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Born Fighting: How The Scots-Irish Shaped AmericaISBN 0767916891 (0-7679-1689-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Born Fighting: How The Scots-Irish Shaped America'Book summary:More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of Englands Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, traveling in groups of families and bringing with them not only long experience as rebels and outcasts but also unparalleled skills as frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters. Their cultural identity reflected acute individualism, dislike of aristocracy and a military tradition, and, over time, the Scots-Irish defined the attitudes and values of the military, of working class America, and even of the peculiarly populist form of American democracy itself.
Born Fighting is the first book to chronicle the full journey of this remarkable cultural group, and the profound, but unrecognized, role it has played in the shaping of America. Written with the storytelling verve that has earned his works such acclaim as captivating . . . unforgettable (the Wall Street Journal on Lost Soliders), Scots-Irishman James Webb, Vietnam combat veteran and former Naval Secretary, traces the history of his people, beginning nearly two thousand years ago at Hadrians Wall, when the nation of Scotland was formed north of the Wall through armed conflict in contrast to Englands formation to the south through commerce and trade. Webb recounts the Scots odysseytheir clashes with the English in Scotland and then in Ulster, their retreat from one war-ravaged land to another. Through engrossing chronicles of the challenges the Scots-Irish faced, Webb vividly portrays how they developed the qualities that helped settle the American frontier and define the American character.
Born Fighting shows that the Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only 5 percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army). It illustrates how the Scots-Irish redefined American politics, creating the populist movement and giving the country a dozen presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. And it explores how the Scots-Irish culture of isolation, hard luck, stubbornness, and mistrust of the nations elite formed and still dominates blue-collar America, the military services, the Bible Belt, and country music.
Both a distinguished work of cultural history and a human drama that speaks straight to the heart of contemporary America, Born Fighting reintroduces America to its most powerful, patriotic, and individualistic cultural groupone too often ignored or taken for granted. [via]More editions of Born Fighting: How The Scots-Irish Shaped America:
A Country Such As Thisby James H. WebbISBN 1557509646 (1-55750-964-6)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Country Such As This'Book summary:The innocence the 1950s and turbulence of the 1960s and 70s--years when America reached out and touched the heavens, only to be torn apart by internal conflict and a war in Southeast Asia--provide a dramatic setting for this unforgettable story of three men and the women they love carving a place for themselves in a society where the rules keep changing. Written by bestselling novelist James Webb, it has been hailed as a major work of our time and a stunning commentary of political and social life in America over nearly three decades. From the wars in Korea and Vietnam to antiwar protests in Washington and POW camps in Hanoi, from young love and parenthood to divorce and reconciliation, Webb's eye for detail, provocative insights, and subtle revelations have earned him the highest literary accolades. His convincing characters and gripping scenes fully engage the reader as the three Naval Academy graduates reevaluate their lives, their country, and the cost of success. [via]
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- A Country Such As This: ISBN 0553247344 (0-553-24734-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books - A Country Such As This: ISBN 0246122145 (0-246-12214-5)
Hardcover, Granada Publishing, Limited - A Country Such As This: ISBN 0385180101 (0-385-18010-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - A Country Such As This: ISBN 1557509646 (1-55750-964-6)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
- A Country Such As This: ISBN 0553247344 (0-553-24734-4)
The Emperor's Generalby James H. WebbISBN 014027832X (0-14-027832-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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- The Emperor's General: ISBN 0553578545 (0-553-57854-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Emperor's General: ISBN 0767900766 (0-7679-0076-6)
Hardcover, Broadway Books - The Emperor's General: ISBN 0786220376 (0-7862-2037-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - The Emperor's General: A Novel: ISBN 014027832X (0-14-027832-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- The Emperor's General: ISBN 0553578545 (0-553-57854-5)
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Fields of Fireby James H. WebbISBN 1557509638 (1-55750-963-8)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fields of Fire'Book summary:They each had their reasons for being a soldier.
They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo Death Before Dishonor before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts of family heroes.
They were three young men from different worlds plunged into a white-hot, murderous realm of jungle warfare as it was fought by one Marine platoon in the An Hoa Basin, 1969. They had no way of knowing what awaited them. Nothing could have prepared them for the madness to come. And in the heat and horror of battle they took on new identities, took on each other, and were each reborn in fields of fire....
Fields of Fire is James Webbs classic, searing novel of the Vietnam War, a novel of poetic power, razor-sharp observation, and agonizing human truths seen through the prism of nonstop combat. Weaving together a cast of vivid characters, Fields of Fire captures the journey of unformed men through a man-made hell until each man finds his fate. [via]More editions of Fields of Fire:
- Fields of Fire: ISBN 0553583859 (0-553-58385-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Fields of Fire: ISBN 0553256793 (0-553-25679-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Fields of Fire: ISBN 0671731386 (0-671-73138-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Fields of Fire: ISBN 0133142868 (0-13-314286-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Fields of Fire: A Novel: ISBN 0246111445 (0-246-11144-5)
Hardcover, Granada Publishing, Limited - Fields of Fire: ISBN 061399809X (0-613-99809-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Fields of Fire: ISBN 1557509638 (1-55750-963-8)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
- Fields of Fire: ISBN 0553583859 (0-553-58385-9)
Lost Soldiersby James H. WebbISBN 0440240913 (0-440-24091-3)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
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Micronesia and U.S. Pacific Strategy: A Blueprint for the 1980sby James H. WebbISBN 0275089401 (0-275-08940-1)
Hardcover, Praeger Publishers
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The Occult Establishmentby James H. WebbISBN 0904002829 (0-904002-82-9)
Hardcover, Drew Publishing, Richard
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A Sense of Honourby James H. WebbISBN 0583135676 (0-583-13567-6)
Softcover, Granada Publishing, Limited
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