America\'s Military Adversaries. From Colonial Times to the Present

place them with PAVN cadre, who were better indoctrinated and, hence, more easily con- trolled. Giap’s ruthlessness apparently e ...

Nguyen. Big Victory, Great Task.New York: Praeger, 1968; Giap, Vo Nguyen. Dien Bien Phu.Hanoi: For- eign Languages, 1964; Giap, ...

tivity was indelibly impressed upon him. He became much sought after as a translator and was actively employed by the British In ...

After the American Revolution concluded in 1783, Girty had no recourse but to relocate to Detroit, where he married a former cap ...

GORDON, JOHNBROWN Gordon, John Brown (February 6, 1832–January 9, 1904) Confederate General T rained as a lawyer, Gordon overcam ...

Early’s division. He performed to his usual high standards, handling his men well and winning additional praise. The following y ...

can dream, and he served both his country— and his state—with equal distinction. See also Lee, Robert E. Bibliography Buell, Tho ...

perate and developed a lifelong addiction to mor- phine and other pain- killing drugs. In 1927, a general amnesty was extended t ...

Britain also tested German machines and crews to the limit, with Göring boasting that he could eliminate enemy opposition within ...

Claasen, Adam R. Hitler’s Northern War: The Luft- waffe’s Ill-Fated Campaign, 1940–1945.Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 20 ...

ner to traditional land forces and burgeoning Soviet airpower. After the war, Gorshkov continued rising through the Soviet naval ...

that the American navy mothball many of its older, expensive oceangoing vessels for greater numbers of smaller, cheaper war- shi ...

and arrived in America for service in the French and Indian War (1755– 1763). In 1758, Grant par- ticipated in a botched at- tem ...

Washington’s main army to observe British movements. As a final parting gesture, Howe resolved to trap the young Frenchman and t ...

GRAVES, THOMAS Graves, Thomas (October 23, 1725–February 9, 1802) English Admiral G raves was a com- petent naval leader but bes ...

lieved. When permission was granted on July 4, 1781, he departed, and Graves became the commander of the North American station ...

his retirement, and Graves resigned. He died on February 9, 1802, a competent sailor who had the misfortune of commanding at the ...

June 1777 that he re- ported for duty at New York. He then joined the army of Gen. William Howein preparation for an advance upo ...

tack down Germantown Avenue that rescued British soldiers trapped in Chew House. The Americans then drew off for a miserable win ...

The British Army in North America, 1775–1783. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997; McGuire, Thomas. The Battle of Paoli.Mechanicsbu ...