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Decades after the conflict ended, confusion clouds the Vietnam War, from the winner to the politics to global leadership and beyond. This comprehensive, single source of truth is here to set facts straight.
The Vietnam War remains one of American history's most hotly debated military involvements-and more than a half-century later, a profound misunderstanding seems to persist. Author T Starr, a decorated Vietnam veteran who held a Top Secret Crypto clearance, is here to inform the public with a meticulously researched and personally lived reference book on the Vietnam War, They Never Heard the Final Shot: After 50 Years - The Truth About Vietnam.
What first contributed to the confusion and disdain? From the author's perspective, erroneous media reports at the time, plus a political hierarchy that found it hard to commit to a policy, were two main factors contributing to a loathing among the American citizenry for the war-and the U.S. military members who were called to serve in it.
They Never Heard the Final Shot explains the engagement in a comprehensible way for every age group, regardless of military knowledge. The novel is intended as an educational work, but Starr somehow captures every conceivable emotion within its pages. Chock-full of information, sprinkled with accounts of kindness and moments of courage, and punctuated by a true ghost story, They Never Heard the Final Shot is the penultimate book regarding every aspect of the Vietnam War.
Starr sincerely hopes that readers who choose to pick up They Never Heard the Final Shot will gain an in-depth understanding of what transpired in the war and walk in the shoes of a Vietnam veteran. And, contrary to popular belief, the U.S. did not lose the Vietnam War.
From 1914 to 1955 there were at least forty-eight Greek immigrant-owned businesses located in and around downtown Santa Fe. These businesses were mainly restaurants and cafés, but they also included candy shops, pool halls, grocery stores, cigar stores, bars, and a bakery. This book takes you on a walking tour in and around downtown Santa Fe, pointing out the historic locations of these Greek immigrant-owned businesses. This book also provides historical background on the Santa Fe Plaza and on the Greek immigrants and their families, making an important contribution to the history of Santa Fe and to Greek-American studies.
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This introductory text explores the lives of 100 Black women and their unique and meaningful legacies upon the history, society, and culture of the USA.
Today, the names and remarkable achievements of Black women such as Maya Angelou, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, and Oprah Winfrey are well known to many Americans. Yet throughout American history, many lesser-known Black women like them have made invaluable contributions to sports, science, the arts, medicine, politics, and civil rights. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, who published the first newspaper written for and by African American women, championed the cause of women's suffrage. Matilda Sissieretta Jones, whose father was an enslaved person, toured Europe and performed at the White House in front of four different presidents as one of the great sopranos of her generation. Augusta Savage, overcoming racism and sexism, became one of the most celebrated sculptors in history. This book serves as an important reminder that the story of America cannot be told without the Black women who, with strength and determination, have always pushed America forward even when others held them back.
Written by Calvert School's first Head Master, Virgil Hillyer, this history storybook combines charm with facts to stimulate young minds and leave them yearning for more information.
One of the finest history books for children, this well-loved Hillyer classic features stories of world history from prehistoric man through the 20th century, inspiring an appreciation of how events relate to one another.
Beautifully illustrated, A Child's History of the World is a classic. It contains 79 stories that start at the beginning of time and reach to the present.
This book details the classic saga of conflict between labor and management occasioned by the many attempts of the United Mine Workers of America to organize Harlan's miners during the New Deal Era. Harlan County, Kentucky was the last major anti-union bastion in the Appalachian coalfield. The story of the organization of the county's coal mines by the United Mine Workers of America is largely confined to the decade of the 1930's. The most serious union campaigns occurred in 1931-32, after the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933, and following the enactment of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935. Finally, after almost a decade of labor strife, the Federal Government intervened following the Supreme Court decision in the case, N.L.R.B. v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (301 U.S.1), on April 12, 1937 which upheld the National Labor Relations Act. After a year of federal inquiry, culminating in the Mary Helen conspiracy trial at London, Kentucky, Harlan's miners could join the UMWA openly and without fear of recrimination.
Written with both authority and accessibility, A History of War provides a fascinating overview of warfare and how it has shaped our world.
From the Theban Wars of Ancient Greece to the modern wars of Iraq and Afghanistan, this comprehensive account explains the dark but compelling story of warfare. Two factors sit at the heart of this story: technology - including weapons, vehicle systems and vehicles and tactics. A History of War charts the rise of the army, explaining how primitive tribal war parties evolved through seasonal levies and feudal armies to professional standing armies and mass conscription forces, with formal organizational structures. Includes:
Delve into the often-overlooked lives and legacies of everyday women in Tudor and Stuart England.
Owing to their privilege and social stature, much is known about the elite women of 16th- and 17th-century England. Historians know far less, however, about the everyday women from the middle and lower classes from the 1550s to 1650 who left behind only scattered bits and pieces of their lives. Born into a narrow class and gender hierarchy that placed women second to men in almost all regards, women from the poor and middling ranks had limited social and economic opportunities beyond what men and the church afforded them. Yet, as Theresa D. Kemp shows in this addition to the Daily Life through History series, many of these women, most of them illiterate by modern standards, found creative ways to assert agency and push back against social norms. In an era when William Shakespeare debuted his plays at the Globe Theatre in London, everyday English women were active in religious movements, wrote literature, and went to court to protest abuse at home. Ultimately, a close examination of the lives of these women reveals how instrumental they were in shaping English society during a transformative and dynamic period of British history.
