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World War II novels volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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xxvi, 493 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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A fictional account of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe chronicles the events of the World War II campaign and the personalities who took part, from the ordinary soldiers on the land and in the air, to such leaders as Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Omar Bradley, as their efforts changed the course of the war.
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In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt watches uneasily as the world heads rapidly down a dangerous path. The Japanese have waged an aggressive campaign against China, and they now begin to expand their ambitions to other parts of Asia. As their expansion efforts grow bolder, their enemies know that Japan?s ultimate goal is total conquest over the region, especially when the Japanese align themselves with Hitler?s Germany and Mussolini?s Italy,...
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World War II novels volume 4
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A fictional account of the struggle for Okinawa through the eyes of combatants on both sides: Private Clay Adams, Admiral Chester Nimitz, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., and General Mitsura Ushijima, the Japanese general in charge of defending the island.
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Novels of the Civil War volume 2
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May, 1863. In the vaunted "Gibraltar of the Confederacy," a siege for the ages will cement the reputation of one Union general -- and all but seal the fate of the rebel cause.
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Novels of the Civil War volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
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"From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn. November 1864: As the Civil War rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in favor of the Union. A grateful Abraham Lincoln responds to Ulysses S. Grant's successes by bringing the general east, promoting Grant to command the...
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Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
xii, 498 pages : maps ; 21 cm
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The extraordinary lives, passions, and careers of four great military leaders--Stonewall Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee--come to a climax as Union and Confederate forces clash on the battlefields of the Civil War. A worthy companion to The Killer Angels . . . Shaara brilliantly charts the war, the exploits of the combatants and their motivations. He also concisely shows how the early parts of the campaign unfolded....
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Novels of the Civil War volume 3
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Follows the events of the summer of 1863 as the victorious Federal army loses Chattanooga before rallying against the forces of General Braxton Bragg.
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"June, 1950: the North Korean army, a formidable force backed by Soviet arms and training, invades South Korea, with the intent of uniting the country under Communist rule. In response, the United States mobilizes a force to defend the overmatched South Korean troops. But the US is no better equipped than their allies. The American and United nations troops are fighting for their lives against the most brutal weather conditions imaginable, and an...
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Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
x, 560 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
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