these “nontreaty” Nez
Perce Indians. Drawing on hitherto unexplored Canadian and U.S. sources,
including reminiscences of Nez Perce participants, Jerome A. Greene presents
an epic story of human endurance under duress.
Jayhawkers The Civil War Brigade of James Henry Lane
By Bryce Benedict
$32.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-3999-9 · 352 Pages
Bringing to life an era of guerillas, bushwhackers, and slave stealers, Jayhawkers
also describes how Lane’s brigade was organized and equipped and provides
details regarding staff and casualties. Assessing the extent to which the
jayhawkers followed accepted rules of warfare, Benedict argues that Lane set
a precedent for the Union Army’s eventual adoption of “hard” tactics toward
civilians.
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Class and Race in the Frontier ArmyMilitary Life in the West, 1870–1890
By Kevin Adams
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-3981-4 · 296 Pages
Treating the army as a laboratory to better understand American society inthe Gilded Age, Adams suggests that military attitudes mirrored civilian life
in that era—with enlisted men, especially, illustrating the emerging class-
consciousness among the working poor. Class and Race in the Frontier Army
offers fresh insight into the interplay of class, race, and ethnicity in late-
nineteenth-century America.
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Fort LaramieMilitary Bastion of the High Plains
By Douglas C. McChristian
$45.00s Cloth · 978-0-87062-360-8 · 448 Pages
Douglas C. McChristian has written the first complete history of Fort Laramie,
chronicling every critical stage in its existence, including its addition to
the National Park System. He draws on an extraordinary array of archival
materials–including those at Fort Laramie National Historic Site–to present
new data about the fort and new interpretations of historical events.
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Powder River OdysseyNelson Cole’s Western Campaign of 1865
The Journals of Lyman G. Bennett and Other Eyewitness Accounts
By David E. Wagner
$39.95s Cloth · 978-0-87062-359-2 · 288 Pages
David E. Wagner’s Powder River Odyssey: Nelson Cole’s Western Campaign of 1865
tells the story of a largely forgotten campaign at the pivotal moment when the
Civil War ended and the Indian wars captured national attention.
The Fall of a Black Army OfficerRacism and the Myth of Henry O. Flipper
By Charles M. Robinson III
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-3521-2 · 216 Pages
The Fall of a Black Army Officer boldly moves the arguments regarding racism—
in both Lt. Flipper’s case and the frontier army in general—beyond political
correctness. Solidly grounded in archival research, it is a thorough and
provocative reassessment of the Flipper affair, at last revealing the truth.
Stricken Field The Little Bighorn since 1876
By Jerome A. Greene
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-3791-9 · 384 Pages
Stricken Field is a cautionary tale. Greene elucidates the conflict between
the Park Service’s dual mission to provide public access while preserving
the integrity of a historical resource. He also traces the complex events
surrounding the site, including Indian protests in the 1970s and 1980s
that ultimately contributed to the 2003 dedication of a monument finally
recognizing the Lakotas, Northern Cheyennes, and other American Indians
who fought there.
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Uniforms, Arms, and Equipment , 2 volume set The U.S. Army on the Western Frontier 1880–1892
By Douglas C. McChristian
$50.00s Cloth · 978-0-8061-9961-0 · 664 Pages
Building on the success of his best-selling The U.S. Army in the West, 1870–1880: Uniforms, Arms, and Equipment , Douglas C. McChristian here presents
a two-volume comprehensive account of the evolution of military arms
and equipment during the years 1880–1892. The volumes are set against
the backdrop of the final decade of the Indian campaigns—a key period of
transition in United States military history.
Twentieth CenturySomewhere Over There The Letters, Diary, and Artwork of a World War I Corporal
By Francis H. Webster
Edited by Darrek D. Orwig
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5172-4 · 296 Pages
Using his skills as an illustrator, Webster documented firsthand the harsh
realities of combat life and regularly submitted visual dispatches of his
experiences back to an Iowa newspaper. The first published collection of
Webster’s wartime chronicles, Somewhere Over There presents a unique view
of World War I through a rare compilation of letters, diary entries, cartoons,sketches, and watercolors.
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Rediscovering Irregular WarfareColin Gubbins and the Origins of Britain’s Special Operations Executive
By A. R. B. Linderman
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5167-0 · 288 Pages
The history of the SOE’s doctrinal origins is Colin Gubbins’s story. By
telling that story, Rediscovering Irregular Warfare amplifies and clarifies ourunderstanding of the Second World War—and of doctrines of unconventional
warfare in the twentieth century.
In Love and War The World War II Courtship Letters of a Nisei Couple
By Melody M. Miyamoto Walters
$19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-4820-5 · 296 Pages
In Love and War recounts the wartime experiences of author Melody
M. Miyamoto Walters’s grandparents, two second-generation JapaneseAmericans, or Nisei, living in Hawaii. Their love story, narrated in letters
they wrote each other from July 1941 to June 1943, offers a unique view of
Hawaiian Nisei and the social and cultural history of territorial Hawaii during
World War II.
Brummett EchohawkPawnee Thunderbird and Artist
By Kristin M. Youngbull
$24.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4826-7 · 224 Pages
A true American hero who earned a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and aCongressional Gold Medal, Brummett Echohawk was also a Pawnee on
the European battlefields of World War II. This first book-length biography
depicts Echohawk as a soldier, painter, writer, humorist, and actor
profoundly shaped by his Pawnee heritage and a man who refused to be
pigeonholed as an “Indian artist.”
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Moroni and the SwastikaMormons in Nazi Germany
By David Conley Nelson
$24.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-4668-3 · 432 Pages
A page-turning historical narrative, this book is the first full account of howMormons avoided Nazi persecution through skilled collaboration with Hitler’s
regime, and then eschewed postwar shame by constructing an alternative
history of wartime suffering and resistance.
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The Last Cavalryman The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.
By Harvey Ferguson
$29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-4664-5 · 448 Pages
In this biography of Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., author Harvey Ferguson tells the
story of how Truscott—despite his hardscrabble beginnings, patchy education,
and questionable luck—not only made the rank of army lieutenant general,
earning a reputation as one of World War II’s most effective officers along
the way, but was also given an honorary promotion to four-star general seven
years after his retirement.
The Great Call-Up The Guard, the Border, and the Mexican Revolution
By Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler $39.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4645-4 · 576 Pages
On June 18, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson called up virtually the entire
army National Guard, some 150,000 men, to meet an armed threat to the
United States: border raids covertly sponsored by a Mexican government in
the throes of revolution. The Great Call-Up tells for the first time the complete
story of this unprecedented deployment.
The Second Pearl Harbor The West Loch Disaster, May 21, 1944
By Gene Salecker
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4476-4 · 296 Pages
Military historian Gene Salecker recounts the events and conditions leading
up to the explosion, then re-creates the drama directly afterward: men
swimming through flaming oil, small craft desperately trying to rescue the
injured, and subsequent explosions throwing flaming debris everywhere. With
meticulous attention to detail the author explains why he and other historians
believe that the official explanation for the cause of the explosion, that a
mortar shell was accidentally detonated, is wrong.
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Special Operations in World War IIBritish and American Irregular Warfare
By Andrew L. Hargreaves
$36.95s Cloth • 978-0-8061-4396-5 · 352 Pages
In this book, Andrew L. Hargreaves not only describes tactics and operations
but also outlines the distinctions between commandos and special forces,
traces their evolution during the war, explains how the Anglo-American
alliance functioned in the creation and use of these units, looks at theircommand and control arrangements, evaluates their impact, and assesses
their cost-effectiveness.
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Under the EagleSamuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker
By Samuel Holiday and Robert S. McPherson
$19.95 Paper • 978-0-8061-4389-7 · 288 Pages
Samuel Holiday was one of a small group of Navajo men enlisted by theMarine Corps during World War II to use their native language to transmit
secret communications on the battlefield. Based on extensive interviews with
Robert S. McPherson, Under the Eagle is Holiday’s vivid account of his own
story. It is the only book-length oral history of a Navajo code talker in which
the narrator relates his experiences in his own voice and words.
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Going for Broke Japanese American Soldiers in the War against Nazi Germany
By James M. McCaffrey
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4337-8 · 408 Pages
In Going for Broke, historian James M. McCaffrey traces the experiences of
Japanese American soldiers in World War II, from training to some of the
deadliest combat in Europe. McCaffrey’s account makes clear that like other
American soldiers in World War II, the second generation Japanese Americans
relied on their personal determination, social values, and training to “go for
broke”—to bet everything, even their lives.
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A Military History of the Cold War, 1944–1962By Jonathan M. House
$45.00s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4262-3 · 560 Pages
The Cold War did not culminate in World War III as so many in the 1950s
and 1960s feared, yet it spawned a host of military engagements that affected
millions of lives. This book is the first comprehensive, multinational overview
of military affairs during the early Cold War, beginning with conflicts during
World War II in Warsaw, Athens, and Saigon and ending with the Cuban
Missile Crisis.
The Complexity of Modern Asymmetric WarfareBy Max G. Manwaring
$45.00s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4265-4 · 224 Pages
Manwaring’s multidimensional paradigm offers military and civilian leaders
a much needed blueprint for achieving strategic victories and ensuring global
security now and in the future. It combines military and police efforts with
politics, diplomacy, economics, psychology, and ethics. The challenge he
presents to civilian and military leaders is to take probable enemy perspectives
into consideration, and turn resultant conceptions into strategic victories.
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Into the Breach at Pusan The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in the Korean War
By Kenneth W. Estes
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4254-8 · 216 Pages
In the opening campaign of the Korean War, the First Provisional Marine
Brigade participated in a massive effort by United States and South Korean
forces in 1950 to turn back the North Korean invasion of the Republic of
Korea. The brigade’s actions loom large in marine lore. Historian and retired
marine Kenneth W. Estes undertakes a fresh investigation of the marines’ and
Eighth Army’s fight for Pusan.
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After My LaiMy Year Commanding First Platoon, Charlie Company
By Gary W. Bray
$16.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-4045-2 · 184 Pages
In the fall of 1969, Gary Bray landed in South Vietnam as a recently married,freshly minted second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. His assignment was not
enviable: leading the platoon whose former members had committed the
My Lai massacre—the murder of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians—eighteen
months earlier. In this compelling memoir, he shares his experiences of
Vietnam in the direct wake of that terrible event.
Hero Street, U.S.A. The Story of Little Mexico’s Fallen Soldiers
By Marc Wilson
$19.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-4012-4 · 224 Pages
Second Street in Silvis, Illinois, was a poor neighborhood during the Great
Depression that had become home to Mexicans fleeing revolution in their
homeland. In 1971 it was officially renamed “Hero Street” to commemorate
its claim to the highest per-capita casualty rate from any neighborhood during
World War II. Marc Wilson now tells the story of this community and the
young men it sent to fight for their adopted country.
On the Western Front with the Rainbow DivisionA World War I Diary
By Vernon E. Kniptash
Edited by E. Bruce Geelhoed
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-4032-2 · 256 Pages
With clarity and compelling detail, Kniptash describes the experiences of an
ordinary soldier thrust into the most violent conflict the world had seen. He
tells of his enthusiasm upon enlistment and of the horrors of combat that
followed, as well as the drudgery of daily routine. He renders unforgettable
profiles of his fellow soldiers and commanders, and manages despite the
strains of warfare to leaven his writing with humor.
Finding a Fallen Hero The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner
By Bob Korkuc
$29.95 Cloth · 978-0-8061-3892-3 · 272 Pages
Finding a Fallen Hero is a compelling story that blends a wartime drama with
a primer on specialized research. Author Bob Korkuc initially set out to
learn how his Uncle Tony came to rest at Arlington. In the process, he also
unraveled the mystery of what occurred over the skies of Germany half a
century ago.
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Volunteers on the VeldBritain’s Citizen-Soldiers and the South African War, 1899–1902
By Stephen M. Miller
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-3864-0 · 248 Pages
When the Second Boer War erupted in South Africa in 1899, Great Britain
was confident that victory would come quickly and decisively. Instead, the war
lasted for three grueling years. This book spotlights Britain’s “citizen army” toshow who these volunteers were, why they enlisted, how they were trained—
and how they quickly became disillusioned when they found themselves
committed not to the supposed glories of conventional battle but instead to a
prolonged guerrilla war.
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New in PaperbackOf Uncommon Birth
Dakota Sons in VietnamBy Mark St. Pierre
$19.95s Paper · 9780806153452 · 320 Pages
A work of creative nonfiction inspired by the true story of two South
Dakota teenagers, Mark St. Pierre’s Of Uncommon Birth draws upon extensive
interviews and exhaustive research in military archives to present a harrowing
story of two young men—one white, one Indian—caught in the vortex of the
Vietnam War.
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Borrowed SoldiersAmericans under British Command, 1918
By Mitchell A. Yockelson
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-5349-0 · 332 Pages
The combined British Expeditionary Force and American II Corps successfully
pierced the Hindenburg Line during the Hundred Days Campaign of World
War I, an offensive that hastened the war’s end. Yet despite the importance of
this effort, the training and operation of II Corps has received scant attention
from historians. Mitchell A. Yockelson delivers a comprehensive study of the
first time American and British soldiers who fought together as a coalitionforce more than twenty years before D-Day.
From POW to Blue Angel The Story of Commander Dusty Rhodes
By Jim Armstrong
$19.95s Paper · 9780806153421 · 320 Pages
As only the third fighter pilot to become leader of the Blue Angels, Raleigh
E. “Dusty” Rhodes helped develop the most famous aerobatics team ever
formed. From POW to Blue Angel tells his story—a fast-paced drama teemingwith action and human interest and capturing the initiative and tenacity of a
true American hero.
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Napoleon in Italy The Sieges of Mantua, 1796–1799
By Phillip R. Cuccia
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-5184-7 · 328 Pages
In Napoleon in Italy , Phillip R. Cuccia brings to light two understudied
aspects of these trying periods in Mantua’s history: siege warfare and the
conditions it created inside the city. Unlike other military histories of the era,
Napoleon in Italy brings to light the words of soldiers, leaders, and citizens
who experienced the sieges firsthand. Cuccia also shows how the sieges had
consequences long after they were over.
The French and Indian War andthe Conquest of New FranceBy William R. Nester
$29.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-5189-2 · 400 PagesIn The French and Indian War and the Conquest of New France, the only
comprehensive account from the French perspective, William R. Nester
explains how and why the French were defeated. He explores the fascinating
personalities and epic events that shaped French diplomacy, strategy, and
tactics and determined North America’s destiny.
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Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road from Sand CreekBy Louis Kraft
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-5188-5 · 336 Pages
When Edward W. Wynkoop arrived in Colorado Territory during the 1858
gold rush, he was one of many ambitious newcomers seeking wealth in apromising land mostly inhabited by American Indians. After he worked as
a miner, sheriff, bartender, and land speculator, Wynkoop’s life drastically
changed after he joined the First Colorado Volunteers to fight for the Union
during the Civil War.
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All for the King’s Shilling The British Soldier under Wellington, 1808–1814
By Edward J. Coss
$24.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-5177-9 · 392 Pages
The British troops have long been branded by the Duke of Wellington’s own
words—“scum of the earth”—and assumed to have been society’s ne’er-do-
wells or criminals who enlisted to escape justice. Now Edward J. Coss shows
to the contrary that most of these redcoats were respectable laborers and
tradesmen and that it was mainly their working-class status that prompted
the duke’s derision.
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Three Days in the ShenandoahStonewall Jackson at Front Royal and Winchester
By Gary Ecelbarger
$21.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-5186-1 · 288 Pages
The battles of Front Royal and Winchester are the stuff of Civil War legend.
Stonewall Jackson swept away an isolated Union division under the command
of Nathaniel Banks and made his presence in the northern Shenandoah Valley
so frightful a prospect that it triggered an overreaction from President Lincoln,
yielding huge benefits for the Confederacy. Gary Ecelbarger has undertaken a
comprehensive reassessment of those battles to show their influence on bothwar strategy and the continuation of the conflict.
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Climax at Gallipoli The Failure of the August Offensive
By Rhys Crawley
$24.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-5206-6 · 376 Pages
Climax at Gallipoli examines the performance of the Allies’ Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force from the beginning of the Gallipoli Campaign to thebitter end. Crawley reminds us that in 1915, the second year of the war, the
Allies were still trying to adapt to a new form of warfare, with static defense
replacing the maneuver and offensive strategies of earlier British doctrine.
Bracketing the EnemyForward Observers in World War II
By John R. Walker
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4843-4 · 300 Pages
After the end of World War II, General George Patton declared that artillery had
won the war. Yet howitzers did not achieve victory on their own. Crucial to the
success of these big guns were forward observers, artillerymen on the front lines
who directed the artillery fire. In Bracketing the Enemy, John R. Walker offers the
first full-length history of forward observer teams during World War II.
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A Polish Doctor in the Nazi CampsMy Mother’s Memories of Imprisonment, Immigration, and a Life Remade
By Barbara Rylko-Bauer
$19.95 Paper · 9780806151915 · 416 Pages
Jadwiga Lenartowicz Rylko, was a young Polish Catholic physician in Lódz atthe start of World War II. Suspected of resistance activities, she was arrested in
January 1944. For the next fifteen months, she endured three Nazi concentration
camps and a forty-two-day death march, spending part of this time working as
a prisoner-doctor to Jewish slave laborers. A Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps follows
Jadzia from her childhood and medical training, through her wartime experiences,
to her struggles to create a new life in the postwar world.
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All Canada in the Hands of the BritishGeneral Jeffery Amherst and the 1760 Campaign to Conquer New France
By Douglas R. Cubbison
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4849-6 · 304 Pages
Using archival materials, archaeological evidence, and the firsthand accounts
of junior provincial soldiers, Cubbison takes us from the eighteenth-century
antagonisms between the British and French in the New World through the
Seven Years’ War, to the final siege and its historic significance for colonial
Canada. In one of the most decisive victories of the Seven Years’ War, Amherst
was able, after a mere four weeks, to claim all of Canada.
Invasion of Laos, 1971Lam Son 719
By Robert D. Sander
$19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-4840-3 · 304 Pages
Sander chronicles not only the planning and execution of the operation but also the
maneuvers of the bastions of political and military power during the ten-year effort
to end Communist infiltration of South Vietnam, leading up to Lam Son 719. The
result is a picture from disparate perspectives: the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon
administrations; the South Vietnamese government led by President Nguyen Van Thieu; and senior U.S. military commanders and army aviators.
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A Generous and Merciful EnemyLife for German Prisoners of War during the American Revolution
By Daniel Krebs
$24.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4844-1 · 396 Pages
Some 37,000 soldiers from six German principalities entered service as British
auxiliaries in the American War of Independence. Drawing on research in
German military records and common soldiers’ letters and diaries, Daniel Krebs
places the prisoners on center stage in A Generous and Merciful Enemy , portraying
them as individuals rather than simply as numbers in casualty lists.
Uncovering HistoryArchaeological Investigations at the Little Bighorn
By Douglas D. Scott
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4662-1 · 264 pages
Almost as soon as the last shot was fired in the Battle of the Little Bighorn,
the battlefield became an archaeological site. For many years afterward, asfascination with the famed 1876 fight intensified, visitors to the area scavenged
the many relics left behind. It took decades, however, before researchers began
to tease information from the battle’s debris—and the new field of battlefield
archaeology began to emerge. In Uncovering History , renowned archaeologist
Douglas D. Scott offers a comprehensive account of investigations at the Little
Bighorn, from the earliest collecting efforts to early-twentieth-century findings.
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Terrible JusticeSioux Chiefs and U.S. Soldiers on the Upper Missouri, 1854–1868
By Doreen Chaky
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4652-2 · 408 Pages
Terrible Justice explores not only relations between the Sioux and theiropponents but also the discord among Sioux bands themselves. Moving
beyond earlier historians’ focus on the Brulé and Oglala bands, Chaky
examines how the northern, southern, and Minnesota Sioux bands all became
involved in and were affected by the U.S. invasion.
Columns of VengeanceSoldiers, Sioux, and the Punitive Expeditions, 1863–1864
By Paul N. Beck
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4596-9· 328 Pages
In summer 1862, Minnesotans found themselves fighting interconnected
wars—the first against the rebellious Southern states, and the second an
internal war against the Sioux. While the Civil War was more important to
the future of the United States, the Dakota War of 1862 proved far more
destructive to the people of Minnesota—both whites and American Indians. In
Columns of Vengeance, historian Paul N. Beck offers a reappraisal of the Punitive
Expeditions of 1863 and 1864, the U.S. Army’s response to the Dakota War
of 1862.
Dragoons in ApachelandConquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846–1861By William S. Kiser
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4650-8 · 376 pages
In the fifteen years prior to the American Civil War, the U.S. Army established
a presence in the Apache Indian homeland of southern New Mexico. The
Apaches presented an obstacle to be overcome in making the region safe
for Anglo settlers. In Dragoons in Apacheland , Kiser recounts the conflicts that
ensued and examines how both Apache warriors and American troops shaped
the future of the Southwest Borderlands.
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No Turning Point The Saratoga Campaign in Perspective
By Theodore Corbett
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4661-3 · 448 Pages
Setting the Battle of Saratoga in its social and political context, Theodore
Corbett examines Saratoga and its aftermath as part of ongoing conflicts
among the settlers of the Hudson and Champlain valleys of New York,
Canada, and Vermont. This long, more local view reveals that the Americanvictory actually resolved very little.
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Victory at Peleliu The 81st Infantry Division’s Pacific Campaign
By Bobby C. Blair and John P. DeCioccio
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4680-5 · 320 Pages
When the 1st Marine Division began its invasion of Peleliu in September 1944,
the operation in the South Pacific was to take but four days. In fact, capturingthis small coral island in the Palaus with its strategic airstrip took two months
and involved some of the bloodiest fighting of the Second World War in the
Pacific. Now Bobby C. Blair and John Peter DeCioccio tell the story of this
campaign through the eyes of the 81st Infantry to offer a revised assessment.
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The War of 1812 in the Age of NapoleonBy Jeremy Black
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4458-0 · 304 Pages
The War of 1812 is etched into American memory with the burning of
the Capitol and the White House by British forces and the decisive naval
battle of New Orleans. Now a respected British military historian offers an
international perspective on the conflict to better gauge its significance.
In The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon, Jeremy Black provides a dramatic
account of the war framed within a wider political and economic context
than most American historians have previously considered.
Hancock’s WarConflict on the Southern Plains
By William Y. Chalfant
$26.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4459-7 · 296 pages
This first thorough scholarly history of the ill-conceived expedition
offers an unequivocal evaluation of military strategies and a culturally
sensitive interpretation of Indian motivations and reactions. Chalfant
explores the vastly different ways of life that separated the Cheyennes
and U.S. policymakers, and argues that neither side was willing or able to
understand the needs of the other. He shows how Hancock’s efforts were
counterproductive, brought untold misery to Indians and whites alike, and
led to the wars of 1868.
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Never Come to Peace AgainPontiac’s Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America
By David Dixon
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4462-7 · 376 Pages
Prior to the American Revolution, the Ohio River Valley was a cauldron of
competing interests: Indian, colonial, and imperial. The conflict known as
Pontiac’s Uprising, which lasted from 1763 until 1766, erupted out of thisvolatile atmosphere. Never Come to Peace Again, the first complete account of
Pontiac’s Uprising to appear in nearly fifty years, is a richly detailed account
of the causes, conduct, and consequences of events that proved pivotal in
American colonial history.
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Civil War Arkansas, 1863 The Battle for a State
By Mark K. Christ
$19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-4433-7 · 336 Pages
The Arkansas River Valley is one of the most fertile regions in the South.
During the Civil War, the river also served as a vital artery for moving troops
and supplies. In 1863 the battle to wrest control of the valley was, in effect,
a battle for the state itself. In spite of its importance, however, this campaign
is often overshadowed by the siege of Vicksburg. Now Mark K. Christ offers
the first detailed military assessment of parallel events in Arkansas, describing
their consequences for both Union and Confederate powers.
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Once Upon a Time in War The 99th Division in World War II
By Robert E. Humphrey
$19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-4454-2 · 376 Pages
For the soldier on the front lines of World War II, a lifetime of terror and
suffering could be crammed into a few horrific hours of combat. This was
especially true for members of the 99th Infantry Division who repelled
the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge and engaged in some of the most
dramatic, hard-fought actions of the war. Once Upon a Time in War presents a
stirring view of combat from the perspective of the common soldier.
George CrookFrom the Redwoods to Appomattox
By Paul Magid
$24.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4441-4 · 416 Pages
Renowned for his prominent role in the Apache and Sioux wars, General
George Crook (1828–90) was considered by William Tecumseh Sherman to
be his greatest Indian-fighting general. Although Crook was feared by Indian
opponents on the battlefield, in defeat the tribes found him a true friend and
advocate who earned their trust and friendship when he spoke out in their
defense against political corruption and greed. George Crook offers insight into
the influences that later would make this general both a nemesis of the Indian
tribes and their ardent advocate.
Burgoyne and the Saratoga CampaignHis Papers
By Douglas R. Cubbison
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4461-0 · 400 Pages
In Burgoyne and the Saratoga Campaign, Douglas R. Cubbison presents the papers
that Burgoyne gathered preparatory to his appearance before Parliament,
together with Cubbison’s own interpretive narrative of the campaign, based
on these documents and other sources. The papers, most of them publishedhere for the first time, comprise Burgoyne’s correspondence with the governor
general of Canada, the British secretary of state for America, and the
commander of the British army during the Saratoga expedition.
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The Capture of Louisbourg, 1758By Hugh Boscawen
$26.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4413-9 · 408 Pages
Hugh Boscawen, an experienced soldier and sailor, and a direct descendant
of Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen, who commanded the Royal Navy
fleet at Louisbourg, examines the pivotal 1758 Louisbourg campaign from
both the British and French perspectives. Drawing on myriad primary sources,
including previously unpublished correspondence, Boscawen also answers the
question “What did the soldiers and sailors who fought there do all day?”
Soldiers WestBiographies from the Military Frontier
Edited by Paul Andrew Hutton and Durwood Ball
$24.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4465-8 · 420 PagesSoldiers West views the turbulent history of the West from the perspective of
fifteen senior army officers—including Philip H. Sheridan, George Armstrong
Custer, and Nelson A. Miles—who were assigned to bring order to the
region. This revised edition of Paul Andrew Hutton’s popular work adds five
new biographies, and essays from the first edition have been updated to
incorporate recent scholarship.
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Custer ReaderEdited by Paul Andrew Hutton
$26.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3465-9 · 608 Pages
George Armstrong Custer, America’s most famously unfortunate soldier,
has been the subject of scores of books, but The Custer Reader is unique asa substantial source of classic writings about and by him. Here is Custer as
seen by himself, his contemporaries, and leading scholars. Combining first-
person narratives, essays, and photographs, this book provides a complete
introduction to Custer’s controversial personality and career and the
evolution of the Custer myth.
Phil Sheridan and His ArmyBy Paul A. Hutton
$19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3188-7 · 496 Pages
“Paul Hutton’s study of Phil Sheridan in the West is authoritative, readable, and
an important contribution to the literature of westward expansion. Although
headquartered in Chicago, Sheridan played a crucial role in the opening of
the West. His command stretched from the Missouri to the Rockies and from
Mexico to Canada, and all the Indian Wars of the Great Plains fell under his
direction. Hutton ably narrates and interprets Sheridan’s western career from
the perspective of the top command rather than the battlefield leader. His book
is good history and good reading.”—Robert M. Utley
Deliverance from the Little Big HornDoctor Henry Porter and Custer’s Seventh Cavalry By Joan Nabseth Stevenson
$19.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-4416-0 · 232 Pages
Of the three surgeons who accompanied Custer’s Seventh Cavalry on June 25,
1876, only the youngest, twenty-eight-year-old Henry Porter, survived that
day’s ordeal, riding through a gauntlet of Indian attackers and up the steep
bluffs to Major Marcus Reno’s hilltop position. But the story of Dr. Porter’s
wartime exploits goes far beyond the battle itself. In this compelling narrative
of military endurance and medical ingenuity, Joan Nabseth Stevenson opens a
new window on the Battle of the Little Big Horn by re-creating the desperatestruggle for survival during the fight and in its wake.
Torn by War The Civil War Journal of Mary Adelia Byers
Edited by Samuel R. Phillips
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4395-8 · 248 Pages
The Civil War divided the nation, communities, and families. The town of
Batesville, Arkansas, found itself occupied three times by the Union army. This
compelling book gives a unique perspective on the war’s western edge throughthe diary of Mary Adelia Byers (1847–1918), who began recording her thoughts
and observations during the Union occupation of Batesville in 1862.
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From Boer War to World War Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902–1914
By Spencer Jones
$19.95s Paper · 978-0-8061-4415-3 · 296 Pages
In October 1899, the British went to war against the South African Boerrepublics of Transvaal and Orange Free State, expecting little resistance.
A string of early defeats in the Boer War shook the military’s confidence.
Historian Spencer Jones focuses on this bitter combat experience in From Boer
War to World War , showing how it crucially shaped the British Army’s tactical
development in the years that followed.
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The Campaigns of Sargon II,King of Assyria, 722–705 B.C.By Sarah C. Melville
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5403-9 · 320 Pages
A first-ever military study of Sargon II, the storied
leader of the Assyrians who molded the ancient
world’s most successful military empire to that time.
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GuibertFather of Napoleon’s Grande Armée
By Jonathan Abel
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5443-5 · 320 Pages
Abel examines Guibert’s life and explores how
his martial theories shaped the development of
Napolean’s army, the campaigns they conducted,
and the early successes it enjoyed.
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Hitler’s Ostkrieg and the Indian WarsComparing Genocide and Conquest
By Edward Westermann
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5433-6 · 352 Pages
A comparative examination of Nazi eastward
expansion in World War II and U.S. westward
expansion between 1850 and 1890.
“Hang Them All”George Wright and the Plateau Indian War, 1858
By Donald L. Cutler
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5337-7 · 280 Pages
A narrative history of Col. George Wright’s ruthless
and successful campaign to subdue the Indian
tribes of the Upper Columbia Plateau in 1858.
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Utah War, 1858–1859
By William P. MacKinnon
$45.00s Cloth · 978-0-87062-386-8 · 704 Pages
The second installment of the comprehensive
documentary history of the Utah War, At Sword’s Point .
Out West with Kearny
Expeditions of the 1st U.S. Dragoons, 1833–1848By Will Gorenfeld and John Gorenfeld
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5394-0 · 416 Pages
A narrative history of the First Dragoon Regiment
between 1833 and 1845, intended to show the
contributions made by the First Dragoons and the
impact they had on the overall westward expansion
of the United States.
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Powder RiverDisastrous Opening of the Great Sioux War
Paul L. Hedren
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5383-4 · 384 Pages
A comprehensive account of the Battle of
Powder River, the opening battle of the Great
Sioux War in 1876.
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Road to War The 1871 Yellowstone Surveys
By M. John Lubetkin
$34.95s Cloth · 978-0-87062-429-2 · 312 Pages
A collection of key primary documents that explain
the 1871 Yellowstone River expedition to survey a
route for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Sign Talker
Hugh Lenox Scott Remembers Indian Country By Hugh Lenox Scott
Edited by R. Eli Paul
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5354-4 · 312 Pages
An edited, annotated reproduction of that portion
of Hugh Lennox Scott’s 1928 autobiography, Some
Memories of a Soldier, pertaining to his early career
and service with Indian peoples.
Slaughter at the Chapel The Battle of Ezra Church, 1864
By Gary Ecelbarger
$26.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5499-2 · 272 Pages
A Civil War battle history of a pivotal and bloody
encounter during the 1864 Atlanta campaign.
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Soldiering in the Shadow
of Wounded Knee The 1891 Diary of Private
Hartford G. Clark, Sixth U.S. Cavalry
Edited by Jerome A. Greene
$29.95s Cloth · 978-0-87062-440-7 · 208 Pages
A soldier’s diary that chronicles day-to-day life at
the time of Wounded Knee.
Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums
Horse-Mounted Bands of theU.S. Army, 1820–1940
By Bruce P. Gleason
$32.95s Cloth · 978-0-8061-5479-4 · 296 Pages
A history of horse-mounted military bands and
field musicians from the War of 1812 to WWII.
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