Pritzker Military Library

January

1/12/2006

Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Gary L. Littrell
In April 1970, while serving as an Infantry advisor in Vietnam, Sergeant Littrell was thrust in to command of a battalion of South Vietnamese Rangers in defending ...

1/19/2006

Jack Hamann
On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II
In August 1944, the murder of an Italian prisoner of war at Seattle's Fort Lawton stunned the nation. The three American soldiers charged with the crime and forty ...

1/26/2006

Front & Center with John Callaway
A New Year Ahead in Iraq
With Iraq's first parliamentary election now history, the U.S. policy in Iraq continues to evolve. President Bush has acknowledged the challenges America faces as ...

February

2/2/2006

Richard Carwardine
Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power
What is it about Abraham Lincoln that makes him as fascinating a figure today as he was in his lifetime? It is an interesting question to contemplate at a time ...

2/9/2006

Jonathan Parshall & Anthony Tully
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
Shattered Sword is a new, definitive account of the Battle of Midway, focusing primarily (but by no means exclusively) on the Japanese side of the battle ?

2/16/2006

Jonna Doolittle Hoppes
Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle - Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero
Calculated Risk is a firsthand account written by his granddaughter that brings readers inside the public and private world of Jimmy Doolittle and his family ...

Mine Detection Dog Partnership Program (MDDPP)<br/>Children Against Mines rogram (CHAMPS)Program (CHAMPS)

2/22/2006

Marshall Legacy Institute
Mine Detection Dog Partnership Program (MDDPP)
Children Against Mines rogram (CHAMPS)Program (CHAMPS)
The Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) was founded in 1997, the 50th Anniversary year of the Marshall Plan, to celebrate the work of General George C. Marshall ...

2/23/2006

Front & Center with John Callaway
36 Days on IWO JIMA
It was the largest battle ever for the United States Marine Corps, and, in total, nearly 50,000 killed in action or wounded on both sides in the 36-day battle ...

March

3/2/2006

W.E.B. Griffin
The Hostage: A Presidential Agent Novel
U.S. Army Special Forces Major Charley Castillo works with the Department of Homeland Security, but more and more he is the man to whom the President ...

3/11/2006

James Swanson
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April ...

3/11/2006

Kerry Trask
Black Hawk: The Battle for The Heart of America
Until 1822, when John Jacob Aster swallowed up the fur trade and the trading posts of the upper Mississippi were closed, the 6,000-strong Sauk Nation occupied ...

<em>Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont</em>

3/12/2006

Kevin J. Weddle
Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont
Once revered as one of the finest officers in the U.S. Navy, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont is now, when remembered at all, criticized for resisting technological ...

3/16/2006

Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Paul Bucha
In March 1968, in the weeks following the Tet Offensive, Captain Bucha and his company found themselves surrounded and cutoff by a North Vietnamese ...

3/23/2006

Front & Center with John Callaway
The Economics of National Security: The Cost Today, the Price Tomorrow
The cost of the war in Iraq, homeland security in the US, and deployment of American troops around the globe are both taxing the U.S. treasury and generating ...

3/30/2006

Kristin Henderson
While They're at War: The True Story of American Familes on the Homefront
Kristin Henderson is a journalist married to a military chaplain who has served in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq In While They're at War, she draws upon ...

April

4/13/2006

Col. Thomas X. Hammes, USMC
The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century
Ongoing events in Iraq show how difficult it is for the world's only remaining superpower to impose its will upon other peoples. From Vietnam, French and US ...

4/20/2006

Steve Huntley
Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight for Black America
In Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight for Black America Truman K. Gibson Jr. chronicles a life spent at the center of the struggle for racial?ÿjustice. More than sixty ...

4/27/2006

Douglas S. Russell
Winston Churchill, Soldier: The Military Life of a Gentleman at War
Douglas S. Russell was born in Chicago and educated at Grinnell College and the University of Iowa College Of Law. He served in the United States Army, ...

4/27/2006

Front & Center with John Callaway
The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose
Why are a growing number of high ranking retired officers speaking out for a sweeping change in administration strategy and leadership? How effective ...

May

5/4/2006

Derek Leebaert
To Dare and To Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations, from Achilles to Al Qaeda
In this monumental critical analysis of the 3,000-year history of special operations, Leebaert proves that "[a]n opponent's strength does not consist of numbers ...