Vietnam War

A courageous and damning look at the destruction wrought by the arrogance, incompetence, and duplicity prevalent in the US military - from the inside perspective of a West Point professor of law....

A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious "art war" that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial should be built to honor those who died in the Vietnam War....

Dean Acheson was one of the most influential Secretaries of State in U.S. history, presiding over American foreign policy during a pivotal era....

On March 21, 1968, Yasir Arafat and his guerrillas made the fateful decision to break with conventional guerrilla tactics, choosing to stand and fight an Israeli attack on the al-Karama refugee camp in Jordan....

The Image of the Enemy examines how seven countries analyzed and used intelligence to understand their main adversary....

Gangsterismo is an extraordinary accomplishment, the most comprehensive history yet of the clash of epic forces over several decades in Cuba....

Few public officials have provoked such intense controversy as Henry Kissinger. During his time in the Nixon and Ford administrations, he came to be admired and hated in equal measure....

Here, Poole recounts the experiences of a band of US soldiers in Vietnam, including the heroics of Leslie Sabo, Jr., who died saving his comrades....

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author and preeminent investigative journalist of our time - a heartfelt, hugely revealing memoir of a long career breaking some of the most impactful stories of the last half century, from Washington to Vietnam to the Middle East....

Blaine Harden returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the US role in the Korean War and its legacy....

In Bomb Power, Garry Wills reveals how the atomic bomb transformed our nation down to its deepest constitutional roots....

American Maelstrom captures the full drama of the watershed election of 1968, establishing this year as the hinge between the decline of political liberalism....

Here is David Halberstam's masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam War tragedy, with a foreword by Senator John McCain....

Hailed as a "pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic" ( Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and world history....

Holding the Line chronicles the carrier war in Korea, focusing on frontline combat while also describing the technical development of aircraft and shipboard operations and how these all affected the broader strategic situation on the Korean Peninsula....

The award-winning, New York Times best-selling historian considers the vast array of triumphs and failures of America’s modern presidents that paved a path to Donald Trump, offering an understanding of our current moment and hope for a way back to true leadership....

America has a long history of diplomacy - ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker - now is your chance to see the impact these Americans have had on the world....

On Easter morning, 1972, Marine captain John Ripley braved intense enemy fire to blow up a bridge...

Ike in Love and War shows the hidden sacrifices that made Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower remarkable. It probes the mission that was driving him: the quest to reconcile his skill as a fighter with his mother's pacifism, which led him to become the greatest peacekeeper of his age....

This book presents six principles practiced within the POW organizational culture that can be used to develop high-performance teams everywhere....