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(Presidio Books) A pocket-sized guide to being a good leader,for non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Discusses US Army values in'user-friendly' terms, from the perspective of a former member ofthe NCO core. Introduces three different types of leadership stylesfor 3-meter, 50-meter, and 100-meter soldiers. Softcover. DLC:United States Army--Non commissioned officers' handbooks.

Voices in Our Blood is a literary anthology of the mostimportant and artful interpretations of the civil rights movement,past and present. It showcases what forty of the nation's bestwriters — including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison,William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Alice Walker, Robert Penn Warren,Eudora Welty, and Richard Wright — had to say about the centraldomestic drama of the American Century. Editor Jon Meacham has chosen pieces by journalists, novelists,historians, and artists, bringing together a wide range of blackand white perspectives and experiences. The result is anunprecedented and powerful portrait of the movement's spirit andstruggle, told through voices that resonate with passion andstrength. Maya Angelou takes us on a poignant journey back to her childhoodin the Arkansas of the 1930s. On the front page of The New YorkTimes , James Reston marks the movement's apex as he describes whatit was like to watch Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his heralded"I Hav

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A study of the last 100 years ofAmerican history.

For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played acentral role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace as anadvisor to presidents, secretaries of state, and national securityadvisors. Without partisanship or finger-pointing, Miller recordswhat went right, what went wrong, and how we got where we aretoday. Here is a look at the peace process from a place at thenegotiation table, filled with behind-the-scenes strategy, colorfulanecdotes and equally colorful characters, and new interviews withpresidents, secretaries of state, and key Arab and Israelileaders. Honest, critical, and often controversial, Miller’s insider’saccount offers a brilliant new analysis of the problem ofArab-Israeli peace and how it still might be solved.

Sweet Land of Liberty is Thomas J. Sugrue’s epicaccount of the abiding quest for racial equality in states fromIllinois to New York, and of how the intense northern strugglediffered from and was inspired by the fight down South. Sugrue’spanoramic view sweeps from the 1920s to the present–more thaneighty of the most decisive years in American history. He uncoversthe forgotten stories of battles to open up lunch counters,beaches, and movie theaters in the North; the untold history ofstruggles against Jim Crow schools in northern towns; the dramaticstory of racial conflict in northern cities and suburbs; and thelong and tangled histories of integration and black power. Filledwith unforgettable characters and riveting incidents, and makinguse of information and accounts both public and private, such asthe writings of obscure African American journalists and therecords of civil rights and black power groups, Sweet Land ofLiberty creates an indelible history.