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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Powell recounts his experiences from his beginnings as a son of immigrants, living in the Bronx, to his military and political career as a four-star general, National Security Advisor, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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Description
To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose "statue-like solidity" concealed volcanic energies and emotions. Here...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Study of the life of George Armstrong Custer, examining his role in the Civil War and the postwar decade, looking at his romance and marriage to his devoted wife Libbie, and discussing the disasterous battle at Little Big Horn.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
The destruction of a Russian air base by robotic U.S. warplanes has reawakenedthe bear -- and America must pay a terrible price. In retaliation, Russia's leader launches the most devastating military sneak attack since Pearl Harbor, decimating America's strategic air forces. Now an embattled U.S. president must choose between two horrific scenarios: a cease-fire on the enemy's terms ... or respond with every weapon in the nation's arsenal, possibly...
Author
Series
Quickening volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Destined by blood to command the Morgravian army, Wyl Thirsk assumes his awesome responsibility while barely a teenager when his father meets an early death -- a duty that calls him to the royal palace of Stoneheart and into the company of the crown prince Celimus. Already a spiteful and cruel despot who delights in the suffering of others, Celimus forces his virtuous new general to bear witness to his depraved "entertainments." But a kindness to...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The military expert and author of Philip II of Macedonia presents 9 profiles of exemplary leadership from the ancient world. Of all the military commanders throughout history, only a few are remembered as great leaders of men in battle. Is there a combination of personal attributes and historical circumstances that produces great commanders? Professor Richard A. Gabriel analyses the biographies of ten great generals, all of whom lived between 1481...
11) The kingmaker
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Series
Language
English
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"Listen, Drummond, your client betrayed this country in ways too horrible to contemplate..." In the history of espionage, there's never been one like him. But Major Sean Drummond never says die. Especially when an old flame begs him to defend her brigadier general husband in the biggest treason case in U.S. history. And even when Drummond is up against the fiercest prosecutor in the Army and fighting two murder charges. With an unconventional and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War and the American Revolution"--Amazon.com.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and perfected his fighting skills.
15) Grant
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11 - AR Pts: 56
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the internationally acclaimed author of The Eagle of the Ninth...The epic story of Greece's most controversial hero. Pirate. Politician. Traitor. Lover. In the fifth century BC, against the background of perpetually warring Greek city-states, one man towered above the chaos. His name was Alkibiades. Friend of Socrates, sailor, warrior and incorrigible lover, he fled persecution in his native Athens to join her enemy: Sparta. However, his brilliant...
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Formats
Description
Civil War novel traces the lives, passions, and careers of military leaders Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee, who all meet on the same battlefield for the first time at Fredericksburg, where they experience the battle from four very different points of view.
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Language
English
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Description
An action-packed biography of the most decorated soldier in the history of the US Marine Corps "We are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!" --Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC In the glorious chronicles of the US Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. The only fighting man to be awarded the Navy Cross five separate times--a military honor second only...
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