American History
American History
The Battle of Wake Island: The History of the Japanese Invasion Launched in Conjunction with the Attack on Pearl Harbor
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting by soldiers on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents All Americans are familiar with the “day that will live in infamy.” At 9:30...
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The Battle of Yellow Tavern: The History of the Civil War Battle that Ended J.E.B. Stuart's Life
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The Battle of Yellow Tavern: The History of the Civil War Battle that Ended J.E.B. Stuart's Life
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting and wounding of Stuart *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "He told me he never expected to live through the war, and that if we...
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The Battle on the Ice: The History and Legacy of the Slavs' Decisive Victory Against the Teutonic Knights
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“He was taller than others and his voice reached the people as a trumpet, and his face was like the face of Joseph, whom the Egyptian Pharaoh placed as next to the king after...
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The Battleship Potemkin: The History and Legacy of the Famous Mutiny aboard the Russian Ship
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the mutiny*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“The hero is the sailors' battleship, the Odessa crowd, but characteristic figures are snatched here and there from the crowd. For a moment, like a conjuring trick,...
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: President Kennedy's Failed Attempt to Overthrow Fidel Castro
"Openly and unabashedly they are organizing training camps; openly and unabashedly they are building air bases and air strips. Everyone knows who is building the strips and buying planes, that mercenaries are recruiting troops. They even have the cynicism to...
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The Bear River Massacre: The History and Legacy of the U.S. Army's Most Notorious Attack on the Shoshone in the Pacific Northwest
From the Trail of Tears to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without the inclusion of the Native Americans that lived on the continent before European settlers arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries....
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The Beer Hall Putsch: The History and Legacy of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party's Failed Coup Attempt in 1923
"You can see that what motivates us is neither self-conceit or self-interest, but only a burning desire to join the battle in this grave 11th hour for our German Fatherland... One last thing I can tell you. Either the German...
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Before the Bear: The History and Legacy of California Before It Joined the United States
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“As the spring and summer of 1848 advanced, the reports came faster and faster from the gold-mines at Sutter’s saw-mill. Stories reached us of fabulous discoveries, and spread throughout...
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The Belgrade Offensive: The History and Legacy of the Campaign to Liberate Yugoslavia's Capital from the Nazis during World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“The peoples of Yugoslavia do not want Fascism. They do not want a totalitarian regime, they do not want to become slaves of the German and Italian financial oligarchy as they...
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Belle Boyd: The Controversial Life and Legacy of the Civil War's Most Famous Spy
*Includes pictures*Includes Belle's account of her espionage*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“What a jolly thing military surveillance is!” – Belle Boyd"If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I...
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Belén: La Historia y Legado del Lugar de Nacimiento de Jesús
“Pero tú, Belén Efrata, aunque eres pequeña entre las familias de Judá, de ti me saldrá el que ha de ser gobernante en Israel. Y sus orígenes son desde tiempos antiguos, desde los días de la eternidad”. – El Libro...
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Belén y Nazaret: la historia y el legado del lugar de nacimiento y la ciudad natal de Jesucristo
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Belén y Nazaret: la historia y el legado del lugar de nacimiento y la ciudad natal de Jesucristo
“Nathanael le dijo, ‘¿Puede salir algo bueno de Nazaret?’ Felipe le dijo, ‘Ven y verás’” (Juan 1,46)“[Y Él] vino y vivió en una ciudad, Nazaret. Así fue para que se cumpliera lo dicho por los profetas: ‘Será llamado Nazareno’”. (Mateo...
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Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen: The Revolutionary War's Most Controversial Leaders
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe story of Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys is one of those delightful tales that American schoolchildren hear about in school, but it...
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Benito Mussolini: The Life and Legacy of Italy's Fascist Prime Minister
*Includes pictures*Includes quotes and contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.” - MussoliniIt’s easy to forget how young Italy...
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Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller: The Lives and Careers of America's Most Famous Big Band Leaders
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Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller: The Lives and Careers of America's Most Famous Big Band Leaders
When the phrase “the King” is used in the context of American music, most people think of Elvis Presley, but Presley was just a baby when the title was first conferred upon Benny Goodman as the King of Swing in...
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Benny Goodman: The Life and Legacy of the King of Swing
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“After you've done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.” – Benny GoodmanSprightly swing...
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The Berlin Airlift and Berlin Wall: The History and Legacy of the Fight Over the Occupied City during the Cold War
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsIn the wake of World War II, the European continent was devastated, and the conflict left the Soviet Union and the United States as uncontested superpowers. This...
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The Berlin Airlift: The History and Legacy of the First Major Crisis of the Cold War
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the blockade and airlift by Berliners, American officials, and pilots *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Here in Berlin, one cannot help being aware that you are...
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The Berlin Wall: The History and Legacy of the World's Most Notorious Wall
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts written about the construction and fall of the wall by people at the time *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the...
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The Bermuda Triangle: The History and Mysteries of the Devil's Triangle
Most scientists believe that mankind was originally spawned in the salty waters of the seas, and that over millennia creatures managed to evolve into today's primates. If this is so, the oceans have made it abundantly clear that have no...
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Bethlehem & Nazareth: The History and Legacy of Jesus Christ's Birthplace and Hometown
Bethlehem is amongst the oldest cities in the world, one that has been conquered and ruled by Caananites, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, the Mamluks of Egypt, and the Ottomans. In the last century alone, it has been controlled by various...
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Bethlehem: The History and Legacy of the Birthplace of Jesus
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Nativity and Bethlehem's holy sites *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go...
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Betty Grable & Rita Hayworth: The Most Famous Pin-Up Models of World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes their most famous quotes*Includes bibliographies for further reading*Includes a table of contents“There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.” – Betty Grable“I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life...
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Biafra: The History and Legacy of the Secessionist Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War
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Biafra: The History and Legacy of the Secessionist Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War
"[A] cardinal principle of British colonial policy [is] that the interests of a large native population shall not be subject to the will...of a small minority of educated and Europeanized natives." - Lord Frederick Lugard Nigeria was the creation of...
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Biblos: Historia y legado de la más antigua ciudad fenicia
De todos los pueblos del antiguo cercano oriente, los fenicios están entre los más reconocidos, pero quizás también entre los menos comprendidos. Los fenicios nunca construyeron un imperio como los egipcios y los asirios; de hecho, los fenicios nunca crearon...
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Big Ben and the Elizabeth Tower: The History of the Famous English Landmark
*Includes pictures*Includes physical descriptions of the both the tower and bell*Includes online resources for further reading*Includes a table of contentsBig Ben is one of the most recognizable symbols of Britain, and indeed one of the most famous structures in the...
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The Biggest Battles of the Eastern Front During World War II: The Siege of Leningrad, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Kursk,
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the battles by soldiers and generals on both sides*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsWorld War II was fought on a scale unlike anything before or since in human history,...
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The Biggest Battles of the Pacific Theater: The History of the Decisive Campaigns that Led to Victory Over Japan in World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the campaigns*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe waters of the Pacific Ocean – stretching deep blue under the tropical sun, or scourged by typhoons – provided World War II's most far-flung battlefield. Two of the world's...
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The Biggest Civil War Battles of 1863: Stones River, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and the Chattanooga Campaign
*Includes pictures.*Includes accounts of the battles by important generals who fought them.*Includes bibliographies for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.The Civil War was the deadliest conflict in American history, and had the two sides realized it would take 4 years...
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Billie Holiday and Etta James: The Lives and Legacies of the Famous Jazz Singers
*Includes pictures*Includes the artists' quotes about their lives*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsIf Billie Holiday wanted to become a jazz singer, she chose the best of all eras in which to attempt it....
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