On August 28, 1963, over a quarter-million people—two-thirdsblack and one-third white—held the greatest civil rightsdemonstration ever. In this major reinterpretation of the GreatDay—the peak of the movement—Charles Euchner brings back thetension and promise of the march. Building on countless interviews,archives, FBI files, and private recordings, this hour-by-houraccount offers intimate glimpses into the lives of those keyplayers and ordinary people who converged on the National Mall tofight for civil rights in the March on Washington.
(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
America's endless fascination with Camelot has enshrinedcountess pictures of Jack and Jackie Kennedy, Caroline andJohn-John in our national iconography, but few books have focusedon their instinctive grasp of the media's visual magic. Now, in avolume that combines arresting photography and perceptive analysis,Camelot insiders and media experts tell the whole story of the"love affair" between the Kennedys and the camera—a far morecomplex and sophisticated relationship than we often suppose. The Kennedy Mystique looks behind and beyond what first meets theeye, reminding readers that JFK and Jackie recognized and used themedia's power, and encouraged photographers to capture privatemoments as well as public events. Unique commentaries from Kennedyintimates and observers like Letitia Baldridge, Hugh Sidey andRobert Dallek provide rare perspective on the photographs ashistorical records, as image-management, and as symbols. Readerslearn, for instance, that the heartwarming shots of Jack laughingwith
The ideas of US Air Force Colonel John Boyd have transformedAmerican military policy and practice. A first-rate fighter pilotand a self-taught scholar, he wrote the first manual on jet aerialcombat; spearheaded the design of both of the Air Force's premierfighters, the F-15 and the F-16; and shaped the tactics that savedlives during the Vietnam War and the strategies that won the GulfWar. Many of America's best-known military and political leadersconsulted Boyd on matters of technology, strategy, andtheory. In The Mind of War, Grant T. Hammond offers the first completeportrait of John Boyd, his groundbreaking ideas, and his enduringlegacy. Based on extensive interviews with Boyd and those who knewhim as well as on a close analysis of Boyd's briefings, thisintellectual biography brings the work of an extraordinary thinkerto a broader public.
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.
