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South Carolinian Alexander F. Warley (1823-1895) was an exceptional naval officer who enjoyed a robust life of far-flung adventures at sea during several dramatic periods in American maritime…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017052/Rhetoric-in-Martial-Deliberations-and-Decision-Making
Case studies on the role of rhetoric in making military decisions

In this study of the discourse involved in martial deliberations, Ronald H. Carpenter examines the rhetoric employed by…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017058/The-Southern-Strategy
A reexamination of major Southern battles and tactics in the American War of Independence

A finalist for the 2005 Distinguished Writing Award of the Army Historical Foundation and the 2…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017067/Following-the-Greek-Cross-Or-Memories-of-the-Sixth-Army-Corps
Rare recollections of combat and camaraderie from the Army of the Potomac

Thomas W. Hyde, a native of Maine who rose rapidly through the Union ranks and eventually received the Medal of…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017115/Court-Martial-at-Parris-Island
The definitive account of a tragic episode in U.S. Marine Corps history and its aftermath

On the night of April 8, 1956, marine drill instructor Matthew McKeon led Platoon 71 on a force…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017147/Recent-Themes-in-Military-History
An inviting survey of recent developments in military history from leading voices in the field

Described as "the New York Review of Books for history,"Historically Speaking has emerged…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017156/Battle-Exhortation
A commanding study of the motivational speech of military leaders across the centuries

In this groundbreaking examination of the symbolic strategies used to prepare troops for imminent…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017239/Caissons-Go-Rolling-Along
An engrossing portrait of war-torn Europe written by one of South Carolina's most distinguished military officers of the last century.

Major General Johnson Hagood (1873-1948) was one o…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017276/Among-the-Nightmare-Fighters
In the first comprehensive study of the American male poets of World War II, Diederik Oostdijk gives voice to the literary men still considered to be a part of the Silent Generation. Focusing…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4017926/Dearest-Mama
A cache of letters leads to a journey of discovery that reveals the long and lasting consequences of war

William S. Walker never knew his uncle, Fletcher "Bud" Blanton. Blanton had bee…]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 08:36:55 -0700