A noted historian examines the impact of culture and politics on the wartime attitudes and experiences of Americans and their expectations concerning the postwa

David W. Shaw is the author of The Sea Shall Embrace Them, Inland Passage, and Daring the Sea.

Describes the military history of the American Revolution and the grim realities of the eight-year conflict while offering descriptions of the major engagements

A dramatic, gripping history of the Siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolution, told through vastly different perspectives In October 1

At the dawn of a new century, a newly elected U.S. president was forced to confront an escalating series of unprovoked attacks on Americans by Muslim terrorists