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Patton
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 22.00George S Patton evoked contradictory appraisals, but he also embodied contradiction: a cavalryman steeped in romantic military tradition, he nevertheless pulled a reluctant American military into the most advanced realms of highly mobile armored warfare. This biography illuminates the man behind the legend who modernized the US army. more...
Conspiracy Theories
University of Minnesota Press 1999; US$ 67.50JFK, Karl Marx, the Pope, Aristotle Onassis, Queen Elizabeth II, Howard Hughes, Fox Mulder, Bill Clinton?all have been linked to vastly complicated global (or even galactic) intrigues. In his enlightening tour of conspiracy theories, Mark Fenster guides readers through this shadowy world and analyzes its complex role in American culture and politics.... more...
The Folly of War
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 33.00This highly researched account shows how the California frontier wars allowed for the rise of a ranch economy for whites and a reservation system for the Native Americans. The Round Valley Federal Indian Reservation was founded in remote Mendocino County more...
The Advancement of Liberty
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 50.00This book is a counterpoint to the prevailing view that the United States is an imperialist nation that has violently pursued power in the world to advance its own narrow interests. more...
A Faustian Foreign Policy from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 23.00This book critiques U.S. foreign policy since 1920 by showing how moralistic diplomacy has increasingly assumed Faustian overtones. more...
Bradley
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 9.99Dubbed by the World War II press as "The GI General" because of his close identification with his men, Omar Bradley rose to command the U. S. 12th Army Group in the European Campaign. By the spring of 1945, this group contained 1,300,000 men--the largest exclusively American field command in U.S. history. Mild mannered, General Bradley was... more...
Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers
The University of North Carolina Press 2007; US$ 39.95Many Americans remember Senator Sam Ervin (1896-1985) as the affable, Bible-quoting, old country lawyer who chaired the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973. Ervin's stories from down home in North Carolina, his reciting literary passages ranging from Shakespeare to Aesop's fables, and his earnest lectures in defense of civil liberties and constitutional... more...
MacArthur
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 9.99Douglas MacArthur is best remembered for his adaptability that hoisted him to his greatest accomplishments. One of the first proponents of a new dimension in warfare - the Air Force - MacArthur was also unmatched historically for his management of peace during the U.S. occupation of Japan. more...
Challenging American Leadership
Springer 2008; US$ 109.99After leading the world during most of the 20th century in economic, political, technological, military, and even social terms, America's role is being challenged. India and China are emerging as new economic powers, with advancing technological prowess. This book talks about this issue. more...
Patton's One-Minute Messages
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 11.95This collection of George S. Patton's pithy one-liners shows how business managers can succeed by applying the combat-tested principles of one of America's most famous battlefield leaders. Also featured are the works of W. Edwards Deming and Walter A. Shewhart, two pioneers in quality control who have influenced management practice for over 50 years. more...









