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Not a Gentleman's War

An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War

By: John R. Milam

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Not a Gentleman's War

An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War

By: John R. Milam

A combat veteran of the Vietnam War draws on oral histories, after-action reports, diaries, letters, and other archival sources to debunk the view that the junior officers who served in Vietnam were poorly trained, unmotivated soldiers typified by Lt. William Calley of My Lai infamy.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807833304

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9780807833308

Mountaineers in Gray

The Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.

By: John D. Fowler

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Mountaineers in Gray

The Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.

By: John D. Fowler

On April 26, 1865, on a farm just outside Durham, North Carolina, General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the remnants of the Army of Tennessee to his longtime foe, General William T. Sherman. Johnston's surrender ended the unrelenting Federal drive through the Carolinas and dashed any hope for Southern independence. Among the thirty thousand or so ragged Confederates who soon received their paroles were seventy-eight men from the Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Originally consisting of over one thousand men, the unit had--through four years of sickness, injury, desertion, and death--been reduced to a tiny fraction of its former strength. Organized from volunteer companies from the upper and lower portions of East Tennessee, the men of the Nineteenth represented an anomaly--Confederates in the midst of the largest Unionist stronghold of the South. Why these East Tennesseans chose to defy their neighbors, risking their lives and fortunes in pursuit of Southern independence, lacks a simple answer. John D. Fowler finds that a significant number of the Nineteenth's members belonged to their region's local elite--old, established families engaged in commercial farming or professional occupations. The influence of this elite, along with community pressure, kinship ties, fear of invasion, and a desire to protect republican liberty, generated Confederate sympathy amongst East Tennessee secessionists, including the members of the Nineteenth. Utilizing an exhaustive exploration of primary source materials, the author creates a new model for future regimental histories--a model that goes beyond "bugles and bullets" to probe the motivations for enlistment, the socioeconomic backgrounds, the wartime experiences, and the postwar world of these unique Confederates. The Nineteenth served from the beginning of the conflict to its conclusion, marching and fighting in every major engagement of the Army of Tennessee except Perryville. Fowler uses this extensive service to explore the soldiers' effectiveness as fighting men, the thrill and fear of combat, the harsh and often appalling conditions of camp life, the relentless attrition through disease, desertion, and death in battle, and the specter of defeat that haunted the Confederate forces in the West. This study also provides insight into the larger issues of Confederate leadership, strategy and tactics, medical care, prison life, the erosion of Confederate morale, and Southern class relations. The resulting picture of the war is gritty, real, and all too personal. If the Civil War is indeed a mosaic of "little wars," this, then, is the Nineteenth's war. John D. Fowler is assistant professor of history at Kennesaw State University. He is the recipient of the Mrs. Simon Baruch University Award for the best manuscript in Civil War History (2002).

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320

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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1572333146

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9781572333147

Texas Land Grants, 1750-1900

A Documentary History

By: John Martin Davis, Jr.

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Texas Land Grants, 1750-1900

A Documentary History

By: John Martin Davis, Jr.

The Texas land grants were one of the largest public land distributions in American history. Induced by titles and estates, Spanish adventurers ventured into the frontier, followed by traders and artisans. West Texas was described as "Great Space of Land Unknown" and Spanish sovereigns wanted to fill that void. Gaining independence from Spain, Mexico launched a land grant program with contractors who recruited emigrants. After the Texas Revolution in 1835, a system of Castilian edicts and English common law came into use. Lacking hard currency, land became the coin of the realm and the Republic gave generous grants to loyal first families and veterans. Through multiple homestead programs, more than 200 million acres had been deeded by the end of the 19th century. The author has relied on close examination of special acts, charters and litigation, including many previously overlooked documents.

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194

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McFarland

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1476665494

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9781476665498

How I Quit- the Diy Way

No Aa, No Rehab Center, No Medication

By: John E. Dough

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How I Quit- the Diy Way

No Aa, No Rehab Center, No Medication

By: John E. Dough

If drinking has created problems for you, then you should quit. But it is possible, and I would suggest preferable, to do it the do-it-yourself (DIY) way. I did it, and it works. And it is easier than you think. This book is a short outline of how to do it.

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1477208038

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Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas

By: John Henry Brown

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Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas

By: John Henry Brown

The book leads the reader through the past to the present and here leaves him amid active and progressive men who are advancing, along with him, toward the future. Including, as it does, lives of men now living, it constitutes a connecting link between what has gone before and what is to come after. It is therefore fitting that it should be dedicated to a prominent man of our day in preference to one of former times. The matter presented, in the nature of things, is largely biographical. There can be no foundation for history without biography. History is a generalization of particulars. It presents wide extended views. To use a paradox, history gives us but a part of history. That other part which it does not give us, the part which introduces us to the thoughts, aspirations and daily life of a people, is supplied by biography. The men whose deeds are recorded in this book were or are deeply identified with Texas, and the preservation in this volume in enduring form of some remembrance of them—their names, who and what they were—has been a pleasant task to one who feels a deep interest and pride in Texas—its past history, its heroes and future destiny.

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812

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Jazzybee Verlag

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3849674452

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9783849674458

The Capital of Basketball

A History of DC Area High School Hoops

By: John McNamara

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The Capital of Basketball

A History of DC Area High School Hoops

By: John McNamara

In The Capital of Basketball, John McNamara offers the first-ever comprehensive look at the great high school players, teams, and coaches that make the DC metropolitan area second to none in its contributions to the game. This fascinating, highly-illustrated history is perfect for basketball fans or anyone interested in Washington, DC history.

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Georgetown University Press

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1626167214

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9781626167216

Book's by John R. Milam

Not a Gentleman's War

Not a Gentleman's War

Mountaineers in Gray

Mountaineers in Gray

Texas Land Grants, 1750-1900

Texas Land Grants, 1750-1900

How I Quit- the Diy Way

How I Quit- the Diy Way

Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas

Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas

The Capital of Basketball

The Capital of Basketball

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