The U.S. Army faced extraordinary problems while policing the post-Civil War South, and the task may have been most difficult in Louisiana, where Reconstruction lasted longer than in any other of the
The Louisiana Governors is a one-volume reference work on the diverse, frequently colorful leaders of Louisiana since the eighteenth century. From Iberville to Edwards, this biographical directory pro
In 1846-1847, a ragtag army of 800 American volunteers marched 3,500 miles across deserts and mountains, through Indian territory and into Mexico. There they handed the Mexican army one of its most de
Ever since the Alamo, the military has been a vivid part of the Texas experience. Not until now, though, have scholars addressed the significance of that experience in one book. In The Texas Military
A team of leading American military historians here investigate the factors that shaped the United States Army in the nineteenth century.Throwing new light on its history, this deeply researched book
The role of the fledgling Chinese air force in the Korean War is explored for the first time here, with details of Soviet assistance and air battles over Korea that helped shape this emerging arm of C
An on-the-spot history of a fight in the Pacific during World War lI, Island Victory was the first battle history written by then-Lieutenant Colonel S. L. A. Marshall, a veteran of World War I who wou
