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Summary: A biography of the soldier-statesman follow's Colin Powell's life from his Jamaican roots and youth in the Bronx, through his decorated career in the Army and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to his role as Secretary of State and departure from the post.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 POWELL, COLIN POWUnger, Harlow G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Wiley & Sons 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.04 UNGMelville, Doug
Summary: "In Invisible Generals, Melville shares his quest to rediscover his family’s story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe. In life, the Davises were denied the recognition and compensation they’d earned, but through his journey, Melville uncovers something greater: that dedication and self-sacrifice can move proverbial mountains—even in a world...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Privilege Publishing/Atria 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MELChernow, Ron
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 GRANT, ULYSSES S. CHEThomason, John W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Konecky & Konecky 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STUART, J THODavis, William C.
Summary: Profiles the lives of these two great Civil War commanders who came from vastly different backgrounds, exploring their personalities, their characters, their ethical and moral compasses, and their political and military worlds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 DAVSchwarzkopf, H. Norman
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHWARZKOPF, H. NORMAN SCHBoot, Max
Summary: A biography of Edward Lansdale, the CIA operative. Boot chronicles his rise and fall as a proponent of a visionary "hearts and minds" diplomacy in Vietnam who was ultimately overruled by the American military bureaucracy, which favored bombs and troop build-ups over winning the people's trust. "The legendary Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), a covert operative so roguish that he was said to be the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANSDALE, EDWARD BOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LANDSDALE BOOEisenhower, John S. D.
Summary: From respected historian John S. D. Eisenhower comes a surprising portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War general whose path of destruction cut the Confederacy in two, broke the will of the Southern population, and earned him a place in history as “the first modern general.” Yet behind his reputation as a fierce warrior was a sympathetic man of complex character.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NAL Caliber 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHERMAN, WILLIAM T EISGuelzo, Allen C.
Summary: "From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion--a sweeping, singularly immediate, and intimate biography of the Confederate general and his fateful decision to betray his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEE, ROBERT E. GUEHogg, Ian V.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bison Books 1982
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.541 HOGManchester, William
Summary: Biography of one of the most controversial American generals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS MANBoot, Max
Summary: In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War. In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene's The Quiet American, best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a "hearts and mind" diplomacy, first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LANSDALE, EDWARD BOOSimpson, Brooks D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Pres SimpsonSmith, Jean Edward.
Summary: A peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America's thirty-fourth president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D SMIEisenhower, John S. D.
Summary: Eisenhower offers a surprising portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War general whose path of destruction cut the Confederacy in two, broke the will of the Southern population, and earned him a place in history as "the first modern general." Yet behind his reputation as a fierce warrior was a sympathetic man of complex character.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 SHERMAN, WILLIAM T EISForty, George.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arms and Armour 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 FORMarcovitz, Hal.
Summary: The life of the Civil War general whose controversial fame rests chiefly on the disaster at the Little Big Horn in 1876.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CUSChernow, Ron
Summary: "Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefeller, Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most complicated generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRACopies Available at Fife Lake
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRANT, ULYSSES S. CHECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B GRANT CHEO'Connell, Robert L.
Contents: Part I. The military strategist -- Tyro -- The golden state -- Into the gloom -- The black hole -- Swamped -- Atlanta -- The march -- Bands of steel -- Part II. The general and his army -- The boys -- Road warriors -- Part III. The man and his families -- Cump -- Big time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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Summary: A profile of the iconic Civil War general explores the paradoxes attributed to his character to discuss such topics as his achievements as a military strategist, his contributions to the Transcontinental Railroad, and his tempestuous family relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 SHERMAN, WILLIAM O'CoEdwards, Roberta.
Summary: "In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian Warand the American Revolution"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WASBunting, Josiah
Summary: "A portrait of one of the greatest leaders of modern history, George Catlett Marshall, and a distillation of the essential lessons his formation offers to the leaders of today and tomorrow. George Marshall was a soldier-statesman who guided the Allies to victory during World War II and set Europe on the postwar path to recovery with the plan that bears his name, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: Boykin reveals how his military duty worked in tandem with his faith to bring him through the bloody storms of foreign battle-- and through the political firestorm that ambushed him in his own country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Faith Words 2008