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Katherine V. Dillon

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Katherine V. Dillon (1916–2005) was a chief warrant officer, United States Air Force (retired), and longtime collaborator with Gordon W. Prange and Donald M. Goldstein on their work. She served during World War II and the Korean War.

Early Spanish accounts agree that the natives of the island that Christopher Columbus named Juana when visited it on October 28, 1942, were gentle, courteous, and hospitable.

— from The Spanish-American War

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Vietnam War

1985

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The best Kobayashi. A very realistic work that delves into the horror of the Vietnam War through short stories, in which the protagonists face the atrocities of a war with that disenchantment and cynicism that we have already seen in the great films of the genre, such as Apocalypse Now or Platoon. Kobayashi intersperses the stories with documentation about the Vietnam War, including all kinds of military maps, graphics with the structure of the US Army or its special forces, combat training schemes, the chronology of the war and a glossary of terms and acronyms. This structure allows us to approach the Vietnam conflict from a historical perspective and, at the same time, feel all the horror of war. A genius of the creator of Cat Shit One.

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Pearl Harbor

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"Bringing a dramatic moment of World War II to vivid life, author Stephen Krensky answers questions about the historic importance of the military action at Pearl Harbor. Written in simple yet clear language, the book teaches readers about the political scene before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in December 1941, and how this event shaped our country's place in the world."

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The Spanish-American War

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A fresh (and timely) look at what one diplomat dubbed ""a splendid little war,"" a triumph of yellow journalism and US imperialism. Writing in his usual lurid style (""Chunks of steel buzz-sawed through the air, slicing through anything that stood in their way""), Martin ably describes the harsh Spanish regimes in Cuba and the Philippines; the incidents, culminating in the (probably accidental) explosion of the U.S.S. Maine, which caused McKinley to dispatch his strong new navy and a hastily assembled army to war; and the course of both campaigns, The author misses none of war's ironies (in Cuba alone, 345 US soldiers died in combat, 5,462 of disease), but he also describes many instances of heroism, especially in the black units. He concludes with a detailed account of the Philippine Insurrection, ""the least-known of all our wars""--a bitter conflict he sees as having much in common with Vietnam. B&w photos not seen. Excellent notes; lengthy bibliography; index.

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