In this long-awaited follow-up to his critically acclaimed 1967 classic, Six Seconds in Dallas, Josiah Thompson reveals major new forensic discoveries since the year 2000 that overturn previously accepted 'facts' about the Kennedy assassination. Together they provide what no previous book on the assassination has done - incontrovertible proof that ......
War, Politics, and Institutional Crisis, 1945-1952
The compelling history of how the US Marines and their allies fought to preserve the Corps and establish its role in national defense. Only five years after Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima, the United States Marine Corps was close to becoming a hollow force. A parsimonious Truman administration and a hostile defense secretary, Louis ......
For Hitler and the German military, 1942 was a key turning point of World War II, as an overstretched but still lethal Wehrmacht replaced brilliant victories and huge territorial gains with stalemates and strategic retreats. In this major reevaluation of that crucial year, Robert Citino shows that the German army's emerging woes were rooted as ......
Wounded five times and awarded numerous decorations for valor, Gottlob Herbert Bidermann saw action in the Crimea and siege of Sebastopol, participated in the vicious battles in the forests south of Leningrad, and ended the war in the Courland Pocket. In his memoir, he shares his impressions of countless Russian POWs seen at the outset of his ......
From a rising intersex activist in the Midwest, a candid memoir about growing up different and an inspiring story of self-discovery and self-acceptance. When Chris Arnone was born in Independence, Missouri, nobody could tell what sex he was. For the first few days of his life, until a chromosome test confirmed he was a boy, his parents called ......
An enduring story of how Kanza people (Kaw Nation citizens) and other collaborators worked together to bring a grandfather rock home, told through essay, poetry, oral history, and art. For almost a century, the city of Lawrence, Kansas displayed a 28-ton red quartzite boulder as a memorial to the town's founders. However, this boulder, ......
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union After 150 Years
In honor of the WCTU's 150th anniversary, Reassessing the White Ribbon Army provides a much-needed reflection on what was once the largest and most influential women's political organization in the United States. Originating as a series of local temperance crusades in 1873, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) coalesced in November 1874 ......
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union After 150 Years
In honor of the WCTU's 150th anniversary, Reassessing the White Ribbon Army provides a much-needed reflection on what was once the largest and most influential women's political organization in the United States. Originating as a series of local temperance crusades in 1873, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) coalesced in November 1874 ......
The Trump Elections and the Future of American Politics
A provocative and timely examination of how the American political parties have brought us to a crossroads for democracy-and where these new paths lead for the fragile American republic. Our recent elections have been anything but normal. In Democracy on the Edge, leading political scientists John Kenneth White and Matthew R. Kerbel unravel the ......
