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A detailed study of the Allied air campaign against Hitler's U-boats in the Second World War.

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During the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy numbered several dozen ships and captured fewer than 200 British vessels. American privateers, on the other hand, commanded more than 200 vessels and captured more than 1, 000 British ships. The privateers proved the only American force that consistently threatened Britain throughout the Atlantic, especially along the coasts of the British Isles. Although privateers had a far greater impact on the British ...

The Lincoln-Douglas senatorial debates of 1858 marked a significant crossroads in the political career of Abraham Lincoln. Though he lost the Unites States state senate seat for Illinois to Stephen A. Douglas, the debates launched Lincoln into political prominence and eventually contributed to his successful run for the presidency. This work reveals Lincolns political evolution during the debates through a narrative approach, evaluating his de...

This work is the complete narrative of Abraham Lincolns bid for the White House from 1858 through 1860. Lincoln seemed like a long shot from the beginninga one term congressmen, hed never served as a judge or governor or in any statewide office, and he had lost two campaigns for the U.S. Senate. How, then, did he overcome several seemingly better-qualified candidates to ultimately defeat William Seward for his young partys nomination? This wor...

Collected for the first time, actual eyewitness reports of the Lincoln assassination