DescriptionIn this astonishing, untold account of heroism and history, two American Merchant Mariners board a burning and sinking ship in the Mediterranean change the course of World War II. In 1942, the small Mediterranean island of Malta was the most heavily bo…
DescriptionOn 25 October 1854, during the Crimean War, the Light Brigade of the British Cavalry Division made the most magnificent and most brutal charge in military history. Almost 700 men armed with sabre and lance, charged straight at the muzzles of Russian cannons. This vivid and extraordinarily detailed account of the charge and the bloody melee that followed, by an author with unique access to regimental archives, is told largely in the words of the survivors themselves. Terry Brighton takes the reader closer than ever before to the experience of charging down the Valley of Death.
DescriptionWhen news reached Walt Whitman that his brother had been wounded at the first battle of Bull Run, the poet made his way to Washington to care for him. As it turned out, the brother was only slightly wounded and soon returned to his regiment, but Whitman was deeply affected by the savagery, suffering, and waste he observed in the makeshift hospitals scattered through the capital. He stayed on as a volunteer and wrote Memoranda, a moving portrait of men at the limits of their endurance, and of the ravages of a bitter war between countrymen.
DescriptionIn early September, 1862, a freshly victorious Confederate Army led by master strategist General Robert E. Lee was poised at the doorstep of Washington D.C. Lee was determined to play his position to fullest advantage by carrying the war onto Northern soil for the first time. With the battle cry of "On to Maryland, " Lee's ragged troops crossed the Potomac. In this Time Life AudioBook, letters, journal entries and reports chronicle the bloody battle which left 4, 000 men from both armies killed, wounded or captured in the desperate struggle to repel the first Confederate invasion of Union territory.
DescriptionFrom the ruins of Bosnia to the sands of Saudi Arabia, from the deadly alleys of Mogadishu to the streets of Port-au-Prince, Colonel David H. Hackworth - decorated soldier and war correspondent - tells the thrilling tale of real-life, front-lines warfare. From the new American battlefields, Colonel Hackworth reports that the Pentagon has been wasting hundreds of billions of dollars preparing to fight the wrong kinds of wars, and he offers a critique of American military leadership in these new post-Cold War conflicts. Colonel Hackworth has earned more than 70 awards for heroism as well as 8 Purple Hearts.
DescriptionAccording to these veteran military writers, much of what happens behind closed barrack doors is meant to stay there. Dirty Little Secrets is an unusual and thought-provoking look at the myths, mysteries, arcana, and boondoggles unknown to civilians. Since the 1960s, Dunnigan and Nofi have written hundreds of books and articles on military-related subjects.
DescriptionFallujah: Iraq's most dangerous city unexpectedly emerged as the major battleground of the Iraqi insurgency. For 20 months, one American battalion after another tried to quell the violence, culminating in a bloody, full-scale assault. Victory came at a te…
DescriptionThis landmark, myth-shattering work chronicles the most powerful institution in America, the people who created it, and the pathologies it has spawned. Carroll proves a controversial thesis: the Pentagon has, since its founding, operated beyond the contro…
DescriptionWithin the living memory of Americans are two deadly surprise attacks against the United States: Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Both times, the Library of Congress sent people out to record the voices of ordinary Americans as they reacted to a changed world. Producers: Elana Hadler Perl and John Biewen Editor: Deborah George Host: Deborah Amos Coordinating Producer: Sasha Aslanian Project Coordinator: Misha Quill Mixing: Craig Thorson and Tom Mudge Managing Editor: Stephen Smith Executive Producer: Bill Buzenberg Major funding for American RadioWorks® comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. American RadioWorks is the national documentary unit of American Public Media.
DescriptionThe events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective memory, as they served to change the course of the Civil War and with it the course of history. More than any other place in the United States, Gettysburg is indeed hallowed ground. It'…
