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Potomac Books, Inc.
Potomac Books has strong roots in military and general history, world and national affairs, foreign policy, defense and national security, terrorism, intelligence, memoirs, and biographies. Founded in 1983 as a part of Brassey's, Inc., a distinguished British publishing house dating back to the nineteenth century, Potomac Books is now an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press.
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Bourbon and Bullets
John C. Tramazzo highlights the relationship between bourbon and military service to show the rich and dramatic connection in American history. Learn More -
Fascism
Brian E. Fogarty's Fascism draws parallels between German culture of the early twentieth century and American culture today, concluding that fascism could arise in the United States. Learn More -
Patriotic Murder
Peter Stehman resurrects the details of a World War I hate crime perpetrated on American soil against a German immigrant. Focusing on a time when Americans had been whipped into a patriotic frenzy by government propaganda and hate-mongering, this story illuminates a dark past that still bleeds into today. Learn More -
Washington's Dark Secret
A new look at terrorism and how politics, the media, and the War on Terror play off one another. Learn More -
Terrorism, Betrayal, and Resilience
Prudence Bushnell, the U.S. ambassador to Nairobi when al-Qaeda unleashed its devastating bomb attack in August 1998, gives her account of what happened, how it happened, and its impact twenty years later. Learn More -
My Hitch in Hell
My Hitch in Hell is an inspiring survivor's epic about the triumph of human will despite unimaginable suffering. Learn More -
Problematic
Using examples from recent female-centric pop culture media and topics, Dianna E. Anderson shows how critics' insistence on a pure feminist portrayal fails the movement's attempt at feminist advancement. Learn More -
Blaming China
Blaming China makes a compelling case that America's political dysfunction, economic insecurity, and cultural fragmentation will create an environment where conflict with China becomes the rational choice of Americans who view China as the cause of their problems. Learn More -
The Man in the Arena
Rodger McDaniel offers readers a glimpse into twentieth-century political shifts through the perspective of the liberal senator Gale McGee from a rural conservative state. Learn More -
After Combat
This After Combat introduces readers to the wars fought by military forces from the perspective of the combatants. Veterans narrate what Tim O'Brien calls a "true war story”: one without obvious purpose or moral imputation, independent of civilian logic, propaganda goals, and even peacetime convention. Learn More
