The Cuban Missile Crisis That Never Was: the Invasion of Cuba and World
The Fires of October: The Cuban Missile Crisis and World War III is a unique military study that chronicles the event that was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. Specifically, it covers the conflict that did not happen - the invasion of Cuba and other planned military actions where the world came close to a nuclear Armageddon.
This is the thoughtful, action-packed memoir of one American soldier's combat tour in Vietnam in 1970. It opens with a tense ambush patrol and doesn't let up through a year of hair-raising night watches, soggy humps through the jungle, and deadly encounters with the North Vietnamese.
At the height of the Vietnam War, Charles Carr left graduate school to join the army and fight in Vietnam, knowing that if he didn't go, another man would go - and possibly die - in his place.
Dave Walker enlisted in the U.S. Army at seventeen, full of patriotism and eager to play his part in Vietnam. Trained for long-range patrol (LRP) operations, he received a debilitating shrapnel wound to his eye barely a month after arriving in Vietnam.
The discovery and imparting of knowledge are the essential undertakings of any university. Designed with over 300 illustrations and photographs, this title tells the remarkable story of the administrators, boards, faculty, students, and programs that have made Georgetown a leading institution of higher education.
American Military Families Overseas and the Cold War, 1946-1965
As thousands of wives and children joined American servicemen stationed at overseas bases in the years following World War II, the military family represented a friendlier, more humane side of the United States' campaign for dominance in the Cold War. This title tells the story of Cold War diplomacy.
The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest
Exposing the truth behind one of the most revered fictions of American history, Dark Side of the Moon explains why the American space program has been caught in a state of purposeless wandering ever since Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon.
Presents a collection of essays that examines the diverse lives of women who helped to shape religion, sports, literature, and music, among other aspects of the cultural hodgepodge known as the sixties.
With Jackie in a pill-box hat and Marilyn crooning to the president, the 1960s opened with women hovering at the fringes of the public imagination - and ended with a feminist movement that outpaced anything NASA could concoct. A compelling story, but did it really happen that way? Yes and no, argue Lauri Umansky and Avital Bloch.