U.S. History: Primary Sources: Wars

Presents fourteen journals written by adolescents coping with war from World War I to the war in Iraq, exposing the experiences of young people caught in the midst of war and the impact it has on their lives.

A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.

Civil War drama depicting the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat.

Chris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict

This jackdaw kit examines and discusses the background to the Civil War, the friction between pro-slavery Southern states and the abolitionist North which split America, and describes the long and bitter struggle in which, despite many bloody battles, no decisive victories were won.

This jackdaw kit traces the history of the years leading up to World War II.

This jackdaw kit brings to life the American home front during World War II.

What was it like for citizens when the government imposed rationing of basic resources during World War II.

The United States government agreed to the request of the government of Vietnam to station two U.S. Marine Corps Battalions in the Da Nang area to strengthen the general security of the Da Nang air base complex.

This award-winning TV miniseries presents a balanced account of the many events leading up to the cataclysmic decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Blends newsreel footage, dramatizations, and interviews.

A ten-episode documentary series based on the best-selling book by Hew Strachan, who is Professor of the History of War at Oxford University.

Brought together in this collection are fourteen History Channel/A&E episodes, each dealing with a different aspect of World War I.

Excerpts from the journals and letters of British, French, colonial and Indian participants five important insights into the tactics of the warring factions, and suggest why the outcome of this war led to the colonists' revolt against British rule only thirteen years later.

Discusses the causes, events, campaigns, personalities, and aftermath of the War of 1812.

This anthology begins with an excerpt from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, and ends with recollections of former slaves as they become free citizens. Also included are journals and letters of Union and Confederate spies, soldiers, and nurses including Harriet Tubman, Belle Boyd, and Louisa May Alcott, as well as women working on the homefront.

Excerpts from the writings of Teddy Roosevelt, the "yellow journalists", war correspondents, and American soldiers give the reader a sense of the fervor with which the Americans engaged in this war. The photographs from the war, an account of Clara Barton, the key role of Black regiments, recollections of the Rough Riders, and the poetry of Stephen Crane add to the story. The significant role of journalists can be felt in the coverage of the explosion of the USS Maine and the charges up San Juan and Kettle hills.

This volume offers the reader a selection of primary source documents that relate to preparation for the war, life in the trenches, the treatment of African-Americans at the time, postwar struggles, conflict over the Fourteen Points, and several historians' interpretations of the war.

This overview of America's involvement in the European theatre of World War II presents excerpts from radio broadcasts, news accounts, photos, letters, journals, and government documents. It tells the story of American troops landing on the beaches and flying bombing missions over Europe, along with words from leaders on both sides of the war.

This volume of documents on the war in the Pacific deals with the origins of the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and early island conquests by Japan. The major battles of the Coral Sea, Midway Island, Guadalcanal, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa are focused upon, as is the role of submarines and airpower in the fight to control the sea and sky over the Pacific. Documents include those of Japanese and American military leaders, soldiers, and civilians.

This volume of life on the U.S. homefront tells the stories of the people, in their own words, who lived through those times. From the black Americans, struggling against increased prejudice, yet who were finally accepted in the Marines and Coast Guard for the first time, to the women who embarked on career tracks which would change their opportunities to this day, Americans stood firmly united behind their boys overseas.

A survey of the Manhattan Project and an explanation of its scientific basis. Included is Albert Einstein's letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, written in 1939 and alerting him to the implications of atomic energy based on uranium.