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Wars of the 20th Century

All Quiet on the Western Front
2002
The world witnessed its share of battles and conflicts during the 20th century. In All Quiet on the Western Front, explore the changes experienced by the main character and examine why his story is an enduring antiwar novel. World War II: War in the Pacific features interviews with Japanese and American veterans and explosive combat footage to create and unsparing account of the complexities and brutalities of war. In a stirring account of the Japanse attack on Pearl Harbor, learn details of the surprise attack and America's entry into World War II. Learn what set the stage for The Korean War, why President Truman and General MacArthur clashed, and how the shadow of China's Chairman Mao grew as events progressed. In The Vietnam War, see powerful footage that depicts a president struggling to bring an honorable conclusion to a war abroad, while scandal and subterfuge deal a dishonorable blow to his presidency.

The First World War

2010
The story of the people who lived and died fighting in the First World War.

A Time to Build

Amid the prosperity and wholesomeness of the fifties, the country begins to forget God and his ways. Now a new generation of Stuarts must decide wheter they will honor or reject their family's values.

Future Wars

2003
Describes the men and women, the aliens and the machines, that will fight the wars of tomorrow.

Changes for Molly

1998
Dad is coming home from war and molly gets to play Miss Victory.

Warfare in the eighteenth century

1999
A study of warfare in the eighteenth century as it was waged around the world, discussing the appropriateness of different military practices and systems in various parts of the world, and considering battle on both land and sea.

A century of war

the history of worldwide conflict in the 20th century
1997
A history of conflict in the twentieth-century, describing international, regional, and civil wars, and discussing the circumstances that led to the armed confrontations. Includes photographs and illustrations.

My name is America: the journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty

U. S.M. C.; Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968.
2002
An 18-year-old marine records in a journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary and related military information.
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