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On Hallowed Ground
The Last Battle for Pork Chop Hill
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
“Brilliantly reveals the extraordinary courage of those who fought the final, bitter, bloody, costly days of the Korean War” (Gen. Jack I. Gregory, USAF Ret.).
By the summer of 1953, the Korean War had long since reached a stalemate. As peace negotiations dragged on, units of the US 7th...
The Imperial Japanese Army
The Invincible Years 1941–42
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014
The German offensives which crushed Poland in 1939 and swallowed most of Western Europe in less than two months in 1940 have been well documented and heavily studied, however, the overall picture of the remarkable Japanese offensive land campaign in 1941–42 has received less attention. In this fascinating...
by Bill Nasson
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Although World War One did not bring Zeppelin airships to threaten South Africa's skies, or invading foreign soldiers to march through its towns, its inhabitants were also drawn into one of the most bloody and shattering global conflicts of the 20th century. Renowned historian Bill Nasson explores...
by Bill Price
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2013
Contents
Introduction Before the War Spying for the Kaiser On His Majesty’s Secret Service Allied Spies
The use of spies during war has a very long history, no doubt going back to the beginnings of warfare itself. In The Art of War, which is believed to have been written...
Vengeance Is Mine
The Scandalous Love Triangle That Triggered the Boyce-Sneed Feud
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
The 1912 Boyce-Sneed feud in West Texas began with a torrid sex scandal at the core of a love triangle, featuring Lena Snyder Sneed, the high-spirited, headstrong wife; Al Boyce, Jr., Lenas reckless, romantic lover; and John Beal Sneed, Lenas arrogant, grim, and vindictive husband, who responded to Lenas...
Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet
The Life of Martin Luther
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
The Anti-Federalist Luther Martin of Maryland is known to us—if he is known at all—as the wild man of the Constitutional Convention: a verbose, frequently drunken radical who annoyed the hell out of James Madison, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, and the other giants responsible for the creation...
by Bill Price
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013
Contents
Introduction
1914 – The War Begins
1915 – From the Trenches to Turkey
1916 - The Great Offensives
1917 - War in the Mud
1918 – Breakthrough
The battles of World War I were fought on an unprecedented scale. Both sides...
Alexander the Great
Lessons from History's Undefeated General
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
When the Oracle of Delphi told Alexander the Great that he was invincible, it was right.
The son of the great King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was educated by Aristotle and commanded a wing of his father's army in the victory over the Thebans and Athenians at the Battle of Chaeronea—all...
by Bill Rompkey
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2009
During World War II St. John’s, Newfoundland played a critical role in the fight against Nazi Germany. Seamen from all over the world sailed to and from the old seaport, chosen for duty because it was closest to Europe and because its people knew both the peril and glory of the North Atlantic. In...
Do Ask, Do Tell
A Gay Conservative Lashes Back
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2000
The original Bill of Rights, sponsored largely by James Madison, is now about 210 years old. Reinforced by the Fourteenth Amendment, which eventually applied many of its provisions to the states, it has served us well. It is time to re-evaluate our fundamental constitutional rights and to seriously...
Hell on Wheels
An Illustrated History of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
A gripping history of outlaw motorcycle club culture from its beginnings to the present day.
In a world where most of us roll over when confronted by the power of authority, the antihero figure of the outlaw biker stands beyond the crowd, a beacon of social freedom. By choosing to live outside...
Peak Business Performance Under Pressure
A Navy Ace Shows How to Make Great Decisions in the Heat of Business Battles
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In enemy airspace, high above the treetops of North Vietnam, two US F-4 Phantom jet fighters have downed their fifth enemy plane, thus securing their new status as Aces.” The skies are finally quiet, and the safety of the ocean is just ahead. But in that brief moment of victory, they are blindsided...
Fatal Flight
The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Fatal Flight brings vividly to life the year of operation of R.101, the last great British airship -- a luxury liner three and a half times the length of a 747 jet, with a spacious lounge, a dining room that seated fifty, glass-walled promenade decks, and a smoking room. The British expected R.101...
An Enormous Crime
The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
The dramatic history of living American soldiers left in Vietnam, and the first full account of the circumstances that left them there
An Enormous Crime is nothing less than shocking. Based on thousands of pages of public and previously classified documents, it makes an utterly convincing case...