Timing is critical in so many of the events that make up our lives. Your dismal scores on the SAT forced you to attend your safety school, but you met the people who formed the peer group that has lov
This second part of a two-volume series examines in detail the financing of America’s major wars from the Spanish-American War to the Vietnam War. It interweaves analyses of political policy, military
Th book explores why various U.S. administrations chose the war finance and resourcing options they did, and how these different choices were influenced by the strategic, cultural, political, economic
It’s easy, not to mention tempting, to blithely commit some serious errors in judgment when you’re young. Most of them become distant memories as the years tick by. But every once in a while a youthfu
Change, seismic and universal, infused the country. From San Francisco to Washington, every disenfranchised or marginalized group had simultaneously reached the boiling point. The Viet Nam war was esc
They say there’s no going back, but Jill Henry gives it a try when she’s invited to a once close friend’s birthday party.The Davises were her family of choice, helping her flourish despite her emotion
Sometimes you just have to get away.Even the best job can slowly drain your battery. When Gillian Lindsay realizes it’s time for a recharge, she impetuously decides to visit Scotland.Knowing nothing a
Imagine five days in early March vacationing in Maine’s pristine wilderness. Snow-shoeing, cross-country skiing, even some ice-fishing, all spent in surprisingly pleasant temperate conditions.Now re-i
Piper Campbell has spent the last fifteen years of her life raising her younger sister. Charlie is now an adult—and on the brink of stardom. This isn’t the life Piper would have chosen for her, but sh
Like many American cities, Worcester, Massachusetts, is an enclave of cultural tradition and ethnic pride. Through the intensive analysis of this Irish American community at the turn of the twentieth
