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MILITARY HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY
Military History
9.11.01: Terrorists
Attack the U.S.by Patrick Lalley. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, trade paper. If
you would like a compelling and honest account of the tragedy of the terrorist attack on
the World Trade Center, this book should meet the need for those of upper elementary
grades and up. Reading level is for grades 6-8, but interest level can go up through high
school. The book first tells the story of what happened on September 11, 2001. This
is followed by a history of the World Trade Center. After that is a chapter on the
relationship between Islam and the United States and some of the background leading up to
9-11. There are also some eye-witness stories from "Ground Zero," and coverage
of the recovery effort. At the end the author tells us what we may expect to happen in the
years ahead and the long-term impact of the attacks.
The book is enhanced with full color photographs to
bring the text alive, a brief glossary, suggested references for more reading, a map
showing all the countries that lost citizens in the WTC attacks, and an index. 48 pages.
Cat.# SV-63568. $8.06-D. Click on image to enlarge it.
America
and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger by Albert Marrin. This
well-documented history of the Vietnam War was especially written to help young people of
junior high age and older make sense of it. Recommended as part of the Beautiful Feet
Curriculum. BF-080. $13.95*
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America Storms the Beaches, 1944. Part
of the World War II Series published by Walker. Hardcover. John Devaney has used original
source material such as diaries, news clippings, and letters to give his readers a
behind-the-scenes look at the fierce fighting that turned the tide against the Axis
forces. Includes a summary of the preceding years of the war, maps, photographs, and
biographical sketches of important leaders. Grades 4+. List 18.85. BTH-114. 8.93-B
America
Triumphs: 1945. The final book of the World War II Series published by Walker. Hardcover. John Devaney moves from the battlefields of France and Germany to the beaches of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and to the victory celebrations back in the states. He makes the reader feel present at such scenes as Eisenhower's first encounter with a Hitler death camp for Jewish refugees, the Japanese hold-outs in the caves on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi, the Japanese surrender ceremonies conducted by Gen. MacArthur aboard the Battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, and many others. Includes a summary of the preceding years of the war, maps, photographs, and biographical sketches of important leaders. Grades 4+. List 18.85. BTH-115 $10.93-B
Battles that Changed History
by Fletcher Pratt. Trade paper, Dover unabridged republication of the Hanover House 1956
edition. This book profiles 16 decisive struggles from ancient and modern times which have
forever changed the course of Western Civilization. Pratt portrays battles fought by Roman
legions, French archers, American rebels, and a myriad of others. The book is enhanced by
27 maps by Edward Gorey. This book should appeal to students, military buffs, and
historians. 348 pages and index. Cat. # D-41139X, $8.96-D
Brave
Decisions:Moral Courage from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm by Col. Harry J. Maihafer, USA (Ret.) These stories are all about men who had to make very difficult moral decisions. They had to choose between a difficult, courageous, ethical path that had dire personal consequences or a relatively safe, blame-free and easier alternative. Either choice might be considered "right," but each of these men chose the "harder right." Includes stories about Daniel Morgan, U.S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, John Pershing, Douglas MacArthur, Alexander Haig, Jr., H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., and many others. Teen/adult level. List, 23.95. BTH-111
$12.93-B
Gathering Storm, Volume I
of The Second World War by Winston S, Churchill. Trade paper, Houghton
Mifflin, © 1948, 1976. Introduction by John Keegan. 724 pages. Cat. # 0395-41055X.
$15.26-D
Victory
in the Pacific by Albert Marrin. Beautiful Feet Books. © 1983. In
this book, Marrin tells the story of the Pacific Theater of World War II,
beginning with the events leading up to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. He
goes on to explain to the uninitiated the basics of how navies work and
describes various types of navy ships and what they do. He especially zeros in
on the aircraft carriers. Then follow the vivid descriptions of the land, sea,
and air battles that make up the action in the rest of the war, with special
attention paid to the leaders on both sides and their strategies. The book ends
with the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that brought
Japan to the point of surrender and peace to the Pacific at last. BTH-2914. $13.95*
The Yanks are Coming: The United States in the First
World War by Albert Marrin. Beautiful Feet,Books, trade paper. 248 pages. Marrin begins with the dramatic sinking of the Lusitania, and
goes on to discuss the events that led to the beginning of the war. He explains
how President Wilson tried to keep America neutral, but after numerous saboteurs
had done their dirty work and Germany announced its submarines would no longer
refrain from firing on American ships he finally was forced to enter the war. He
describes America's role in World War I from it's belated entry, through its
battles on land, sea, and in the air, until the final hard-won victory. He
re-creates a routine flying mission in the first fragile fighter planes, shows
how the soldiers on the front lived, and combines the general history of the war
with individual tales of heroism and endurance. This is suitable for anyone junior high
age and above. Recommended as part of the Beautiful Feet curriculum. BTH-2913. $13.95*
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See also Used Modern
World History for books which may be out of print or which are not listed here.
Military Technology
U.S.F. CONSTELLATION: 'YANKEE
RACEHORSE' by Sanford Sternlicht and Edwin M. Jameson. Trade paper, 187
pages. This ship, which is now a major tourist attraction, has a proud past. It is the
oldest U.S. warship afloat and the first American-built vessel to win a major naval
victory. This book tells her story, including her years under Captain Thomas Truxtun, her
service through both world wars, her near demise, and her continuing restoration. Now out
of print. Copies limited to those on hand. BT #2474. $5.95*
Barron's History Series The
History Series covers developments in technology that have played important roles in
history. All books combine engaging text and illustrations in a magazine-style format.
Each volume has between 70 and 110 photos, contemporary illustrations, and reproductions
of famous illustrations from the past.
Paperback / 32 Pages / 6 11/16 x 9/1/2 This series is now out of print. Copies limited to those on hand.
Fighter Planes by Bill
Gunston Obe Fraes. This book traces the history of war planes and their pilots from those
early dog-fights over the Western Front to the development of fighters and bombers in
World War II, and finally to the sophisticated jet warplanes employed in Vietnam, and
Iraq. Cat. #BAR-06457 / $5.36-D
Shipwrecks by David and Susan Spence. The film
Titanic added an element of romance to the annals of disaster. This book tells that
fascinating story and many more as it reviews the most famous shipwrecks of all time. Cat.
#BAR-06485 / $5.36-D
Submarines by Commander Jeff Tall Obe RN.
Earliest experiments with submarines date from the sixteenth century, but the first
practical subs were built from the designs of the Irish-American engineer, J.P. Holland at
the beginning of this century. Here are diagrammatic illustrations, battle illustrations,
and photographs that show submarine development, with emphasis on the vessels of World
Wars I and II, and modern nuclear subs. Cat. #BAR-005361 / $5.36-D
Warships by Iain MacKenzie. This exciting account
presents facts and illustrations that evoke the long history of naval warfare. It starts
with the sail-and-oar propelled galleys of the Mediterranean, used by ancient Greece and
Rome, and goes on to show the Viking ships that navigated Europe's Atlantic coastlines,
galleons of the Spanish Armada, eighteenth and nineteenth-century square-rigged warships,
and the warships of the twentieth-century navies of Britain, Japan, and America. Not least
were the colossal World War II American battleships including the Iowa and the
Missouri--the latter of which was refitted with modern radar and weaponry and put into
service in the 1992 Persian Gulf War. Cat. #BAR-05353 / $5.36-D
Weapons and Warfare by John
Guy. Learn how Hannibal inspired the allies to win the Persian Gulf War and how Friar
Bacon changed the face of warfare. . Learn why the longbow was the most feared medieval
weapon and how a Sumurai warrior was expected to behave. Read about warfare in the ancient
world, the great leaders of the past, the World Wars, Special Forces and espionage, and
air attacks. More than 100 color illustrations and diagrams. Cat. #BAR-05345 / $5.36-D
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