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George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution

33 reviews
Robert Leckie, 2008

Fantastic account
Robert Leckie does an exceptional job breaking the American Revolution -- from the buildup to the actual chronology of battles -- down into a book that reads like a novel without sacrificing any vital information. It is obvious that the author has done remarkable work when the reader is anxious to pick up where he left off the day before on a heavy historical text such as this. George ...

Crafts to Make in the Winter

1 review
Kathy Ross, Vicky Enright, ...

Ibooks Inc., 2003

Great Crafts for Children
This book is great for kids between 6 and 12. I'm a brownie leader with 2 girls and these activities hold the interest of both younger and older children, small groups and large. We've made several of the projects at home and a few with the brownie troop. The ground hog puppet was especially liked by the Brownie troop. It's great for cold days when you can't get outdoors.

The World Turned Upside Down the Story of the American Revolution

1 review
Robert Leckie

Putnam Pub Group (T), 1973

A good general overview of the American Revolution
This book is a good, straightforward, overview of the American Revolution. It is long out of print, but is available from the used book market and it is a good choice for someone who wants a clear presentation of the important events leading up to the revolution and an overview of the military history of the war. It is a good choice for high school students and those who do not want a detailed ...

The World War II Reader

2 reviews
Robert Leckie

I Books, 2004

Very Good Articles Make a Very Good Book
As one of the contributors to this book, I was wary of this complilation that combined some very select WORLD WAR II magazine articles into a single bound chronological volume. The result, however, is a detailed acount of some of the important events of the Second World War. As is often the case, individual magazine articles are very focused on specific subjects. Stand-alone essays are ...

None Died in Vain: The Saga of the American Civil War

10 reviews
Robert Leckie

Harper Perennial, 1991

Excellent Civil War synopsis.
I am a dedicated reader of Robert Leckie's works, and I was not disappointed with this Civil War history. The book weaves the political, military and social threads of the era into a fine literary fabric, though the real strength of this and of all Mr. Leckie's works is the author's ability to re-animate the characters. With few exceptions, he is even-handed and non-judgmental and allows the ...

The March to Glory

1 review
Robert Leckie

I Books, 2002

an exciting account of the withdrawl of the 1st Marine Divis
as with his previous books, Mr. leckie has created a personal, and down to earth look at one of the most heroic battles in history. mr. leckie brings the reader right into the foxholes of the men who refused to surrender to overwhelming forces in the frozen highlands of north korea. i believe it a must read for anyone who is a student of history, of gallentry, and a believer in honor.

Helmet for My Pillow

8 reviews
Robert Leckie

Ibooks, 2001

An Eloquent Account of Wartime Experience
Robert Leckie gives a gripping first person narrative in which he seemingly pulls no punches about life in the mud and among the flawed but heroic men of the First Marine Division. He recounts hardship, cameraderie, and combat in an engaging, almost lyrical, fashion. I came away from "Helmet" with a renewed respect for the sacrifice of the Greatest Generation. Uncommon valor was truly a common ...

Strong men armed: The United States Marines against Japan

24 reviews
Robert Leckie

Ballantine Books, 1969

Extraordinary....
To my knowledge, no other comprehensive presentation of the Pacific theater brings home the chilling reality of the US Marine Corps island campaign as Strong Men Armed by Robert Leckie. It's all here: the frenzied horror of amphibious assault under massed fire, the slogging through sodden, malarial jungles, the hand-to-hand slugfest required to rid each island of an entrenched and implacable ...

I Was a Kamikaze

1 review
Ryuji Nagatsuka

MacMillan Publishing Company, 1974

Philosophy of death
This is a very rare book on the topic of kamikazes during WWII from a first person's perspective. The simple reason for its rareness being most kamikazes perished in their suicide missions. Upon reading this book, I discovered a certain similarity with Saint-Exupery's Flight to Arras. The writer, being more interested in literature than his counterparts, spends a lot of time pondering about the ...

Delivered from Evil

29 reviews
Robert Leckie

HarperCollins, 1989

Monumental task eloquently done...
An extremely courageous undertaking...many detailed volumes have previously been written on World War II at the specific battle level that to imagine a one-volume account of the whole war which is not only useful but also readable seems initially to be a ridiculous proposition. Robert Leckie, however, pulls it off marvelously and earns his reputation as a "masterful historian" with this epic ...

Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II

8 reviews
Robert Leckie, 2008

The "Rock"
I read this book while my husband (with his family in tow) was stationed at Butler on Okinawa. We lived on Kinser, visited the ER on Lester, shopped at Courtney, Foster & Kadena (ect.), and visited every base on the Island over the 3 years we were there. I thought Leckies books was both powerful & noble in the telling of the Battle for Okinawa. I could actually SEE the battle as my family & I ...

The Wars of America/from 1900 to 1992 (Wars of America)

1 review
Robert Leckie

Perennial, 1993

Useful, but necessarily broad to cover the subject
I used this book often while preparing my classes on 20th Century Conflict. The book does exactly as its title indicates, and tries to cram in enough details on the wars and conflicts of the U.S. military in the 20th Century to give a decent overview. Strategies, commanders, and campaigns are recounted, from the World Wars to Cold War actions. Desert Storm is given some treatment, but it is ...

"A Few Acres of Snow": The Saga of the French and Indian Wars

39 reviews
Robert Leckie

Wiley, 2000

Wide-ranging, opinionated
As a work of history, I found Leckie's book to be rather opinionated, as his portraits of the various political and military personalities are nicely put together but he is rather condemnatory of this or that one, having his own assumptions as to how this or that battle should have been fought or how this or that politician should have behaved, rather than simply stating the facts and presenting ...

Challenge For The Pacific: the Bloody Six-month Battle Of Guadalcanal

4 reviews
Robert Leckie

Da Capo Press, 1999

A Gripping Account of a Pivotal Pacific Campaign
Robert Leckie, like Xenophon before him, undertakes to write about a campaign in which he participated. Leckie hit the beaches with the First Marine Division and lived through the privation, hardship, and carnage to tell a gripping story of this pivotal Pacific campaign. Leckie gives good character sketches of the principle participants on both sides and details great acts of courage by ...

Principles of Mathematical Logic

2 reviews
David Hilbert, W. Ackermann

American Mathematical Society, 1999

classic
Brief though it is, _Priniciples_ manages to cover not only the usual topics (sentential calculus, first-order predicate calculus, completeness, decidability), but also: the monadic predicate calculus in relation to Aristotelian logic; second-order logic; set theory and the Fregean concept of number; and the theory of types (logics of higher order). You might say that Hilbert covers the same ...

The wars of America (A Bantam book)

6 reviews
Robert Leckie

Bantam Books, 1969

Once again America is at war
Leckie writes a superb narrative history that contains among other things his political philosophy, his love of country and his profound Catholic beleifs. 'America' writes Leckie 'Has by force of arms become the most powerful nation of all time.' He goes on to say that 'although America has been martial, it has never been militaristic, and the distinction is a great one.' Numerous other gems are ...

Conflict: The History Of The Korean War, 1950-1953

7 reviews
Robert Leckie

Da Capo Press, 1996

Classic Leckie
"Conflict" is classic Leckie. Written more as a newspaper account, it is more readable than a stadard treatise on the war. Leckie's inability to suffer incompetence and admiration for the common infantryman is evident in his writing, without the arrogance that Marshall often conveys. This work shows why Leckie was, and remains, one of the best war story tellers in hirtory.

Great American Battles

1 review
Robert Leckie

I Books, 2003

A good beginner's book
A small volume that chronicles major (and in the words of the author: "The most important battles in American History") military engagements, from Quebec in 1759 to Pusan-Inchon in the Korean War. It gives a good overview of each one, and the writing is easy to read.

The story of football (Landmark giant)

1 review
Robert Leckie

Random House, 1968

Interesting Anecdotes And Splendid Action Photos
THE STORY OF FOOTBALL is a history of football since its beginnings in the United States after the Civil War until this book's publication about one hundred years later. It traces the evolution of both the college and professional branches of the sport. Leckie ranges far and wide as he gives particular attention to such gridiron notables as Walter Camp, Pudge Heffelfinger, Fielding Yost, Gil ...

From Sea To Shining Sea: From the War of 1812 to the Mexican War, the Saga of America's Expansion

13 reviews
Robert Leckie

Castle Books, 2005

Another very readable book by Mr Leckie.
I began reading this book in an almost obligatory way, feeling that while the period it encompassed might be rather dull, it must nonetheless be understood. Of course, the period was not dull at all, and Leckie brings the sequence of events and the cast of characters together in a book that is tightly knit without for a moment becoming tedious.

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