Join the crew of space shuttle Enterprise as they prepare to take the first step into the twenty-first century. Step aboard the world's first reusable space vehicle with science writer Robert M. Powers for a cockpit view of a launch, orbit, re-entry, and return to earth. Preview the scheduled NASA shuttle missions in hundreds of line drawings and ......
How will Donald Trump's "America First" policy impact international stability? This sobering book argues that it will put the country on a path toward war. International relations expert Hall Gardner analyzes the twists and turns of our president's foreign policy pronouncements from the beginning of his campaign to the present day. He argues that ......
Thirty veterans of World War II from Pennsylvania recall their time of service in France, Italy, Burma, Guadalcanal, the Philippines, and the Pacific in this new volume based on Pennsylvania Cable Network's award-winning series "World War II - In Their Own Words".
An Encyclopedic Reference to U.S. Army Ground Forces from Battalion Through Division 1939-1946
Any reader, writer, or researcher will prize this one-of-a-kind guide to the U.S. Army ground force organization that won World War II. This encyclopedia contains a wealth of information: tables of organization and equipment; charts detailing the mobilization and expansion of the major units; the important dates and locations of each unit; ......
In this companion volume to the popular "PCN" series, thirty-three of Pennsylvania's World War II veterans recount their wartime experiences. Although these soldiers hail only from Pennsylvania, they represent a cross-section of the war and Americans who served in it.
A Guide to the City's Enduring Ties to the Great War
American involvement in World War I started and ended in New York Harbor. In 1917 many troops departed from the city which would be an important hub throughout the war as recruiting and patriotic efforts continued. Following the Armistice in 1918, more memorials were erected to World War I veterans than for any other event. Now on the centennial, ......
Published during the war's centennial, this is the story of the First World War through forty propaganda posters. Revealing essays provide informative, provocative, and entertaining analysis of each poster, unpacking the visual imagery and setting the poster within the military, political, social, and cultural history of the war.
Thirty-five years ago, Sir John Hackett published The Third World War, which speculated how WW3 might start and how it would be fought. Since it is now fashionable to call WW3 the Cold War, the time is right to publish a book about WW4, how it might start and most likely be fought. War planners must envision the unexpected and plan for the ......
A guide to the world's many faiths. It gives readers a historically correct picture of the world's religious belief systems comparing East and West. It examines prehistoric cosmic religions, the river valley religions of Ancient Egypt, the Greek gods, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
