"e;A fascinating book about a virtually unknown officer who played a major role in the development of US military planning before and during World War II"e; (Bowling Green Daily News).
A German historian's account of the Nazi retreat from France in the summer of 1944: "e;An important book [about] a surprisingly under-examined phase of WWII"e; (Anthony Beevor, Wall Street Journal).
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war.
This insider's account of CIA operations in the Vietnam War is "e;a major contribution to scholarship"e; on US counterinsurgency programs (John Prados, author of Lost Crusader).
This "e;excellent biography"e; of one of the US Army's unsung heroes "e;provides a much-needed re-examination of the early post-Vietnam Army"e; (Bowling Green Daily News).
The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines-and the remarkable sailors who survived.
"e;This thoroughly researched and superbly written study"e; examines the final days of WWII combat within Germany during the occupation of Franconia (WWII History).
Nineteen months before the D-Day invasion of Normandy, Allied assault forces landed in North Africa in Operation TORCH, the first major amphibious operation of the war in Europe.
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war.
Few ships in American history have had as illustrious a history as the heavy cruiser USS Portland (CA-33), affectionately known by her crew as 'Sweet Pea.
Following the Japanese invasion of the islands in 1942, North Luzon was the staging area for several Filipino-American guerrilla bands who sought to gather intelligence and to destroy enemy military installations or supplies.
Provides a day-by-day account of the action on all fronts and of the events surrounding the conflict, from the guns of August 1914 to the November 1918 Armistice and its troubled aftermath.
In February 1942, barely two months after he had declared war on the United States, Adolf Hitler praised America's great industrial achievements and admitted that Germany would need some time to catch up.
On November 11, 1940, 21 slow, canvas-covered British warplanes, launched from the carrier Illustrious, attacked the harbor at the Italian port of Taranto and put most of the Italian navy out of commission.
