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  • Race, Politics, and Reconstruction

    The First Black Cadets at Old West Point

    by Rory McGovern, Ronald G. Machoian, Adam H. Domby, Cameron D. McCoy, Makonen Campbell, Louisa Koebrich, Jonathan D. Bratten, Amanda M. Nagel, Professor Le'Trice D. Donaldson0 ...
    Series series The Black Soldier in War and Society
    The first in-depth study of racial integration at West Point after the Civil WarRace, Politics, and Reconstruction tells the story of racial integration at the United States Military Academy after the Civil War and spotlights the social environment and cultural currents that led to its failure. The first attempt to racially integrate West Point proved not simply a lost opportunity but an ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Contested Valor

    African American Marines in the Age of Power, Protest, and Tokenism

    by Cameron D. McCoy ...
    Series series Studies in Civil-Military Relations
    Contested Valor is a challenging examination of the use and status of black Marines in United States military service during the Cold War era. These pioneering men experienced contested military integration, as well as multiple forms of institutional and social opposition, which called their humanity, manhood, and rights to full citizenship into question. Efforts to undermine their service ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Longstreet

    The Confederate General Who Defied the South

    by Elizabeth Varon ...
    Winner, American Battlefield Trust Prize for HistoryWinner, Library of Virginia Literary Award for NonfictionFinalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyA “compelling portrait” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) of the controversial Confederate general who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South.It was the most remarkable political about-face... ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Politics of Mourning

    by Micki McElya ...
    Arlington National Cemetery is America’s most sacred shrine, a destination for four million visitors who each year tour its grounds and honor those buried there. For many, Arlington’s symbolic importance places it beyond politics. Yet as Micki McElya shows, no site in the United States plays a more political role in shaping national identity. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • A Companion to the U.S. Civil War

    Edited by Aaron Sheehan-Dean ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History
    A Companion to the U.S. Civil War presents a comprehensive historiographical collection of essays covering all major military, political, social, and economic aspects of the American Civil War (1861-1865).Represents the most comprehensive coverage available relating to all aspects of the U.S. Civil WarFeatures contributions from dozens of experts in Civil War scholarshipCovers major campaigns and ... Read more

    $61.00 USD

  • Remembering The Battle of the Crater

    War as Murder

    by Kevin M. Levin ...
    Series series New Directions in Southern History
    The battle of the Crater is known as one of the Civil War's bloodiest struggles—a Union loss with combined casualties of 5,000, many of whom were members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) under Union Brigadier General Edward Ferrero. The battle was a violent clash of forces as Confederate soldiers fought for the first time against African American soldiers. After the Union lost the battle ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Robert E. Lee and Me

    A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause

    by Ty Seidule ...
    "Ty Seidule scorches us with the truth and rivets us with his fierce sense of moral urgency." --Ron ChernowIn a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy—and explores why some of this country’s oldest wounds have never healed.Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Half American

    The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad

    by Matthew F. Delmont ...
    **• Winner of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction• A New York Times Notable Book• A Best Book of the Year from TIME, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Washington Independent Review of Books, and more!The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont“Matthew F. Delmont’s book is filled ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History

    by Gary W. Gallagher, Alan T. Nolan ...
    A "well-reasoned and timely" ( Booklist) essay collection interrogates the Lost Cause myth in Civil War historiography.Was the Confederacy doomed from the start in its struggle against the superior might of the Union? Did its forces fight heroically against all odds for the cause of states' rights? In reality, these suggestions are an elaborate and intentional effort on the part of Southerners to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The History Buff's Guide to the Civil War

    The best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal top ten rankings of the Civil War

    by Thomas R. Flagel ...
    Series series History Buff's Guides
    Do You Think You Know the Civil War?The History Buff's Guide to the Civil War clears the powder smoke surrounding the war that changed America forever. The perfect guide for anyone looking for great history facts like:What were the best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal aspects of the conflict?What are the top ten causes?The bloodiest battles?With over thirty annotated top ten lists and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Freedom Flyers:The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II

    The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II

    by J. Todd Moye ...
    Series series Oxford Oral History Series
    As the country's first African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II on two fronts: against the Axis powers in the skies over Europe and against Jim Crow racism and segregation at home. Although the pilots flew more than 15,000 sorties and destroyed more than 200 German aircraft, their most far-reaching achievement defies quantification: delivering a powerful blow to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • American Patriots

    The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm

    by Gail Lumet Buckley ...
    American Patriots is one of the great untold stories in American history. There have been books on individual black soldiers, but this is the first to tell the full story of the black American military experience, starting with the Revolution and culminating with Desert Storm.The best histories are about more than facts and events — they capture the spirit that drives men to better their lives and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD