Pritzker Military Library

February

<em>No Less Than Victory:<br/>A Novel of World War II</em>

2/4/2010

Jeff Shaara
No Less Than Victory:
A Novel of World War II
Amid scorched earth and bitter cold, a madman's last gambit is launched. Caught by surprise, the Allies must fight a desperate battle with everything at stake ...

<em>U.S. Grant: <br/>American Hero, American Myth</em>

2/11/2010

Joan Waugh
U.S. Grant:
American Hero, American Myth
He fought to bridge a harsh partisan divide, and earned a place as America's most beloved leader. He was no less admired outside his nation's borders, thoug ...

<em>Troubled Water: <br/>Race, Mutiny and Bravery on the USS Kitty Hawk</em>

2/18/2010

Gregory Freeman
Troubled Water:
Race, Mutiny and Bravery on the USS Kitty Hawk
In 1972, Marvin Gaye toured behind "Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)", and Bobby Womack sang about the tests that lay "Across 110th Street" ...

<em>Woodrow Wilson: <br/>A Biography</em>

2/25/2010

John Milton Cooper Jr.
Woodrow Wilson:
A Biography
He narrowly won a fractious re-election after promising to keep America out of a European war. However, less than a year later, the first doughboys were landing...

March

3/4/2010

Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Harold A. Fritz
Had anyone heard the call for help? There was no way to know - the radio was too badly damaged to be sure if his message had been received. Meanwhile, his

3/8/2010

Craig M. Mullaney
The Unforgiving Minute
It can take an entire life's worth of experiences to form the balance of a single, unforgiving minute on a mountain ridge in Afghanistan. Driven to excel by a...

<em>New Boundaries for the World:<br/>The Post-War Visions of Eight World War II Leaders</em>

3/11/2010

Gerhard L. Weinberg
New Boundaries for the World:
The Post-War Visions of Eight World War II Leaders
Stalin was certain he could see the future. Churchill had an idea what it would look like, too. From FDR to Mussolini, from Hitler to Tojo, from Chiang Kai-shek...

<em>Winston's War:<br/>Churchill 1940 - 1945</em>

3/17/2010

Sir Max Hastings
Winston's War:
Churchill 1940 - 1945
In one critic's opinion, the greatest actor in the history of the British stage never trod the boards at Drury Lane or the Royal Albert Hall. His venue of choice? 10

3/23/2010

Visions from a Foxhole: The Wartime Sketches of William Foley
January 22 - April 9, 2010

War on the Run:<br/><em>The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier</em>

3/27/2010

John F. Ross
War on the Run:
The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier
Robert Rogers is often called the father of the U.S. Army's Ranger School. With his expertise as an outdoorsman, Rogers developed a new mode of ...

<em>Uncommon Defense:<br/>Indian Allies in the Blackhawk War</em>

3/27/2010

John W. Hall
Uncommon Defense:
Indian Allies in the Blackhawk War
In 1832, the Sauk leader Black Hawk led a thousand followers into Illinois to reclaim their ancestral lands. Federal troops arrived to force their withdrawal ...

April

<em>The Marne, 1914:<br/>The Opening of World War I & The Battle That Changed The World</em>

4/8/2010

Holger H. Herwig
The Marne, 1914:
The Opening of World War I & The Battle That Changed The World
The British Tommy, the French Poilu, and the German Landser went to war in 1914, ready to show their courage and fulfill their sense of adventure ...

4/15/2010

Hugh Ambrose
The Pacific
By the end of the war, their chests were covered in medals of valor. To a man, they had paid an extremely high price for each and every one. Produced by Tom...

4/22/2010

Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Robert M. Patterson
Sp4c. Patterson woke up in a bomb crater with no memory of how he got there. His fellow soldiers recalled it clearly, though: he'd earned the Medal of Honor...

4/28/2010

David Finkel
The Good Soldiers
There is no sense of purpose that cannot be shaken by the sight of a thirsty dog on the streets of Baghdad, lapping up the blood of your fellow soldier...

May

<em>War Like the Thunderbolt:<br/>The Battle and Burning of Atlanta</em>

5/6/2010

Russell S. Bonds
War Like the Thunderbolt:
The Battle and Burning of Atlanta
It was, from the start, an uneven battle. While other commanders made mere plans, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman unleashed a thing beyond all control...

<em>Warrior's Rage<br/>The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting</em>

5/13/2010

Douglas Macgregor
Warrior's Rage
The Great Tank Battle of 73 Easting
It was the U.S. Army's largest tank battle since World War II, and it was a decisive victory for Cougar Squadron. But in the eyes of the man who led...

5/20/2010

Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Walter J. Marm
U.S. Army, Vietnam
Where a direct hit from a bazooka failed, the courage and determination of one man would win the day. A Pennsylvania native, Marm was assigned to the...

<em>On Hallowed Ground:<br/>The Story of Arlington National Cemetery</em>

5/27/2010

Robert M. Poole
On Hallowed Ground:
The Story of Arlington National Cemetery
The father of Memorial Day, Illinois Sen. John Logan, wrote that the day was meant to honor "the memory of our heroic dead, who made their breasts a barricade...

June

6/10/2010

Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy
Alfred V. Rascon
U.S. Army, Vietnam
Almost 34 years after what he described as "ten minutes of hell", a heroic medic would finally receive his due. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, Alfred Rascon moved...