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John Paul Jones: Captain of the High Seas
The story of the swashbuckling hero of the American Revolution. With the daring of a real-life Errol Flynn, Jones defeated the British navy and became the darling of Paris society.
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George Armstrong Custer: America's Golden Cavalier
After the Civil War, Custer goes west to fight Native Americans and takes a last stand at Little Big Horn against Sitting Bull and the Sioux Nation. Woven into this story of Custer, the historical figure, is the intimate life he shared with his wife Libbie--a passionate, devoted woman who mythologized her husband after his death.
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America's Five Star Heroes: Gods of War
The careers and World War II triumphs of the nine generals and admirals who achieved 5-star rank in the U.S. military.
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Billy Mitchell
The story of a brave WWI flying ace who faced his toughest battle after the war ended when he took on the military establishment.
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Richard E. Byrd
The adventurer, poet, and philosopher was the first man to fly over the North and South Poles. He explored more uncharted land than anyone before him.
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Perspectives
General George Patton
He was the flamboyant battlefield leader whose exploits made the papers and whose military strategies stirred controversy and admiration.
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Chester Nimitz
The story of Commander Nimitz, a WW2 naval hero who welded a shattered fleet into a hard-hitting force and turned the tide in the Pacific.
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Biography
Douglas MacArthur: Return of a Legend
Follows the life of an American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II (1939-1945), oversaw the successful Allied occupation of postwar Japan, and led United Nations forces in the Korean War (1950-1953). A larger-than-life, controversial figure, MacArthur was talented, outspoken, and in the eyes of many, egotistical.