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The Big East : inside the most entertaining and influential conference in college basketball history / by O'Neil, Dana Pennett,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Gavitt's folly: "There would never be a Big East without him" -- A rivalry ignites a conference: "Manley Field House is officially closed" -- Ewing arrives, and so does the Big East: "He's the most important player in the history of the league, period" -- The magic of Madison Square Garden: "I just knew that was the place to play" -- John Thompson, patriarch of Hoya Paranoia: "He wanted people to hate him so they wouldn't hate his kids" -- St. John's, a team even New Yorkers could love: "Eh, that's Louie being Louie" -- Pasta, family, and Massimino: "Who the hell is this little Italian dude?" -- Pitino and the 3-Point revolution: "Best coaching job I've ever witnessed" -- Out of the cellar and into the championship for the hall: "It was like witnessing something that seemed impossible happening" -- From Yukon to UConn: The Huskies' rise from obscurity: "What the hell kind of league did I get myself into?" -- The last of the originals: Boeheim finally gets his ring "We're going to get it right this time" -- Six overtimes and the end of an era: "My final gift to you"."The compulsively readable, definitive account of the greatest era of the most influential league in college basketball history, infused with the raucous spirit and roaring voices of the league's legendary coaches and players. There has never been, nor will there ever be, another league quite like the Big East. Five Big East schools have won national college basketball titles, and five coaches are enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Eight players have been named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. But the magic and mastery of the league cannot be quantified by trophies or plaques. During its golden era, the league's heart beat in its moments and personalities. Syracuse versus Georgetown, Patrick versus Chris, Allen versus Allen, the Pearl, Billy the Kid, P.J and six overtimes. Combustible, competitive, and, at times, maybe even a little crazy, they turned the Big East into must-watch TV just as cable television took off. The players, many products of the Northeast playgrounds, competed fiercely and physically, their talent mixing with their fire to produce unforgettable games and court battles. The coaches were each more of a caricature than the next-the wild mania of Rollie Massimino versus the stoic intimidation of John Thompson, Jr. Or sweet, lovable Louie Carnesecca going toe-to-toe against perpetually whiny Jim Boeheim. The rivalries were real, the Catholic tradition ran deep, and the loyalties went beyond fan fervor. These titans of athletic prowess and power fought over every recruit, every gameday advantage, every basket, and every conference title. On the court, down back hallways, in meeting rooms, and on golf courses, they bickered and postured, not willing to cede a competitive inch. From the formation of the league to the backstories of the people who shaped it, to inside the epic games and players that sealed its relevance and laid the groundwork for its eventual rebirth, The Big East tells the tale of the most powerful and entertaining league in college basketball history"--
Subjects: Sports writing.; Big East Conference; Basketball;
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ESPN 30 for 30. [videorecording] / by Team Marketing (Firm) (CARDINAL)344996; ESPN Films (Firm)(CARDINAL)344993;
Blu-ray, widescreen; requires Blu-ray playerESPN Films' 30 for 30 is a documentary series featuring today's finest storytellers from inside and outside of the sports world. What started as a celebration of ESPN's 30th anniversary has come to life as an eclectic and fascinating collection of passionate films about sports and culture. Individually, each of the films in this series is meant to tell an intimate, compelling story that stands on its own and brings to life the filmmaker's vision. Broke: According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of retirement. By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress. Sucked into bad investments, stalked by freeloaders, saddled with medical problems, and naturally prone to showing off, many pro athletes get shocked by harsh economic realities after years of living the high life. ; 9.79*: The 100-meter men's final at the 1988 Seoul Games was the fastest and perhaps most thrilling sprint in Olympic history. But within 48 hours, gold medalist Ben Johnson had tested positive for anabolic steroids, and scandal reigned. This one race still haunts the eight men who took part. ; There's no place like home: On December 10, 2010, Sotheby's auctioned off what could be considered the most important historical document in sports history - James Naismith's original rules of basketball. This is the story of one man's fanatical quest to win this seminal American artifact at auction and bring the rules 'home' to Lawrence, Kansas, where Naismith coached and taught for over 40 years. ; Benji: In 1984, 17-year-old Benjamin "Benji" Wilson, Jr. was a symbol of everything promising about Chicago: a beloved, sweet-natured youngster from the city's fabled South Side, Wilson was the first high school player in Chicago's history to be ranked as the nation's #1 recruit. The day before his senior season, his life was abruptly and tragically cut short, sending ripples through the city and the country. ; Ghosts of Ole Miss: In the fall of 1962, James Meredith becomes the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi under the order and protection of the federal government. Director Fritz Marshall, along with Mississippi native Wright Thompson, explore how the Ole Miss football team became caught in the middle of the most significant moments in the Civil Rights movement. ; You don't know Bo: A profile of Bo Jackson and how his college and professional feats in two sports (baseball and football) captured the public's imagination and made Jackson a cultural (and marketing) icon. Survive and advance: A look at the North Carolina State Wolfpack men's basketball team's successful and improbable championship runs through the 1983 ACC and the 1983 NCAA tournaments. ; Elway to Marino: A look at the 1983 NFL Draft and the six quarterbacks taken in its first round, specifically John Elway (the first overall pick) and Dan Marino (the last QB picked in Round 1). ; Hawaiian : the legend of Eddie Aikau: A chronicling of the life of Eddie Aikau, a big wave surfer and lifeguard whose death served as inspiration to an entire spiritual movement. ; Free spirits: Chronicles the American Basketball Association team the Spirits of St. Louis during their two years in the league, and the ABA's eventual merger with the NBA. ; No más: An inside look at the two boxing matches between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán in the 1980s, with insight from boxing experts, family members and the two fighters themselves. ; Big shots: The story of how young businessman John Spano struck a deal to purchase the New York Islanders in 1996, only to be later revealed as a fraud and being near financial insolvency. ; This is what they want: A colorful clook at the re-invention of tennis in the first decade of the Open era through the lens of Jimmy Conners' career and his famous run the 1991 U.S. Open. Bernie and Ernie: When Bernard King arrived in Knoxville, he was only the third African American ever to play for the University of Tennessee varsity team. By the time he left he was a legend. Along with talented teammate Ernie Grunfeld, the duo gained national acclaim as part of what was known as "The Ernie and Bernie Show." ; Book of Manning: The Book of Manning features revealing interviews with Archie, Olivia, Cooper, Peyton and Eli Manning along with other family members, friends, former teammates and coaches as well as never-before-seen photos and home movie footage of Archie and his sons. ; Youngstown boys: Explores the class and power dynamics in college sports through the parallel interconnected journeys of one-time dynamic runnning back Maurice Clarett and former elite head coach Jim Tressel. -- The price of gold: The world couldn't keep its eyes off two athletes at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer: Nancy Kerrigan, the elegant brunette from the Northeast, and Tonya Harding, the feisty blonde engulfed in scandal. Just weeks before the Olympics on Jan. 6, 1994 at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Kerrigan was stunningly clubbed on the right knee by an unknown assailant. As the bizarre mystery unraveled, it was revealed that Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, had plotted the attack with his misfit friends to literally eliminate Kerrigan from the competition. Requiem for the Big East: Takes a nostalgic look at the rivalries and successes that catapulted the Big East to groundbreaking success. Told primarily through the lens of famed Big East coaches and some of its most iconic players, the film encapsulates the era and region in which the Big East was born. ; Bad boys: "Few teams in professional sports history elicit such a wide range of emotions as the Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s and early '90s. The team had some of the best--and most complex--players in NBA history: Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman, John Salley; and the mixture of grit, professionalism and style possessed by coach Chuck Daly. Sandwiched between the Lakers' and Celtics' dominance of the 1980s and the Bulls' run in the 1990s, the Pistons' two titles in 1989 and 1990 are often viewed as a transitional period in NBA history, rather than a dynamic championship era in its own right. But for anyone who experienced the Bad Boys in action, they more than carved out their own identity, both in the league and in American popular culture." ; Slaying the badger: Before Lance Armstrong, there was Greg LeMond, who is now the first and only American to win the Tour de France. LeMond looks back at the pivotal 1986 Tour and his increasingly vicious rivalry with friend, teammate and mentor Bernard Hinault. The reigning Tour champion and brutal competitor known as The Badger, Hinault "promised" to help LeMond, in return for LeMond supporting him in the previous year. But in a sport that purports to reward teamwork, it's really every man for himself. ; Playing for the mob: Set in the seemingly golden world of college basketball, this intriguing film tells the true story behind the 1990 Martin Scorsese classic, Goodfellas, and how mobster Henry Hill helped orchestrate fixing of Boston College basketball games during the 1978-79 season. ; The day the series stopped: On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. PT, soon after Al Michaels and Tim McCarver started the ABC telecast for Game three of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, the ground began to shake beneath Candlestick Park. The 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake rolled through, bringing death and destruction. The Bay Area pulled together and baseball took a backseat. When the Garden was Eden: During the tumultuous and racially discordant early 1970s, Madison Square Garden was a place where individuals from different backgrounds worked together, and the New York Knicks, under the stewardship of coach Ray Holzman, was seen to be a model of cooperation and harmony. ; Brian and the Boz: In some ways, Brian "The Boz" Bosworth and Barry Switzer were made for each other. The Oklahoma coach and the linebacker he recruited to play for him were both outsized personalities who delighted in thumbing their noses at the establishment. And in their three seasons together (1984-86), the unique father-son dynamic resulted in 31 wins and two Orange Bowl victories, including a national championship. ; Brothers in exile: Discover the remarkable story of Cubans Livan and Orlando 'El Duque' Hernandez, who risked their lives to get off the island, and eventually went on to world championship success in Major League Baseball in the United States. ; Rand University: One of the most gifted athletes to ever play the game, Randy Moss has long been an enigma, largely known for his athletic brilliance on the football field and his troubles off it. Go back to where he came from - Rand, West Virginia - and explore what almost derailed his extraordinary career. After overcoming legal troubles and losing opportunities to play with Notre Dame and Florida State, Moss would eventually revive his promising football career at Marshall University. The U part 2: Picking up where "The U" (2009) left off, "The U part 2" chronicles the controversial Miami Hurricanes as the team becomes embroiled in a scandal involving a ponzi scheme operated by one of the team's boosters. ; Of miracles and men: The story of one of the greatest upsets in sports history has been told. Or has it? On a Friday evening in Lake Placid, a plucky band of American collegians stunned the vaunted Soviet national team, 4-3 in the medal round of the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey competition. But there was another side to the 'Miracle On Ice.' The so-called bad guys from America's ideological adversary were in reality good men and outstanding players. ; I hate Christian Laettner: He made perhaps the most dramatic shot in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament. He's the only player to start in four consecutive Final Fours, and was instrumental in Duke winning two national championships. He had looks, smarts and game. So why has Christian Laettner been disliked so intensely by so many for so long? Go beyond the polarizing persona and uncover the complete story behind this lightning rod of college basketball. ; Sole man: This definitive, first-hand and unflinching account examines one of the sports world's most polarizing and influential figures, Sonny Vaccaro. A fast talking maverick, his zeal for basketball and instinct for sales forged an era of unprecedented growth for two pillars of pop culture: basketball and sneakers. Vaccaro was instrumental in launching Nike's 'Air Jordan' empire in the '80s and started the movement of paying college coaches to have their players wear Nike shoes. ; Angry sky: In 1965, at the height of the space race, Nick Piantanida launched the first civilian space program. A truck driver and exotic pet dealer from New Jersey, Piantanida had no formal training, no college degree and barely enough money to support his devoted wife and their three children. But he had a dream-to take a balloon to the edge of the atmosphere and jump out. If he succeeded, he'd set a world record as he free-fell back to earth for nearly 17 minutes. "Angry Sky" is the story of a man whose dream took him to the edge of space but whose obsession led to his tragic downfall. Blu-ray; requires Blu-Ray player
Subjects: Johnson, Ben, 1961- ; Olympic Games 1988 : Seoul, Korea) ; Doping in sports ; Professional athletes ; Basketball ; Naismith, James, 1861-1939 ; Wilson, Benjamin, 1967-1984 ; High school athletes ; Meredith, James, 1933- ; Ole Miss Rebels (Football team) ; University of Mississippi ; College integration ; Civil rights movements ; Jackson, Bo, 1962- ; North Carolina State Wolfpack (Basketball team) ; North Carolina State University ; Elway, John, 1960- ; Marino, Dan, 1961- ; Aikau, Eddie, 1946-1978 ; American Basketball Association (1967-1976) ; Duran, Roberto, 1951- ; Leonard, Sugar Ray, 1956- ; New York Islanders (Hockey team) ; Spano, John, 1964- ; Connors, Jimmy, 1952- ; U.S. Open (Tennis tournament) ; King, Bernard, 1956- ; Grunfeld, Ernie, 1955- ; Tennessee Volunteers (Basketball team) ; Manning family ; Manning, Archie, 1949- ; Manning, Cooper; Manning, Peyton ; Manning, Eli, 1981- ; Harding, Tonya ; Kerrigan, Nancy, 1969- ; Figure skating ; Big East Conference ; Basketball ; College sports ; Detroit Pistons (Basketball team) ; LeMond, Greg ; Hinault, Bernard, 1954- ; Tour de France (Bicycle race) (1986) ; Hill, Henry, 1943-2012 ; Boston College Eagles (Basketball team) ; College sports ; World Series (Baseball) (1989) ; Oakland Athletics (Baseball team) ; San Francisco Giants (Baseball team) ; Loma Prieta Earthquake, Calif., 1989 ; New York Knickerbockers (Basketball team) ; Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) ; Bosworth, Brian ; Moss, Randy ; Hernández, Livan, 1975- ; Hernández, Orlando, 1965- ; Shapiro, Nevin, 1969- ; Miami Hurricanes (Football team) ; Ponzi schemes ; University of Miami ; Scandals ; Olympic Winter Games 1980 : Lake Placid, N.Y.) ; Hockey players ; Laettner, Christian ; Duke Blue Devils (Basketball team) ; Vaccaro, Sonny ; Basketball ; Athletic shoes ; Piantanida, Nicholas John, 1932-1966 ; Balloonists ; Parachuting ; Aeronautics ; Documentary films; Television programs ;
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The meaning of Yalta; Big Three diplomacy and the new balance of power. / by Snell, John L.(CARDINAL)124222;
Bibliographical footnotes.The struggle for a new order, by F. C. Pogue.--What to do with Germany? By J. L. Snell.--Russian power in Central-Eastern Europe, by C. F. Delzell.--Yalta and the Far East, by G. A. Lensen.--The Big Three and the United Nations, by F. C. Pogue.--Yalta in retrospect, by F. C. Pogue.
Subjects: International Conference "Crimea" (1945 : Yalta); World War, 1939-1945; World politics;
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Revolusi : Indonesia and the birth of the modern world / by Van Reybrouck, David,author.(CARDINAL)540814; Colmer, David,1960-translator.(CARDINAL)649039; McKay, David,1973-translator.(CARDINAL)474473;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The VOC mentality: why Indonesia wrote world history -- Assembling the jigsaw puzzle: Dutch expansion in Southeast Asia, 1605-1914 -- The colonial steamship: social structure in a changing world, 1914-1942 -- 'Flies spoiling the chemist's ointment': anti-colonial movements, 1914-1933 -- Silence: the final years of the colonial regime, 1934-1941 -- The pincer and the oil fields: the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, December 1941-March 1942 -- The land of the rising pressure: the first year of the occupation, March 1942-December 1942 -- 'Colonialism is colonialism': mobilisation, famine and growing resistance, January 1943-late 1944 -- 'Our blood is forever warm': the tumultuous road to the Proklamasi, March 1944-August 1945 -- 'Free! Of! Everything!': republican violence and the British nightmare, August 1945-December 1945 -- 'An errand of mercy': the British year, January-November 1946 -- The trap: the Dutch year, November 1946-July 1947 -- 'Unacceptable, unpalatable and unfair': the American year, August 1947-December 1948 -- 'A big hole that smells of earth': the UN year, December 1948-December 1949 -- Into the light of morning: the Indonesian revolution and the world after 1950."On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of people raised a homemade cotton flag and, on behalf of 68 million compatriots, announced the birth of a new nation. With the fourth largest population in the world, inhabiting islands that span an eighth of the globe, Indonesia became the first country to rid itself of colonial rule after World War II. In this vivid history, renowned scholar and celebrated author of Congo David Van Reybrouck captures a period of extraordinary tumult and chaos to tell the story of Indonesia's momentous revolution, known as the "Revolusi." Encompassing several hundred years of history, he details the formation of the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese invasion that followed, and the young rebels who engaged in armed resistance once the occupation ended. British and Dutch troops were sent to restore order and keep peace, but instead ignited the first modern war of decolonization. America, too, became embroiled with the Indonesians' fierce struggle for freedom. That struggle inspired independence movements in Asia, Africa, and the Arab world, especially in the wake of Indonesia's monumental 1955 Bandung Conference, the first global conference without the West. The whole world had become involved in Revolusi, and the whole world was changed by it. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and eyewitness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative, written with remarkable historical clarity and filled with tragedy and passion. A landmark history, Revolusi cements Indonesia's struggle for independence as one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century and entirely reframes our understanding of post-colonialism."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: National liberation movements;
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Too bad to die / by Mathews, Francine.(CARDINAL)347114;
November 1943. Weary of his deskbound status in the Royal Navy, intelligence officer Ian Fleming spends his spare time spinning stories in his head that war much more exciting than his own life...until the critical Tehran Conference, where Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet to finalize plans for the D-Day invasion. With the Big Three in one place, Fleming is tipped off that Adolf Hitler's top assassin has infiltrated the meeting. Seizing his chance to play a part in a real-life action story, Fleming goes undercover to stop the killer. Between martinis with beautiful women, he survives brutal attacks and meets a seductive Soviet spy who may know more than he realizes. As Fleming works to reveal the truth and expose the assassin, he is forced to accept that betrayal sometimes comes from the most unexpected quarters - and that one's literary creations may prove eerily close to one's own life. Brilliantly inventive, utterly gripping and suspenseful, Too Bad to Die is Francine Mathews's best novel yet, and confirms her place as a master of historical fiction. -- Jacket flap.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964; World War, 1939-1945;
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Strategic planning for coalition warfare / by Matloff, Maurice,1915-1993.(CARDINAL)147067; Snell, Edwin Marion.(CARDINAL)223424;
Includes bibliographical references.[Volume 1], 1941-1942. The war plans -- German victories and American plans: May 1940-January 1941 -- British-American plans: January-November 1941 -- The showdown with Japan: August-December 1941 -- The first full dress debate over strategic deployment: December 1941-January 1942 -- Army deployment and the War against Japan: December 1941-March 1942 -- Army deployment in the Pacific and Grand Strategy: January-March 1942 -- The principle of concentration in the British Isles -- Prior claims versus Bolero: April 1942 -- Decisions in favor of a "second front": May 1942 -- Future plans and current operations: June 1942 -- The elimination of the alternatives: July-August 1942 -- The interpretation of CCS 94: August 1942 -- Counting the costs of Torch: August-November 1942 -- British and American plans and Soviet expectations -- Strategic inventory: December 1942 -- After Torch -- World War, 1939-1945.[Volume 2], 1943-1944. Introduction: The basis of strategy -- Casablanca: beginning of an era: January 1943 -- Advance in the Mediterranean: January-May 1943 -- The search for a formula -- Mounting pressure in the Pacific and Far East: January-May 1943 -- The new look in strategic planning -- The Trident Conference: new pattens, May 1943 -- From Husky to Avalanche, May-Mid-August, 1943 -- Crossraods in the European War -- Current plans and future operations in the War against Japan: June-August 1943 -- Quadrant: shaping the patterns: August 1943 -- "The Mediterranean Again": August-November 1943 -- Strategy and command in the War against Germany -- British-American plans and Soviet expectations: August-November 1943 -- Strategic strands in the War against Japan: August-November 1943 -- Final rehearsals en route to Cairo -- Cairo-Tehran: a goal is reached: November-December 1943 -- Strategic inventory 1943 -- Concentration for the big blow: January-May 1944 -- The second front and the secondary war; the CBI: January-May 1944 -- The second front and the secondary war: the Pacific: January-May 1944 -- The promise of military victory: D-Day to September 1944 -- Political shadows -- Octagon: end of an era -- Epilogue -- Appendixes.A description of wartime national planning and military strategy as they affected the missions and dispositions of the U.S. Army in the defensive phase of coalition warfare. The midwar international conferences are covered in detail.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945.; Strategy.;
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American epoch, a history of the United States since the 1890's / by Link, Arthur S.(Arthur Stanley),1920-1998.(CARDINAL)150122;
Bibliography: pages 885-917.Pt. I. The progressive era and the first world war, 1897-1920: 1. ...Nineteenth century (The economic and political revolution, 1861-1876 ; The agricultural problem, 1861-1900 ; The populist revolt ; Political and social theories, 1865-1900) ; 2. The American people (...1900-1920 : A demographic view ; Income, wealth, and industry ; Immigration ; Negroes ; Education ; Religious institutions ; The press ; Literature ; Philosophy and the arts) ; 3. ...Economic development (The modern corporation ; Consolidation in industry, 1879-1903 ; Financial empires ; American railroad empires, 1897-1914 ; The United States and the world economy, 1897-1914 ; American federation of labor ; Progress of unionism and the rise of socialism) ;(Con.) 4. The progressive movement (The social justice movement ; The supreme court and social legislation ; The Muckrackers ; The municipal reform movement) ; 5. The republican era, 1901-1910 (Theodore Roosevelt ; Taft ; Tariff and tax reform, 1897-1913; The railroad problem ; The federal antitrust policy, 1890-1913 ; The supreme court and economic policy) ; 6. Woodrow Wilson and the ...progressive movement (The campaign and election of 1912 ; The new freedom ; New nationalism) ; 7. The United States as a world power, 1898-1916 (American colonial empire ; The Panama incident ; The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine ; New diplomacy in Europe and Asia ; Taft and "Dollar diplomacy" in the Carribean and the Far East ; New troubles with Japan, 1913-1917 ; Mexican revolution) ;(Con) 8. The road to war, 1914-1917 (American neutrality ; The German submarine challenge ; The campaign and election of 1916) ; 9. Democracy at war (The American military contribution ; The United States Navy and the war ; Democratic tax policy ; The mobilization of industry ; Agriculture and fuel supplies ; Shipping and railroads ; Government and labor ; Public opinion ; Civil liberties) ; 10. ...Separate peace (Liberal peace program ; Armistice : 1918 ; The Versailles compromise) ; 11. Demobilization and normalcy, 1918-1920 (Postwar inflation and labor troubles ; The first red scare ; Race relations ; The election of 1920) -- pt. II. Prosperity, depression, and the new deal, 1921-1941: 12. Economic development, 1920-1940 (The American people ... : Income, wealth, and industry ; The technological revolution ;(Con.) New industries ; Big business ; Regulation ; Trends in banking and finance) ; 13. Social and cultural ...currents, 1920-1940 (The revolution in morals and customs ; Naturalism in literature ; Poetry and ... drama in the 1930s ; Music, art, and architecture ; Motion pictures ; School and church ; Journalism) ; 14. ...(The anti-evolution ; Nativism and intolerance ; Prohibition ; The decline of organized labor, 1920-1932) ; 15. ...Progressivism : The Harding-Coolidge era (Tariff, tax, and bonus battles of the twenties ; The farm problem, 1920-1928 ; Immigration restriction ; The supreme court and social & economic policy, 1918-1929) ; 16. Foreign relations of the 1920s (The Pacific ; The Washington conference ; The Japanese-American crisis of 1924 ; The United States & the world economy ;(Con.) American international economic policy ; Naval disarmament ; New Latin American policy) ; 17. Hoover and the great depression, 1929-1932 (The election of 1928 ; Causes of the depression ; The wild bull market ; Social impact ; Crisis of American capitalism ; The Hoover policies : Agricultural stabilization) ; 18. The first new deal : ...Compromise (The election of 1932 ; Franklin D. Roosevelt & the progressive movement ; The banking panic ; Financial reinforcement & reform ; NRA ; Relief, labor, and the first new deal) ; 19. The second new deal (The WPA ; The election of 1936 ; The supreme court controversy ; Recovery, Recession, and the last surge of reform, 1937-1938) ; 20. The new deal and the American people (Labor's civil war ; The CIO ; The TVA ; The supreme court ; Intellectuals ; Democratic tradition) ;(Con.) 21. The United States and the collapse of the international structure, 1931-1938 (Stimson, Hoover, and the Manchurian crisis ; The good neighbor policy ; Isolationism ; Ethiopian crisis) ; 22. The second road to war, 1938-1941 (Munich crisis ; The presidential election of 1940 ; Lend-lease ; The invasion of Russia ; The Atlantic conference ; Negotiations with Japan, 1938-1941 ; Pearl Harbor) -- pt. III. The second world war and an uncertain peace, 1941-1962: 23. The second world war : The American home front (Mobilizing manpower ; Scientists ; Industry ; The greatest tax bill in history ; Inflation ; Workers, farmers, and the war ; Public opinion, civil rights, and war ; Negroes and the home front) ; 24. The second world war : Diplomatic and military aspects (The grand alliance ; Planning for victory ...surrender of Italy ;(Con.) The allied air offensives in Europe ; The campaign and election of 1944 ; Yalta) ; 25. The American economy, 1940-1960 (The American people ... : Income, wealth, and industry ; New industries ; Organized labor in the postwar era) ; 26. Social & cultural trends, 1940-1960 (American fiction, 1940-1960 ; Poetry and drama ; Art, architecture, and music ; Motion pictures and television ; Newspapers and magazines ; Education ; Religion) ; 27. Truman era (Progressive movement ; Demobilization, reconversion, and a new federal structure ; Struggles with congress, 1945-1948 ; The election of 1948 ; The fair deal ; The second red scare) ; 28. ...Brave new world, 1945-1949 (The breakup of the grand alliance ; The decline of the good neighbor policy ; The Truman doctrine ;(Con.) The Marshall plan ; The Berlin crisis and the North Atlantic treaty) ; 29. The Korean war & the election of 1952 (Third world war ; The MacArthur affair ; The campaign and election of 1952) ; 30. Eisenhower era (National elections in the 1950's ; Dynamic conservatism : The cabinet and fiscal policy ; Natural resources and public power ; Maintenance of the new deal ; Expansion of the new deal : Education and civil rights ; The Warren court : Civil rights and civil liberties ; The Negro in the nineteen fifties) ; 31. Defense policies & nuclear stalemate (The missile age ; Nuclear arms race ; Soviet Union : Summit diplomacy and cold war) ; 32. The United States, 1953-1960 (Europe ; Far East ; The Middle East and Africa ; The western hemisphere ; The changing United Nations) ; 33. The election of 1960 & new frontiers.
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A diplomatic history of the American people / by Bailey, Thomas Andrew,1902-1983.(CARDINAL)140538;
Colonial backgrounds -- The diplomacy of the French alliance, 1775-1778 -- European diplomacy and peace with Britain, 1778-1783 -- Foreign affairs under the Articles of Confederation -- Embroilments with Britain, 1789-1795 -- Alliance and misalliance with France, 1789-1800 -- Jefferson and the purchase of Louisiana, 1801-1803 -- Jefferson and neutrality, 1803-1809 -- Drifting into war with Great Britain, 1809-1812 -- The Peace of Ghent and after, 1812-1818 -- The United States and the Floridas, 1803-1821 -- Europe, America, and the Monroe Doctrine, 1815-1825 -- Signs and portents, 1825-1840 -- Anglo-American relations and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty -- The Oregon dispute and its settlement -- The annexation of Texas, 1821-1845 -- War and peace with Mexico, 1846-1848 -- The fitful fifties -- The United States and Cuba to 1860 -- The dawn of Asiatic interests -- Civil War diplomacy : first phase, 1861 -- Civil War diplomacy, 1862-1865 -- France and Maximilian's Mexican empire, 1861-1867 -- Postwar expansion, 1865-1867 -- Anglo-American relations and the Grant administration -- The nadir of diplomacy, 1877-1889 -- Blaine and spirited diplomacy, 1889-1893 -- Samoa and Hawaii : imperialistic beginnings -- Cleveland and the Venezuela crisis with Great Britain -- The coming of the war with Spain, 1895-1898 -- The United States as a world power, 1898-1900 -- Acquiring the Panama Canal Zone, 1900-1903 -- Theodore Roosevelt and big stick diplomacy, 1901-1906 -- Theodore Roosevelt and Japanese-American relations -- Taft and dollar diplomacy -- Wilson and the new diplomacy, 1913-1917 -- World War neutrality : first phase, 1914-1915 -- World War neutrality : second phase, 1915-1917 -- The peace of Versailles, 1918-1919 -- The fight for the treaty in America, 1919-1920 -- Harding and the Washington conference -- Coolidge and the diplomacy of prosperity, 1923-1929 -- Hoover and the diplomacy of depression, 1929-1933 -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New deal diplomacy -- The war comes to America : first phase -- The war comes to America : second phase -- The diplomacy of co-ordination -- Toward a new world order -- The rift between East and West -- The Cold War -- Korea and the contest for a free world -- Retrospect and prospect.A general introduction to U.S. diplomatic history from colonial times through 1949.
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The man with the poison gun : a Cold War spy story / by Plokhy, Serhii,1957-author.(CARDINAL)352836;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the fall of 1961, a KGB agent defected to West Germany. The slim 30-year-old man in police custody had papers in the name of an East German, Josef Lehmann, but claimed that his real name was Bogdan Stashinsky, and he was a citizen of the Soviet Union. On the orders of his KGB bosses, he had traveled on numerous occasions to Munich, where he singlehandedly tracked down and killed two enemies of the communist regime. He used a new, specially designed secret weapon--a spray pistol delivering liquid poison that, if fired into the victim's face, killed him without leaving any trace. Wracked by a guilty conscience, Stashinsky escaped with his wife under the tragic cover of their infant son's funeral, and crossed into West Berlin just hours before the Berlin Wall was erected. In 1962, after spilling his secrets to the CIA, Stashinky was put on trial in what would be the most publicized assassination case in Cold War history. Stashinsky's testimony, implicating the Kremlin rulers in political assassinations carried out abroad, shook the world of international politics. The publicity stirred up by the Stashinsky case forced the KGB to change its modus operandi abroad and helped end the career of one of the most ambitious and dangerous Soviet leaders, the former head of the KGB and Leonid Brezhnev's rival, Aleksandr Shelepin. In West Germany, the Stashinsky trial changed the way in which Nazi criminals were prosecuted. Using the Stashinsky case as a precedent, many defendants in such cases claimed, as had the Soviet spy, that they were simply accessories to murder, while their superiors, who ordered the killings, were the main perpetrators."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Stashynsʹkyĭ, Bohdan, 1931-; Bandera, Stepan, 1909-1959; Rebet, Lev, 1912-1957; Spies; Espionage, Soviet; Political refugees; Ukrainians; Poisoning; Political crimes and offenses;
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Battles and leaders of the Civil War. by Cozzens, Peter,1957-(CARDINAL)197249;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prelude to war: Recollections of the John Brown raid / Colonel Alexander R. Boteler -- Mob violence in Baltimore / General John C. Robinson -- War in 1861: First battle of the war: Big Bethel / General John B. Magruder -- With Generals Bee and Jackson at first Manassas / Major William M. Robbins -- Folly and fiasco in West Virginia / General William B. Taliaferro -- Missouri's unionists at war / Montgomery Blair -- Avenging first Bull Run: Port Royal expedition / General Egbert L. Viele -- Leaders, civilian and military: Life in the White House with President Lincoln / John Hay -- Reminiscences of General Grant / General James Harrison Wilson -- Real Stonewall Jackson / General Daniel Harvey Hill -- Recollections of Nathan Bedford Forrest / General Dabney H. Maury -- Eastern Theatre in 1862: In the air above Yorktown / General George Armstrong Custer -- Our first battle, Bull Pasture Mountain [McDowell] / Captain Alfred E. Lee -- Undeserved stigma: Fitz John Porter at second Bull Run / General Ulysses S. Grant -- Witness to mutiny at Antietam / George W. Smalley -- Reserve at Antietam / Colonel Thomas M. Anderson -- My story of Fredericksburg / General Joshua L. Chamberlain -- Lee at Fredericksburg / Major J. Horace Lacy -- Western Theatre in 1862: Desperation and heroism at the Battle of Valverde / Lieutenant Franklin Cook -- Shiloh campaign / General Pierre G.T. Beauregard -- Great locomotive chase / Private Jacob Parrott -- Attack on Corinth / Captain Clinton H. Parkhurst -- Losing a division at Stones River / General Richard W. Johnson -- Eastern Theatre in 1863: When the Rappahannock ran red / General James R. O'Beirne -- Campaign and battle of Gettysburg / General Oliver Otis Howard -- Gettysburg: reply to General Howard / General Winfield S. Hancock -- Why Lee lost at Gettysburg / General Henry Heth -- Lincoln at Gettysburg / Isaac Wayne MacVeagh -- Western Theatre in 1863: Winter at Vicksburg / General Dabney H. Maury -- Defending Port Hudson / Colonel P.F. de Gournay -- From Tullahoma to Chattanooga / General William S. Rosecrans -- Chickamauga / Colonel Benjamin F. Sawyer -- Holding Burnside in check in East Tennessee / General Samuel Jones -- Charging with Sheridan up Missionary Ridge / General Michael V. Sheridan -- Forgotten fight on Tunnel Hill / General Green B. Raum -- Eastern Theatre in 1864: Grant's conduct of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania campaigns / General Edward Porter Alexander -- Lee's response to Grant's Overland campaign / Colonel William R. Livermore -- Grant and Sheridan in 1864: Study in contrasts / President Rutherford B. Hayes -- Tough tussle with Sheridan / Colonel Jacob Weddle -- Boys in battle at New Market / John S. Wise -- Fighting for Petersburg / Thomas T. Roche -- Western Theatre in 1864: Terrible day: Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864 / General John W. Fuller -- March to the sea, an armed picnic / General William P. Carlin -- Red River expedition / Captain William S. Burns -- Question of command at Franklin / Generals David S. Stanley and Jacob D. Cox, and Colonel Henry Stone -- Fireside and field of battle: "Little Jim," the pride of the regiment / Harry M. Kieffer -- They followed the army: Anguish of runaway slaves / Lieutenant John Walton -- War in 1865: Victory at Fort Fisher / General John W. Ames -- Conference at City Point / General William T. Sherman -- Lee at Appomattox / General Edward Porter Alexander -- My negotiations with General Sherman / General Joseph E. Johnston -- Last days of the Confederate government / Stephen R. Mallory -- Postscript: Interview with General Longstreet / Henry W. Grady"The first four volumes of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, published in the late nineteenth century, became the best selling and most frequently cited works ever published on the Civil War. Volume 5, assembled by the acclaimed military historian Peter Cozzens, carries on the tradition of its namesake, offering a dazzling collection of articles written by military and civilian leaders, North and South, on a broad array of war-related topics. This massive new collection of primary documents provides a wealth of fresh material on the major events, key personalities, and undying controversies of the war, often from opposing points of view. Featured articles include General Grant on the second battle of Bull Run, General Beauregard on the Shiloh campaign, General Sherman on the conference at City Point, and Joshua Chamberlain on the Fredericksburg campaign. President Hayes writes on Grant and Sherman in 1864, General Johnson on negotiations with Sherman, and General E.P. Alexander on Lee at Appomattox. Other pieces include General Winfield S. Hancock's recollections of Gettysburg, an interview with General Longstreet by Henry W. Grady, and an account of life in the White House with Lincoln by John Hay. The articles in this superlative compilation appeared in the decades following the war, some in such well-known magazines as Century, Harper's, Hearst's, and McClure's, others in Ohio Soldier, the Magazine of American History, and similar publications largely unknown to modern readers. Most of the articles were published subsequent to the completion of the four volumes of the series, and only a fraction of them ever appeared in book form. Presented here with dozens of maps and more than one hundred illustrations, these invaluable documents bring vividly to life the wartime experiences of the men who determined the course of the nation."--Dust jacket
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Biographies.; Generals; Generals;
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