Dale Anderson
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Describes key battles fought by the Union Army, and the effect they had on the outcome of the Civil War. The border states of Kentucky and Missouri were an early focus of the politicians and generals of both the Union and the Confederacy, as each side wanted the support of those key states. The war in the West differed from that in the East -- Western commanders had to move troops over greater distances, and the armies were generally smaller in the...
17) Saddam Hussein
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A biography of the powerful president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, whose rule began in 1979 with a coup and the assassination of sixty-six men who were allegedly conspiring against him.