Potomac Books: 562 books
by Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, USMC (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, the Marine Corps commander of the U.S. Multi-National...
The NYPD's First Fifty Years
Politicians, Police Commissioners, and Patrolmen
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
The New York Police Department is an iconic symbol of one of the world’s most famous cities. The blue uniforms of the men and women who serve on the force have long stood for integrity and heroism in the work to serve and protect the city’s residents. And yet, as in any large public organization,...
by Joseph Russomanno
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
It is hard to imagine a more Orwellian presidency than George W. Bush's, according to Joseph Russomanno, who demonstrates how a form of Newspeak became thoroughly entrenched in the historical record. Bush and his team, especially Vice President Dick Cheney, neither respected the Constitution nor the...
Between Flesh and Steel
A History of Military Medicine from the Middle Ages to the War in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Over the last five centuries, the development of modern weapons and warfare has created an entirely new set of challenges for practitioners in the field of military medicine. Between Flesh and Steel traces the historical development of military medicine from the Middle Ages to modern times.Military...
Imperfect Compromise
A New Consensus Among Israelis and Palestinians
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2013
The Middle East is now in the eye of a storm. But as this storm abates, an opportunity for peace and progress has emerged. In Imperfect Compromise, Michael Karpin, an Israeli broadcast journalist, presents a new thesis about the Middle East peace settlement. He lays out an optimistic forecast: The...
by Philip Seib
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
The battle for hearts and minds in the Middle East is being fought not on the streets of Baghdad, but on the newscasts and talk shows of Al Jazeera. The future of China is being shaped not by Communist Party bureaucrats, but by bloggers working quietly in cyber cafes. The next attacks by al Qaeda will...
Keepers of the Game
When the Baseball Beat Was the Best Job on the Paper
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
There was a time when the most prestigious job on a major newspaper belonged to the baseball beat writer, who enjoyed unparalleled longevity and influence within his profession. Through a variety of events and circumstances—television, expansion, all-sports radio, lifestyle changes, and the Internet...
by Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Terrorist organizations have been able to market mass murder under hysteria's banner of alleged martyrdom. But when it comes to understanding Islamic suicide terrorism in particular, there is much more to it than martyrdom. In this groundbreaking book, Nancy Kobrin dismantles the psychological dynamics...
Predators
The CIA's Drone War on al Qaeda
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Predators is a riveting introduction to the murky world of Predator and Reaper drones, the CIAÆs and U.S. militaryÆs most effective and controversial killing tools. Brian Glyn Williams combines policy analysis with the human drama of the spies, terrorists, insurgents, and innocent tribal peoples...
by Rob Morris, Ian Hawkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
The 95th Bomb Group (Heavy), the most highly decorated bomb group of World War II, participated in every major mission of the war from May 1943 through the war's end and won an unprecedented three Presidential Unit Citations (known as the Distinguished Unit Citation before 1966). Flying the celebrated...
The Poet
The Life and Los Angeles Times of Jim Murray
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Forget Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, and Jerome Holtzman. According to author Steven Travers, Jim Murray of the Los Angeles Times was the greatest sports columnist who ever lived—period. Known for his highly descriptive metaphors and phrasing—a strike zone the size of Hitler's heart, so painfully...
by Joseph P. McCallus
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
It has been more than a century since the American conquest and subsequent annexation of the Philippines. Although the nation was given its independence in 1946, American cultural authority remains.In order to locate and lend significance to the relics of American empire, Joseph McCallus retraces the...
Not a Choice, Not a Job
Exposing the Myths about Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
A generation ago, most people did not know how ubiquitous and grave human trafficking was. Now many people agree that the $35.7 billion business is an appalling violation of human rights. But when confronted with prostitution, many people experience an odd disconnect because prostitution is shrouded...
by Paul L. Moorcraft, Philip M. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
As the literature on military-media relations grows, it is informed by antagonism either from journalists who report on wars or from ex-soldiers in their memoirs. Academics who attempt more judicious accounts rarely have any professional military or media experience.A working knowledge of the operational...