David Alan Johnson

BATTLEFIELD ELECTION: US Grant, William T. Sherman, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election of 1864
The election of 1864, between Abraham Lincoln and Democratic candidate George B. McClellan, was won on the battlefield as much as by Lincoln's re-election campaign. If Lincoln had not won, the Democratic Party planned to end the war immediately, grant the Confederate states their independence, and let the Southern states keep their slaves. Sherman's capture of Atlanta and Philip Sheridan's campaign in Virginia turned public opinion, and gave Lincoln the popular support he needed to win the election in November 1864.

Betrayal: The True Story of J. Edgar Hoover and the Nazi Saboteurs
George Dasch lived in the United States for 19 years, and loved America. When the Nazis recruited him to return to the US as part of a sabotage plot, Dasch reported ‘Operation Pastorius’ to the FBI. But J. Edgar Hoover took full credit for capturing the saboteurs and sent Dasch to prison. Includes chapter on the Bush Administration's use of this case as a precedent to use military tribunals for terrorist suspects.

The Friendliest of Enemies: The Love - Hate Relationship Between Britain and the United States (Work In Progress)
Since the thirteen North American colonies declared their independence from Britain, the relationship between Britain and the United States has undergone several major changes -- from traditional enemies, to reluctant allies, to Britain becoming an American dependent after the Second World War, to Britain's current role as America's chief critic.

Righteous Deception
In the spring of 1944, Adolf Hitler firmly believed that the Allies would invade the Continent by landing on the beaches of Normandy, but anti-Nazi officers in German Intelligence persuaded him that Normandy would only be a diversion. The real D-Day landings, Hitler was assured, would take place at Calais.

The Battle of Britain:
The American Connection
During the summer of 1940, Winston Churchill was fighting a two-front war. The first was against Adolf Hitler and his war machine, especially the Luftwaffe. The second was against a United States that was determined to stay neutral at all costs.