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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xvi, 237 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of President Kennedy's disastrous attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. He deftly examines the train of missteps and self-deceptions that led to the invasion of U.S.-trained exiles at the Bay of Pigs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
160 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 22 cm.
Description
Presents a profile of the young military leader and king of ancient Macedonia, who conquered most of the known world of his era, before his untimely death at the age of thirty-three.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xvii, 460 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
Description
Describes the events of the Battle of the Monongahela, one of the worst defeats in military history, as a powerful British army under the command of General Edward Braddock was routed by French and Native American forces.
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