'65: SQUAD-LEVEL COMBAT IN THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM
Hue 1968
2017
NON-FICTIONGripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
1992
NON-FICTIONDefinitive account of the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in 1965, the first major engagement between US forces and the NVA.
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
1988
NON-FICTIONPulitzer Prize–winning account of the Vietnam War seen through the career of John Paul Vann, a soldier who saw through official optimism.
The Things They Carried
1990
FICTIONLandmark work of fiction-as-memoir about American soldiers in Vietnam. One of the most acclaimed war novels of the 20th century.
Dispatches
1977
MEMOIRIconic New Journalism account of the Vietnam War by a war correspondent. Its prose style influenced an entire generation of war writing.
An Autumn of War
2002
NON-FICTIONOn September 11, 2001, hours after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the eminent military historian Victor Davis Hanson wrote an article in which he asserted that the United States, li...
Makers of Ancient Strategy
2010
NON-FICTIONIn this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy, Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prominent thinkers to explore key facets of warfare, strategy,...
The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity
2018
NON-FICTIONThe Roman Emperor ran the Empire through contentious committee meetings at which civil, military and religious policies were debated.
Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World (3000 B.C. to 500 A.D.)
2003
NON-FICTION"Provides a detailed, highly-illustrated guide to warfare in the classical ancient world"--Jacket.
The Late Roman Army
1996
NON-FICTIONExamines how - and how effectively - the Roman army adapted itself to meet the growing threats to the later Empire's survival.
Studies in Ancient Greek Topography
1989
NON-FICTIONProfessor Pritchett continues his study of topographical data to test the veracity of Greek historians. This sixth volume focuses on Pansanias's account of the sites in the Thyreatis, on the historica...
Urban Society in Roman Italy
1995
NON-FICTIONThis collection of original essays focuses upon Roman Italy where, with over 400 cities, urbanization was at the very centre of Italian civilization. Informed by an awareness of the social and anthrop...
The Usborne Internet-linked Encyclopedia of the Roman World
2001
NON-FICTIONThis volume traces the history of the Romans, from their origins in the hills around Rome, through the founding of the Republic, the growth of the empire and its eventual decline and fall. All aspects...
Roman Social Relations, 50 B.C. to A.D. 284
1974
NON-FICTION"In this interesting and suggestive book, Professor MacMullen views anew an important and rather neglected aspect of Roman social relations. A perceptive and sensitive interpreter, he has drawn widely...
Roman Britain
2008
NON-FICTIONPart of the 'British History' series, this book is illustrated with a combination of cartoons, reproduced artwork, and photographs.
Internet-linked Romans
2009
NON-FICTIONSurveys the history and civilization of ancient Rome, including views of government, law, social life and customs, architecture, and religion.
Communal Dining in the Roman West
2022
NON-FICTION"Communal Dining in the Roman West explores why the practice of privately sponsored communal dining gained popularity in certain parts of the Western Roman Empire for almost 300 years. This book bring...
Him on the One Side and Me on the Other
1999
MEMOIRAlexander and James Campbell, born and raised in Scotland, immigrated to the United States as teenagers in the 1850s and settled in vastly different regions of the country - Alexander in New York City...