Voices of D-Day

Stephen E. Ambrose

• Paperback | Engels | Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace
• In 1983 the Eisenhower Center at the University of New Orleans began a project to record the recollections of as many people as possible -- civilians ... Lees meer

Secessionists & Other Scoundrels

• Paperback | Engels | Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace
• "Readers will find Brownlow unique, above all, but as entertaining as he is sometimes thrillingly loathsome, full of great energy and rhetorical skill... Lees meer

Transmission Impossible

Jessica Gienow-Hecht

• Paperback | Engels | Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace
• In this innovative study, Jessica C. E. Gienow-Hecht challenges long-standing analyses of the United States' "cultural imperialism" that emphasize the... Lees meer

Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II (Revised)

Jerry E Strahan

• Paperback | Engels | Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace
• Andrew Jackson Higgins is perhaps the most forgotten hero of the Allied victory. He designed the LCVP (landing craft vehicle, personnel) that played s... Lees meer

The 'Baby Dolls'

Kim Marie Vaz

• Paperback | Engels | Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace
• One of the first women's organizations to "mask" in a Mardi Gras parade, the "Million Dollar Baby Dolls" redefined the New Orleans carnival tradition.... Lees meer

John F. Kennedy and Europe

• Hardcover | Engels | Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace
• When John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the thirty-fifth president of the United States in January 1961, the cold war was at its height. Although the ... Lees meer

Cold War Respite

• Hardcover | Engels | Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace
• At the midpoint of the "high" cold war, when most people in North America and Europe thought catastrophic nuclear onslaught was almost inevitable, an ... Lees meer

Tiburcio Cari-As

Thomas J Dodd

• Hardcover | Engels | Eisenhower Center Studies on War and Peace
• Honduras's longest-serving head of government, Tiburcio Carías (1876--1969) was a larger-than-life figure who had the air of an ordinary, approachable... Lees meer