A New Orleans resident and history professor at Tulane University, Brinkley rips the story of Hurricane Katrina apart and exposes the failures, ulterior motives, and inexperience that allowed the Katrina disaster to devastate the Gulf Coast. 16-page color insert.
A New York Times Bestselling Author Nearly every day, in towns and cities across the world, groups of Catholic laymen known as the Knights of Columbus gather together. In the mid-19th century Father Michael J. McGivney dedicated his life to the spiritual and physical welfare of others, creating the K of C to provide insurance for the protection ...
Historian Douglas Brinkley tells two related stories: the 40th anniversary D-Day remembrance speeches of Ronald Reagan in 1984, and the June 6, 1944 attack on Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, by U.S. Rangers, who took out a major gun site of the German defense, thus making the beach landing possible. That mission was the central focus of Reagan's well ...
This collection is drawn from all American conflicts since the Civil War. Soldiers write about battle and about everything else under the sun. Some of these letters come from the famous, such as Gen. Sherman, Clara Barton and Ernie Pyle; others come from soldiers, sailors, flyers, nurses, journalists and others. All convey a sense of the ...
One hundred years of human ingenuity in automotive innovation are chronicled in this portrait of the people behind the Ford Motor Company. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
This brief life of Rosa Parks--whose brave decision not to give up her seat on an Alabama bus in 1955 was one of the key moments in the Civil Rights movement--reexamines her life and times. Brinkley is a historian known and respected for making American history accessible and interesting while maintaining a high standard of scholarship.
Historians Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley celebrate the historic river and its region, accompanied with pictures by National Geographic photographers.
The fascinating history of America has now been condensed into a compact, easy-to-use overview of the nation's development. Includes timelines, numerous sidebars, photos, maps, brief biographies, and trivia tidbits.
Published in conjunction with the dedication of this long-overdue memorial, this volume commemorates the everyday Americans who in countless ways rose up to defeat one of history's gravest threats to freedom.
A pictorial history of the United States - a nation formed from a vast wilderness of mountains on whose fringes a few small colonies made a bold cast for freedom burgeoning into an expanding democracy before ultimately flourishing as a world power.
An accessible reference provides authoritative maps, charts, and chronologies complemented by informative essays that cover all the major periods between the time of the Neanderthals and the nuclear age.
Douglas Brinkley, a professor of history, describes what happens when he loads a group of students onto a bus and takes them on the road for a six-week odyssey across America. Stopping at key spots along the way (Monticello, New Orleans, Graceland) and meeting with some remarkable cultural heroes (Bob Dylan, William S. Burroughs, and of course, ...
Historian Brinkley presents an in-depth account of John Kerry's experiences in the Navy during the war in Vietnam, and shows how these experiences shaped his character. Kerry, a Yale graduate who had enlisted, rose to the rank of lieutenant, saw action, and received the Purple Heart three times. After the war, Kerry was active in the organization ...
A portrait of Jimmy Carter's career as a statesman and goodwill ambassador in the years following his presidency. Brinkley points out that Carter is widely perceived as having accomplished more, in terms of statecraft and diplomacy, as a private citizen than he did during his single term in the White House. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
The "accidental" president whose innate decency and steady hand restored the presidency after its greatest crisis When Gerald R. Ford entered the White House in August 1974, he inherited a presidency tarnished by the Watergate scandal, the economy was in a recession, the Vietnam War was drawing to a close, and he had taken office without having ...
A collection of early letters and articles by the famed progenitor of "gonzo journalism." This volume covers the years 1955-1967 and gives a vivid portrait of Thompson at the start of his career.
Published for the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Voices of Valor, a lavishly illustrated book with audio CDs, presents gripping, first-hand accounts of the Normandy invasion with a central narrative by one of America's preeminent historians. Voices of Valor is an intimate and lasting tribute to the soldiers who fought in Normandy, featuring 40 ...
Beauvoir's four-month trip to America in 1947 is chronicled in these journal entries. She travels across the country, meets her lover Nelson Algren in Chicago, visits American universities, and responds to the American landscape with enthusiasm.
From Abington to Zimmerman, from Jamestown to Enron, this concise, accessible volume spans American history from its beginnings through 2002. Its 1,500 entries include articles all the key events and concepts that have shaped American history.
Assuming its rightful place of honor on the National Mall between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial is an eloquent and moving tribute to "The Greatest Generation." Sixteen million Americans served in the armed forces--more than 400,000 gave their lives--and millions supported the war effort from home, all ...
The story of one of the most heroic efforts in American military history - a 77-day struggle in early 1968 for the remote Khe Sanh combat base, during which 6,000 perilously isolated marines withstood the onslaught of a superior enemy force. Drawing on a vast archive of recorded interviews and written material collected over the past twenty years ...
From the first civilizations to the 21st century, this wide-ranging, compulsively readable book encompasses all of world history--great ages and monumental events; the rise and fall of cultures; names, dates, and statistics; and stories galore. Designed as an authoritative reference that's also irresistible to browse, it's a brilliant blend of ...
World War II comes alive through the public records and private accounts of the day. Eminent historian Brinkley has carefully chosen the critical documents that bring to life the days of the war from the first Allied counteroffensive to V-J Day.
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
