Long Island's location and terrain gave it a significant role in defending the United States for over two hundred years. Forming the eastern shore of New York C

At the outbreak of World War I, the Gold Coast of Long Island was home to the most concentrated combination of financial, political and social clout in the coun

A history of the Revolutionary War and British occupation in this part of New York, from the Culper spy ring to the prison ships where thousands died. The Ameri

David Vine recounts how the British & US governments created the Diego Garcia base, making the native Chagossians homeless in the process. He details the strate

With these books an effort has been made to present the history of the whole of Long Island in such a way as to combine all the salient facts of the long and in