Catalog Search Results
Author
Physical Desc
xxi, 582 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A new biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. Historian T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer's legacy has been ignored. He demolishes Custer's historical caricature, revealing a volatile, contradictory, intense person -- capable yet insecure, intelligent yet bigoted, passionate yet self-destructive, a romantic...
Author
Physical Desc
ix, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal played a crucial role in the War on Terror. But when he took the helm in 2004, America was losing that war badly: despite vastly inferior resources and technology, Al Qaeda was outmaneuvering America's most elite warriors. McChrystal came to realize that today's faster, more interdependent world had overwhelmed the conventional, top-down hierarchy of the U.S. military....
Author
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 34 cm
Language
English
Description
This book is a unique biography of George Washington inspired by the maps he used throughout his life--offering new insight into the historic events of his era. From his teens until his death, the maps George Washington drew and purchased were always central to his work as a surveyor, military leader, private citizen, and statesman. After his death, many of the most important maps he had acquired were bound into an atlas. The atlas remained in his...
Author
Physical Desc
xxviii, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The military historian presents a reappraisal of George Washington as a young soldier of destiny whose Revolutionary War leadership came to define the American character.
"From an acclaimed military historian, a bold reappraisal of young George Washington, an ambitious if reckless soldier destined to become the legendary general who took on the British and, through his leadership, defined the American character. How did George Washington become an...
Author
Physical Desc
xiii, 816 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a man tormented by the fear that history would pass him by, who was plagued by personal debts, and who lived much of his life separated from his family. As a soldier,...
Author
Physical Desc
xi, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison's generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson....
Author
Physical Desc
viii, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When General James Mattis took command of the First Division in 2000, he took for their motto a paraphrase of Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla: "No better friend, no worse enemy." In 2003, General James N. Mattis shared a "Message to All Hands," to his soldiers. He shared with them the importance of the mission, the goal to act with honor, and ended with the motto he brought to his division from a paraphrase of Roman general Lucius Cornelius...
Author
Physical Desc
x, 415 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Most Americans familiar with General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing know him as the commander of American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during the latter days of World War I. But Pershing was in his late fifties by then. Pershing's military career began in 1886, with his graduation from West Point and his first assignments in the American West as a horsebound cavalry officer during the final days of Apache resistance in the Southwest, where Arizona...
Author
Physical Desc
xxx, 383 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Draws on a rich trove of both little-known and newly uncovered letters and diaries to create a marvelously vivid and moving account of the American experience in World War I, with General John Pershing featured prominently in the foreground. Andrew Carroll's intimate portrait of General Pershing, who led all of the American troops in Europe during World War I, is a revelation. Given a military force that, on the eve of its entry into the war, was...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the darkest days of the American Revolution, Francis Marion and his band of militia freedom fighters kept hope alive for the patriot cause during the critical British "southern campaign." Employing insurgent guerrilla tactics that became commonplace in later centuries, Marion and his brigade inflicted enemy losses that were individually small but cumulatively a large drain on British resources and morale. Although many will remember the stirring...
Author
Physical Desc
437 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about the possible use of atomic weapons in response to China's...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Portrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia. Well-rounded and realistic, Clouds of Glory analyzes Lee's command during the Civil War and explores his responsibility for the fatal stalemate at Antietam, his defeat at Gettysburg (as well the...
Author
Physical Desc
viii, 502 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Few in history can match the breadth and depth of the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought as one with righteous revolutionaries on both sides of the Atlantic. As an idealistic and courageous teenager serving in the American Revolution, he used his considerable wealth and savvy to help the Americans defeat the British. Then he returned home, and was a principal...
Author
Physical Desc
xv, 937 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Gandhi & Churchill goes beyond the mythologies of the World War II general to illuminate his strengths and weaknesses, placing his career against a backdrop of history while discussing how he shaped his character to meet national needs"--NoveList.
A new, definitive life of the visionary general who led American forces through three wars and foresaw his nation's great geopolitical shift toward the Pacific...
Author
Physical Desc
xvi, 607 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln. In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war," he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates. Henry...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the summer of 1776, Washington's army in Brooklyn and New York City faced one of the largest invading forces ever assembled by the British Empire. After suffering a series of devastating defeats, Washington's vulnerable and dejected troops were forced to evacuate the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Three weeks later, however, near the Canadian border, one of his favorite and most talented generals accomplished a tactical miracle by stalling the...
Author
Physical Desc
130 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the life story of Benedict Arnold, the controversial American general who went from hero to villain when he sold military secrets to the British during the Revolutionary War; and features multiple-choice review questions at the end of each chapter.
Author
Physical Desc
l, 717 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of Edward Lansdale, the CIA operative. Boot chronicles his rise and fall as a proponent of a visionary "hearts and minds" diplomacy in Vietnam who was ultimately overruled by the American military bureaucracy, which favored bombs and troop build-ups over winning the people's trust.
"The legendary Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), a covert operative so roguish that he was said to be the model for Graham Greene's The Quiet American, remains...
Author
Physical Desc
xii, 306 pages : maps, illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A gripping exploration of the intense psychology and character of Benedict Arnold, arguing that he was essential to victory before he was a traitor. Benedict Arnold committed treason -- for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have known about him. Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat -- his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most successful soldier of the era. GOD SAVE BENEDICT...
Author
Physical Desc
viii, 412 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking journey tracing America's forgotten path to global power-and how its legacies shape our world today-told through the extraordinary life of a complicated Marine. Smedley Butler was the most celebrated warfighter of his time. Bestselling books were written about him. Hollywood adored him. Wherever the flag went, "The Fighting Quaker" went-serving in nearly every major overseas conflict from the Spanish War of 1898 until the eve of...
Looking for an older book we don’t have?
Printed books not owned by Santa Fe Public Library that were released more than 6 months ago can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Limit: 3 per calendar month.
Looking for a newer item we don’t have?
Suggest the library purchase a new book, DVD, audiobook, or music CD through your account. Limit: 30 active requests at a time. Submit Purchase Suggestion