The definitive biography of the legendary "e;first citizen of Athens"e;Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world.
A monumental work of history that reveals the Ottoman dynasty's important role in the emergence of early modern EuropeThe Ottomans have long been viewed as despots who conquered through sheer military might, and whose dynasty was peripheral to those of Europe.
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.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Fire on the Ocean: The Naval War of 1812"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
The Quotable Warrior is quite simply the best collection of quotes from military leaders ever put together, and includes quotations from Thucydides, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Ulysses S.
In The Greatest Stories Never Told: Covert Ops, attorney and author Larry Yadon has written some of the greatest tales about covert operations, which are military operations that conceal the identity of the sponsor of the operation.
September 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of Flying Tiger flight 923 to Germany burst into flames, one by one.
In thirty-five chapters, The Greatest Air Aces Stories Ever Told covers many of the leading American and British Commonwealth fighter aces of WW I and II, together with a few bomber crews whose gallantry made a substantial contribution to the end of WW II.
In The Greatest Medal of Honor Stories Ever Told, editor Tom McCarthy has pulled together some of the finest writings about heroes awarded the highest military honor that capture readers imaginations.
The Histories of Herodotus is one of the first accounts of the rise of the Persian Empire, as well as the events and causes of the Greco-Persian Wars between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC.
Caught in a violent storm and blown far off their intended course, five American airmen--flying the dangerous Himalayan supply route known as "e;The Hump"e;--were forced to bail out just seconds before their plane ran out of fuel.
The classic account of how British intelligence penetrated and practically operated Nazi Germany's spy network within the British IslesWith great imagination, care, and precise coordination, the British were able to identify Nazi agents, induce many to defect, and supply completely false information to Germany about bombings, battles, and even the D-Day invasion.
With April 12, 2011, set to mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, the time is ripe for a new assessment of the conflict's most influential and controversial military leaders.
Shooter is avisual portrait of war--the perseverance, heroism, and survival--narrated through stunning photographs and powerful essays from a female combat photographer.
From a celebrated military historian, a ';searingpersuasive' (Kirkus Reviews) exploration of why the mighty United States military has repeatedly failed in irregular wars and military campaigns from Vietnam to Afghanistan.
While it's mindboggling to fathom anyone labeling a war ';splendid,' a high-ranking American official used that term to describe the Spanish-American War in 1898.
A Congressional Medal of Honor AccountExtraordinary Valor is the story of Special Forces Major John Duffy's Medal of Honor gallantry at Firebase Charlie, and the heroism of South Vietnamese paratrooper, Major L Vn M, who fought by his side.
In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
Anders als in Frankreich oder England, wo der Erste Weltkrieg die entscheidende Zäsur für die zivilgesellschaftliche Transformation darstellt, ist es in Deutschland der Zweite Weltkrieg, der zu einem grundlegenden Struktur- und Mentalitätswandel führt.
Der staatlich organisierte Genozid an den Armeniern im Osmanischen Reich während des Ersten Weltkrieges kostete mindestens eine Million Menschen das Leben.
Shortlisted for the 2023 Military History Matters Book of the Year AwardThe only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there.
Este clásico de la historiografía argentina, abrió en su día perspectivas totalmente novedosas sobre el estudio de la construcción del estado en el Río de la Plata.
»Wenn unser Überleben auf der Tagesordnung steht, dann werden Bücher, wie die von Günther Anders, benötigt, die das Bewusstsein verbreiten und stärken, dass wir – vielleicht – die Grenze unserer Existenz erreicht haben«Aus der Urkunde des Theodor-W.
Written with ';a cinematic sense of urgency and realism' (Evan Osnos, National Book Awardwinning author), this is the first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their divided high command hammered out a winning strategy at the tipping point of World War II.
'David Omand is exactly the man you need in a crisis' RORY STEWART From the former Director of GCHQ comes a guide to surviving crises using the latest intelligence strategiesWar, terrorism, cyberattack, climate change, the threat of AI: it has never been more important to be prepared for the crises that await us.
Virginia Hall left her Baltimore home in 1931 to enter the Foreign Service and went to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) when Hitler was building toward the peak of his power in Europe.
'Masterful' David Price'McKinstry has done a fine job in rescuing Coastal Command from long neglect' Richard OveryThe remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who made Allied victory possible.
Experience the raw emotions and psychological turmoil of a young soldier in "e;The Red Badge of Courage"e; by Stephen Crane, a groundbreaking novel that explores the realities of war and the depths of human courage.
Virginia Hall left her Baltimore home in 1931 to enter the Foreign Service and went to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) when Hitler was building toward the peak of his power in Europe.
Manuel Ignacio Silva Varela, un joven de 18 años, encendido por el espíritu patrio de la época –como muchos otros jóvenes– se apresuró a enrolarse en el ejército de Chile para participar en la Guerra del Pacífico.
Published under the auspices of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati, Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution is a narrative history of the War for Independence.
Charles Sydnor relates the political and military experience of the SS Totenkopfdivision to the institutional development of the SS and the ideological objectives of Nazi Germany.
