Military history

An essential introduction to Josephus's momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which was crushed in 70 CE with the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple.

Photo chronicle of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

Action-packed history of the Germans in Africa in World War II.

Firsthand accounts and contextual narrative chronicling the U.

Action-adventure narrative about elite German airborne troops.

Originally published in the 1930's, this book is a mocking expose of European dictators, comparing them to American gangsters like Al Capone.

Winner of the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for Biography, 2006.

Firsthand accounts and contextual narrative chronicling the war in Europe after D-Day.

A staggering 30,000 British prisoners of war liberated from German POW camps by the Soviets at the end of World War II were never returned home.

*; A pivotal year of World War II through German eyes *; The campaigns of the German army, air force, and navy described by a master storyteller *; Covers the aftermath of Stalingrad, Kursk, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, the U-boat war, and air battles After a crushing loss at Stalingrad, the German war machine regrouped in early 1943 to stave off total defeat, but it could not stem the rising Allied tide.

Covers the D-Day airborne drops and amphibious landings at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.

Joseph Balkoski concludes his landmark series on the U.

First full-length history of the largest and most successful airborne offensive ever.

Filled with 1:72-scale drawings of armored vehicles from Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, and Romania.

A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of warFlamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease: are these terrifying agents of warfare modern inventions?

Gripping firsthand accounts.

Intrigued by hints of ';the bigger man' behind the war personality of Gen.

On March 9, 1916 the border town of Columbus, New Mexico was attacked by forces under the command of the Mexican revolutionary, Pancho Villa.

This sweeping recasting of American naval history is a bold departure from the conventional ';sea power' approach.

One of the decisive battles of the 20th century began on August 29, 1914 with the cry that echoed throughout France: ';The Prussians are coming!

On the morning of April 10, 1963, the world's most advanced submarine was on a test dive off the New England coast when she sent a message to a support ship a thousand feet above her on the surface: experiencing minor problem .

How big is Germany's Air Force?

Hundreds of photos, including many never published before with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II.

On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.

Armor expert Zaloga enters the battle over the best tanks of World War II with this heavy-caliber blast of a book armed with more than forty years of research.

A landmark text on the greatest land battle of the Pacific War.

"I hob nix zum Dazöhn!

As the United States prosecuted a bloody campaign to pacify its newly won Philippines territory at the turn of the nineteenth century, a secret mission of mercy went terribly wrong.

Expanded edition with a new chapter on the final battles of the Normandy campaign.

Minute-by-minute account of the offensive.

From the author of the top ten bestseller The Junior Officers' Reading Club.

Kriegsmarine - Die Deutsche Flotte 1939 – 1945Die Schlachtschiffe der Bismarck – KlasseIm Gegensatz zu den Flottenbestrebungen des Deutschen Kaiserreichs vor und im 1.

From the fury of the Punic Wars to the onslaught of Operation Desert Storm, relive the most famous battles in history in this gripping guide.

"e;To me, hard times are like hide-and-seek: where is the solution, where is the hope?

The first major study to draw upon unknown or neglected sources, as well as original interviews with figures like Billy Graham, Awakening the Evangelical Mind uniquely tells the engaging story of how evangelicalism developed as an intellectual movement in the middle of the 20th century.

A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION"e;As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II.

This work is a powerful demonstration of how historical analysis can be brought to bear on the study of strategic issues, and, conversely, how strategic thinking can help drive historical research.

In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'.

From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "e;lessons of history"e; as they contemplated taking their nation to war.

This first truly international history of the Korean War argues that by its timing, its course, and its outcome it functioned as a substitute for World War III.

The most authoritative and feature-rich edition of On War in EnglishCarl von Clausewitz's On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy.

A "e;vivid, absorbing, and chilling"e; true-life account of surviving nearly a year of captivity in Iraq (Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes correspondent).

During the brutal and destructive King Philip's War, the New England Indians combined new European weaponry with their traditional use of stealth, surprise, and mobility.

The heroic story of Jewish resistance and survival during the Second World War.

Definitive account of French volunteers in the Waffen-SS Blow-by-blow retelling of battles on the Eastern Front, including the fight for Berlin Focuses on all French SS units, especially the 33rd SS Grenadier Division "e;Charlemagne"e; Impeccably researched, this book tells the story of the Frenchmen who, motivated by their hatred of Communism, chose to fight for the Third Reich in World War II, first in the regular army and then as part of the Waffen-SS.

Battalion- and company-level account of the vital contributions of Canadian soldiers to victory in Europe in World War IIBased on war diaries, casualty reports, and after-action interviewsThe author is one of Canada's preeminent military historiansConsisting of the Calgary Highlanders, the Black Watch, and the French-speaking Rgiment de Maisonneuve, the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade landed in France in early July 1944 as part of British General Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group.

[A] dramatic, affecting account.

For more than a century and a half Texans have honored the heroes of the Texas fight for independence.

Did the bombing of Japan's citiesculminating in the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasakihasten the end of World War II?

This exciting new volume profiles several substantiated cases of female soldiers during the American Civil War, including Sarah Rosetta Wakeman (aka Private Lyons Wakeman, Union); Sarah Emma Edmonds (aka Private Frank Thompson, Union); Loreta Janeta Velazquez (aka Lieutenant Harry T.