Military

Robert Lyman’s deep knowledge and understanding of the war in Burma, and the great battles at Kohima and Imphal in 1944, are well known. In this book he u...

This definitive survey examines the impact of nuclear weaponry on national security issues. Written by an experienced author and founder of the Peace and Co...

As the children of Vietnam veterans reach the age at which their fathers went overseas, veterans and their families, especially their wives, face new stress...

On the bloody battlefields of World War II Europe, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, got the toughest missions. As good a rifle company as a...

Beginning With The Pre-hispanic Period, Moving On To Cuba's Struggle To Maintain The Revolution In The Years Following The Collapse Of The Soviet Union, And...

The harrowing true tale of escaped Soviet prisoners¿ desperate march out of Siberia, through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to Briti...

Why the conventional wisdom about the Arab Spring is wrong The Arab Spring promised to end dictatorship and bring self-government to people across the Midd...

Recalls The Nobel Laureate's War Years.Categories: HistoryMilitary

When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt, with its economy and dignity under attack. Pirates from North Africa’s Barbary...

Biography Of One Of The Most Controversial American Generals. Reveille -- First Call -- Ruffles And Flourishes (1880-1917) -- Charge (1917-1918) -- Call To ...

Sun Tzu's classic treatise The Art of War has influenced countless generations—of men—when they find themselves on battlefields, in the office and in e...

Animals played an important part in helping the Allies win the First World War, well beyond cavalry horses that charged fields and hauled heavy guns, and in...

A British soldier walked over to the German front line to deliver newspapers; British women married to Germans became "enemy aliens" in their own country; a...

Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, the people of Guatemala were subjected to a state-sponsored campaign of political violence and repression designe...

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpieceThe Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the perv...

A boat full of explosives heads in to the harbour as a large cargo ship steams out to sea. What happened next, on a fateful day in December 1917, is etched ...

The First Account Of The Events Of September 11, 2012, When Terrorists Attacked The U.s. State Department Special Mission Compound And A Nearby Cia Station ...

Many of the prisoners held by the Japanese during the WWII were so scarred by their experiences that they could not discuss them even with their families. T...

The #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Devil In The White City And Dead Wake Delivers A Fresh And Compelling Portrait Of Winston Churchill And Lond...

Now more than ever, kids want to know about our country's great struggles during World War II. This book is packed with information that kids will find fas...

In The Summer Of 1993 Foreign Affairs Published An Article Entitled The Clash Of Civilizations? By Samuel Huntington. No Article, According To The Editors O...

An exciting foray into the lives of the young men - pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners, chosen by the Air Force to embark on the most dangerous mi...

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Navajo Code and rare photos. Although more than 400 Navaj...

"The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1...

A powerful history of the one of the most remarkable days in British military history, told by those who were there. 6 June 1944: Allied forces cross the...

In 480 B.C., a huge Persian army, led by the inimitable King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae to march on Greece, intending to conquer the...

On T.p.: . . . Who Drifted On A Life Raft For Ten Days Without Food Or Water, Was Proclaimed A National Hero, Kissed By Beauty Queens, Made Rich Through Pub...

In the tradition of Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation and the bestselling Flags of Our Fathers, Blake Heathcote brings together stirring and fascin...

'Clements has a knack for writing suspenseful sure-footed conflict scenes: His recounting of the Korean invasion led by samurai and daimyo Toyotomi Hideyos...

A riveting look at the story of World War II and the Holocaust through the diaries of Dutch citizens, firsthand accounts of ordinary people living through...

16 Million Copies Sold 'a Book To Read, To Cherish, To Debate, And One That Will Ultimately Keep The Memories Of The Victims Alive' John Boyne, Author Of Th...

david Mccullough Tells The Story Of Those Who Marched With General George Washington In The Year Of The Declaration Of Independence - When The Whole Americ...

Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was...

Joyce Lee Malcolm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History MilitaryUnited States

Peter Kilduff. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 165-170) And Index.Categories: History EuropeGreat Britain

Meet Blackwater USA, the powerful private army that the U.S. government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. With i...

One Of The World' S Foremost Military Historians Offers A Sweeping View Of The Place Of Warfare In Civilization. Probing The Meanings, Motivations, And Meth...

Written by one of Britain’s best known and most respected military historians, this is the essential account of the Napoleonic campaigns. Now in a new con...

The reporter who filed the last dispatch before falling with Custer at his "last stand" against the Sioux.The Honolulu bureau chief who looked up from his ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Alex Kershaw, author of The Longest Winter and The Liberator, returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account of D-Day...

The Book Has Ten Chapters: The First Is An Analysis Of The Build-up To The War, The Next Seven Chapters Cover The War Itself And The Final Chapter Examines ...

John Keegan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 449-455) And Index.Categories: History MilitaryWorld War I

For the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who "watched as the devil took con...

Osprey's Campaign title for one of the most important naval battles in the history of World War II (1939-1945), Midway, which was fought barely six months a...

From The Bestselling Author Of Lawrence In Arabia, A Gripping History Of The Early Years Of The Cold War, The Cia's Covert Battles Against Communism, And Th...

Named one of the Best Books of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times, The Pianist is now a major motion picture directed by Roman Polanski and starring Adrien Brody...

The Adventurous, Insightful, And Often Chilling Story Of A Young Geographer's Road Trip Through The Underworld Of U.s. Military And Cia Black Ops Sites. Geo...

The personal and candid account of General Patton's celebrated, relentless crusade across western Europe during World War II First published in 1947, War ...