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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
by Victor Davis Hanson
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Through vivid depictions of historic battles, Hanson reveals the connection between the West's superiority on the battlefield and its rise to world dominance. of photos.... (read more)

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The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 3: Red River to Appomattox
The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 3: Red River to Appomattox
by Shelby Foote
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"I have never read a better, more vivid, more understandable account of the savage battling between Grant's and Lee's armies.... Foote stays with the human strife and suffering, and unlike most Southern commentators, he does not take sides. In... (read more)

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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
by Jon Krakauer
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Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild knows he was born to write about quirky, iconoclastic characters who travel their own road, ultimately leading to a tragic demise. Where Men Win Glory is every bit as captivating and even more timely than... (read more)

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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
by Robert M. Edsel
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At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would... (read more)

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The Good Soldiers
The Good Soldiers
by David Finkel
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It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not.... (read more)

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Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
by Chesley B. Sullenberger
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The inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of the decade, Capt. 'Sully' Sullenbergerwith his thoughts on leadership, responsibility, and service.... (read more)

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Vietnam War
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A Better War
A Better War
by Lewis Sorley
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"An important new book...Mr. Sorley has provided a major challenge to the conventional wisdom." -- Washington... (read more)

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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
by Rick Atkinson
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“A triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with unforgettable description and rooted in the sight and sounds of battle.”The New York Times In An Army at Dawnwinner of the Pulitzer PrizeRick Atkinson provided a dramatic and... (read more)

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Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians
Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians
by Chris Hedges
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Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges and journalist Laila Al-Arian spent the past year interviewing over fifty veterans to expose the patterns of the occupation in Iraq. The testimonies of these soldiers—many of... (read more)

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The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
by Robert Drury
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November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao’s warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers... (read more)

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Original Essays | September 25, 2009

Robert Edsel: IMG The Monuments Men and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History



The Monuments Men were the greatest heroes of World War II you've never heard of. Before I tell you who they were, let me ask you a few seemingly obvious questions, but ones you — like me — have, probably never wondered. You know of the... Continue »
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