{"title":"Summer Reading","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"harlems-rattlers","title":"Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen on May 15, 1918 a French lieutenant warned Henry Johnson of the 369th to move back because of a possible enemy raid, Johnson reportedly replied: \"I'm an American, and I never retreat.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe story, even if apocryphal, captures the mythic status of the Harlem Rattlers, the African-American combat unit that grew out of the 15th New York National Guard, who were said to have never lost a man to capture or a foot of ground that had been taken. It also, in its insistence on American identity, points to a truth at the heart of this book—more than fighting to make the world safe for democracy, the black men of the 369th fought to convince America to live up to its democratic promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is this aspect of the storied regiment's history—its place within the larger movement of African Americans for full citizenship in the face of virulent racism—that\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHarlem's Rattlers and the Great War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrings to the fore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith sweeping vision, historical precision, and unparalleled research, this book will stand as the definitive study of the 369th. Though discussed in numerous histories and featured in popular culture (most famously the film Stormy Weather and the novel Jazz), the 369th has become more a matter of mythology than grounded, factually accurate history—a situation that authors\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jeffrey Sammons \u0026amp; John Morrow, Jr.: Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pritzkermilitary.org\/whats_on\/pritzker-military-presents\/jeffrey-sammons-harlems-rattlers-and-great-war\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.pritzkermilitary.org\/whats_on\/pritzker-military-presents\/jeffrey-sammons-harlems-rattlers-and-great-war\"\u003eJeffrey T. Sammons and John H. Morrow, Jr.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eset out to right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheir book—which eschews the regiment's famous nickname, the \"Harlem Hellfighters,\" a name never embraced by the unit itself—tells the full story of the self-proclaimed Harlem Rattlers. Combining the \"fighting focus\" of military history with the insights of social commentary,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHarlem's Rattlers and the Great War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereveals the centrality of military service and war to the quest for equality as it details the origins, evolution, combat exploits, and postwar struggles of the 369th.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe authors take up the internal dynamics of the regiment as well as external pressures, paying particular attention to the environment created by the presence of both black and white officers in the unit. They also explore the role of women—in particular, the Women's Auxiliary of the 369th—as partners in the struggle for full citizenship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom its beginnings in the 15th New York National Guard through its training in the explosive atmosphere in the South, its singular performance in the French army during World War I, and the pathos of postwar adjustment—this book reveals as never before the details of the Harlem Rattlers' experience, the poignant history of some of its heroes, its place in the story of both World War I and the African American campaign for equality—and its full importance in our understanding of American history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJEFFREY T. SAMMONS, PhD is an accomplished historian, author, and professor of history at New York University, where he has served on the faculty since 1989.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/global\/global-academic-centers\/washington-dc\/nyu-washington--dc-events\/harlem-s-rattlers-and-the-great-war.html\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/global\/global-academic-centers\/washington-dc\/nyu-washington--dc-events\/harlem-s-rattlers-and-the-great-war.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJOHN H. MORROW, JR., PhD is Franklin Professor of History at The University of Georgia, and is a nationally recognized authority on early military aviation. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/global\/global-academic-centers\/washington-dc\/nyu-washington--dc-events\/harlem-s-rattlers-and-the-great-war.html\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/global\/global-academic-centers\/washington-dc\/nyu-washington--dc-events\/harlem-s-rattlers-and-the-great-war.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PMML Gift Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39512765366451,"sku":"BOOK-0106","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/2204\/2803\/products\/HarlemsRattlersandtheGreatWar.jpg?v=1619793100"},{"product_id":"a-yankee-ace-in-the-raf","title":"A Yankee Ace in the RAF","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe engines are started, twenty shiny propellers glistening in the sun, forty exhausts rumbling and belching blue smoke. . . . Everything ready, the pilot waves his hand, the blocks are pulled and the flights taxi out one at a time. Away goes the commander, motor roaring, streamers flying, and the rest follow in their proper formation order. A couple of turns around the aerodrome and they're away to the line-up, up, and they soon disappear in the haze.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJust beyond that beckoning \"haze,\" Captain Bogart Rogers and his fellow pilots flew into enemy territory to fight the world's first air war. Suffused with the romance of flight and the harsh realities of aerial combat, Rogers's letters to his fiancee, Isabelle Young, vividly detail his wartime experiences against a lethal and elusive opponent exemplified by the likes of Baron von Richthofen's Flying Circus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe son of controversial Los Angeles attorney Earl Rogers (\"the greatest jury lawyer of his time,\" claimed Clarence Darrow) and brother to pioneering Hearst journalist Adela Rogers St. Johns, Bogart made his mark in the Great War. Of the three hundred-plus Americans who joined the British air corps in 1917, only Rogers and two dozen other volunteers became \"aces\" by shooting down five or more German planes. He himself claimed six \"kills\" in fighting during the Second Battle of the Marne, the Somme Offensive, Cambrai, Ypres-Lys, and six other major engagements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRogers also had a definite flair for writing, one that launched his postwar career as a journalist and screenwriter in Hollywood. The letters in this volume are a striking testament to that skill. Lucid, reflective, highly articulate, and touched with flashes of humor, they illuminate the challenges of aviation training, daily life at the aerodromes, the liberating wonders of flight, and the sobering truths of a devastating war. They also reflect Rogers's constant longing for his future bride \"Izzy\" (who celebrates her 99th birthday in 1996).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDR. JOHN H. MORROW, JR.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is graduate of the Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania and a recipient of the U.S Department of the Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal. In addition to serving as the Franklin Professor and Chair of the History Department at University of Georgia where he teaches courses on the history of Modern Europe and of warfare and society, Morrow has also contributed to the education of faculty and students at the National War College, the Air War College, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Morrow was previously head of the history department at the University of Tennessee. Following his successful teaching career, the university named in his honor a lecture series and an award for Excellence in military history. He has chaired the History Advisory Committee to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Research Advisory Committee of the National Museum of American History. He has most recently served on the History Advisory Committee of the Department of the Army, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission’s Legacy Committee, and the First Flight Centennial Federal Advisory Board\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PMML Gift Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39512765563059,"sku":"BOOK-0017","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0552\/2204\/2803\/products\/AYankeeAceintheRAF.jpg?v=1619792734"},{"product_id":"the-great-war","title":"The Great War: An Imperial History","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Great War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a landmark history that firmly places the First World War in the context of imperialism. Set to overturn conventional accounts of what happened during this, the first truly international conflict, it extends the study of the First World War beyond the confines of Europe and the Western Front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy recounting the experiences of people from the colonies especially those brought into the war effort either as volunteers or through conscription, John Morrow's magisterial work also unveils the impact of the war in Asia, India and Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the origins of World War One to its bloody (and largely unknown) aftermath,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Great War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis distinguished by its long chronological coverage, first person battle and home front accounts, its pan European and global emphasis and the integration of cultural considerations with political.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDR. 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In this landmark work of narrative history, Margaret MacMillan gives a dramatic and intimate view of those fateful days, which saw new political entities—Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Palestine, among them—born out of the ruins of bankrupt empires, and the borders of the modern world redrawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret MacMillan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e received her PhD from Oxford University and is now a professor of international history at Oxford, where she is also the warden of St. Antony’s College. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; a senior fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto; and an honorary fellow of Trinity College, University of Toronto, and of St. Hilda’s College, Oxford University. 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At the same time, the story is a wonderful reminder of the joy and support that we can offer to each other, and how that mutual compassion and care strengthens our communities and the nation. Ultimately, this book demonstrates how everyday Americans continue to live up to the best of our nation's values. Stories like these are why I am so devoted to supporting those who serve, their families, and their caregivers.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #277174;\"\u003e– Sen. 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