True war and combat stories

Union General Philip Kearny began his career as a lieutenant with the 1st U.

Capturing the chaotic nature of the U.

Russia's Turkish Wars examines the changing place of the Balkan population in Russian military thought, strategic planning, and occupation policies.

Dramatic, compelling, downright unbelievable accounts of the Coast Guard's often unsung heros.

A fundamental reassessment of German politics and strategy during the First World War and why it was that Germany lost.

'My primary aim in writing this book is to demonstrate the importance of individual human beings in modern warfare.

This book tells the story of one of the most amazing PoW Camps of the second World War.

At the time of his death, Ulysses S.

WRITTEN WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY MARK BOSTRIDGE In her bestselling first volume of autobiography, Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain passionately recorded the agonising years of the First World War, lamenting the destruction of a generation which for her included those she most dearly loved - her lover, her brother and her closest friends.

Major General Smedley Butler is one of the most decorated Marines of all time and is a legend among the Corps.

Two high-achieving African-Americans in the U.

Repackaged in a new tie-in edition to coincide with the Netflix film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, a moving story of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her triumphant spirit as she survived the Cambodian genocide under Pol Pots brutal regime.

After receiving his draft notice on March 5, 1941, 21-year old Alex Kunevicius harbored dreams of joining George Patton's First Armored Division.

During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, US Navy dive bomber pilot Wade McClusky proved himself to be one of the greatest pilots and combat leaders in American history, but his story has never been told until now.

75 Jahre nach dem Nürnberger Hauptkriegsverbrecherprozess ist die Strafverfolgung der nationalsozialistischen Systemverbrechen faktisch abgeschlossen.

The first U.

From 1928 to 1943, Erich Raeder led the German navy during the last turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, and through World War II, yet until now there has not been a full-length biography written about him.

Claimants of paranormal abilities have always attracted controversy and fascination, and sometimes rigorous study by scientists.

Gold Medal for the 2023 Military Writers Society Award John Spencer was a new second lieutenant in 2003 when he parachuted into Iraq leading a platoon of infantry soldiers into battle.

The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine.

300 million cubic miles of ocean.

First published in 1798, this Revolutionary War memoir is one of the few ever written by a senior Continental Army commander.

A riveting collection of thirty-eight narratives by American soldiers serving in Afghanistan, Outside the Wire offers a powerful evocation of everyday life in a war zone.

From 1928 to 1943, Erich Raeder led the German navy during the last turbulent years of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Hitler, and through World War II, yet until now there has not been a full-length biography written about him.

Special Forces Sniper Skills is a hard-hitting account of the soldiers, weapons and techniques used to coldly eliminate high value targets on the battlefield.

John Perkins Reynolds, a member of the "e;Salem Zouaves"e; (Company I, Eighth Massachusetts Infantry), left behind a unique record of one company's service during the early months of the Civil War.

This book brings together an internationally respected group of researchers for the purpose of examining neuroplasticity, a topic of immense current interest in psychology, neuroscience, neuropsychology, and clinical neurology.

Dozens of books about the Iraq War have been written by politicians, generals, snipers and Special Forces operatives.

Leadership is a most demanding undertaking.

War and Enlightenment in Russia explores how members of the military during the reign of Catherine II reconciled Enlightenment ideas about the equality and moral worth of all humans with the Russian reality based on serfdom, a world governed by autocracy, absolute respect for authority, and subordination to seniority.

From 1861 to 1865, the American Civil War saw numerous technological innovations in warfare--chief among them was the ironclad warship.

UVF: Behind the Mask is the gripping new history of the Ulster Volunteer Force from its post-1965 incarnation to the present day.

Lauded for gallantry at Antietam and demoted for insubordination after Fredericksburg, Major General William "e;Baldy"e; Smith remains a controversial figure of the Civil War.

Leading expert Gavin Mortimer tells the remarkable origin story of a wartime special forces unit that defied the odds.

In time for the 100th anniversary of America's entry into the First World War, Private Heller and the Bantam Boysbased on Heller's long-hidden diarytells the tale of a group of privileged yet nave Princeton University students and their big, brawny Midwestern farm boy interloper, Ralph Heller.

First Place, International Latino Book Awards for Best BiographyFor Ernest Ernie Garcia, the American dream began in Mexico more than a hundred years ago.

David Wooster, Revolutionary War General, though woefully understudied, was one of the most influential figures in Colonial Connecticut.

James Claude Beasley was a typical American teenager in the 1940s--a child of the Great Depression with an abiding commitment to family and country.

Once North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel in 1950, the lives of many Americans half the globe away, were disrupted.

'An excellent anthology' Times Literary Supplement'Remarkable: combines her exceptional experience as a war correspondent with selected poetry in an act of witness' ANDREW MOTIONI was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile.

The 4th Marine Brigade, with roughly 10,000 men, was the only large Marine unit to see major action in World War I.

The Civil War diaries of David Hunter Strother, known better to his contemporaries as "e;Porte Crayon,"e; chronicle his three years of service in the Union army with the same cogency and eye for detail that made him one of the most popular writers and illustrators in America in his time.

"e;Now that the United States has declared war upon the German Empire, and that men will more than likely be conscripted into the service, I shall feel embarrassed should I fail to be among the first to go to the training camp,"e; wrote Dae Hinson of Leesville, Louisiana, in April 1917.

This edition from Osprey Publishing presents the full story of the American Civil War.

_______________'A moving book by one of our generation's finest foreign correspondents' - Daily Telegraph'A terrifying account, soberly written .

Adolf Hitler was hardly the modern world's only murderous tyrant and imperialist.