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June
<em>The Second World War</em>
6/21/2012
Antony Beevor
 The Second World War
A comprehensive history of World War II through the eyes of its participants...

<em>Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir</em>
6/13/2012
Anthony Swofford
 Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir
A new memoir from the author of Jarhead...

May
V-DAY 11.11.11
5/24/2012
Documentary Film Premiere
 V-DAY 11.11.11
Award-Winning Chicago Director Premieres Documentary Film Featuring Our Nation’s Veterans on May 24...


5/24/2012
Educator Open House
Come find out what the Pritzker Military Library offers educators and students...

Photographs from NATO member nations<br />May 18, 2012-July 7, 2012
5/19/2012
NATO Delivers: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
 Photographs from NATO member nations
May 18, 2012-July 7, 2012

<em>NATO Experts - NATO Protesters Debate</em>
5/17/2012
Pritzker Military Library and National Strategy Forum
 NATO Experts - NATO Protesters Debate
Social Responsibility and National Security: Towards a New NATO

<em>Into Dust and Fire<br />Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army</em>
5/11/2012
Rachel Cox
 Into Dust and Fire
Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army
Until the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the United States was reluctant to enter the fray of World War II...

<em>Citizen Soldier<br />Reserves and the National Guard in the 21st Century</em>
5/10/2012
Major General Andrew B. Davis, USMC (Retired), Colonel Paul C. Hastings, USA, Dennis M. McCarthy, and Major General William D.R. Waff, USA, Major General William L. Enyart, USA
 Citizen Soldier
Reserves and the National Guard in the 21st Century
Sponsored by Reserve Officers Association
April
<em>In Our Voices<br />Profiles of Courage</em>
4/27/2012
David H. Hymes, James Mukoyama, Rodrigo Garcia
 In Our Voices
Profiles of Courage
A panel of veterans from World War II to today, moderated by Laura S. Washington Generously supported by Exelon, AT&T, and The Brotine Family.
<em>Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War<br />America's First Couple and the Second War of Independence</em>
4/11/2012
Hugh Howard
 Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War
America's First Couple and the Second War of Independence
With Dolley at his side, President James Madison gazes at the ruins of Washington City...
<em>No Turning Back<br />One Man's Inspiring True Story of Courage, Determination, and Hope</em>
4/5/2012
Bryan Anderson
 No Turning Back
One Man's Inspiring True Story of Courage, Determination, and Hope
Sponsored by Lodge One Media

In October 2005, Bryan Anderson was injured by an Improvised Explosive Device that resulted in the loss of both legs and his left hand...
March
<em>Refighting the Pacific War<br />An Alternative History of World War II</em>
3/29/2012
Jim Bresnahan, Elliot Carlson, John Lundstrom, Jon Parshall
 Refighting the Pacific War
An Alternative History of World War II
Sponsored by USNI

Contributors to this alternative WWII history address "what if" questions about the war in the Pacific...

<em>Outlaw Platoon<br />Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan</em>
3/15/2012
Sean Parnell
 Outlaw Platoon
Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
Sean Parnell is a former U.S. Army airborne ranger who served in the legendary 10th Mountain Division for six years...
<em>Illinois in the War of 1812</em>
3/9/2012
Gillum Ferguson
 Illinois in the War of 1812
Illinois in the War of 1812 is the first book written by Gillum Ferguson and is being published by ...
February
<em>Enterprise<br />America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II</em>
2/23/2012
Barrett Tillman
 Enterprise
America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II
The USS Enterprise (CV-6) fought at Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. All told, the Enterprise took part in ...
February 14 - July 20, 2012
2/15/2012
2012 Midwest Air Force Artists Exhibition
 February 14 - July 20, 2012

Opens February 10, 2012
2/11/2012
Don't Be a Dope: Training Comics from World War II and Korea
 Opens February 10, 2012

December
<em>Pearl Harbor Christmas<br />A World at War, December 1941</em>
12/1/2011
Stanley Weintraub
 Pearl Harbor Christmas
A World at War, December 1941
Christmas trees were a dollar apiece, and Times Square was set to swing on New Year's Eve. It was a holiday season like none other — December 1941, in the midst of a world at war...
November
<em>Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty</em><br />Third Edition
11/19/2011
Medal of Honor Recipients
Jack Jacobs and Allen J. Lynch
 Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty
Third Edition
To celebrate the release of the third edition of Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty, two of the Medal of Honor recipients profiled in the book...
<em>Inferno<br />The World at War, 1939-1945</em>
11/16/2011
Sir Max Hastings
 Inferno
The World at War, 1939-1945
In the midst of his global narrative, Hastings focuses on events of the Second World War as they appeared to the people experiencing them...
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