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by Major Vincent M. Carr Jr. USAF
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
The Battle of Kasserine Pass proved to be a shock both to American military forces in the field and to the American public at home. The defeat of the Allied forces in the battle put doubt into the minds of many—all of whom assumed the righteous democracies of the western Allies could not be defeated...
by Colonel David M Glantz
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
In his classic work, On War, Carl von Clausewitz wrote, “As we shall show, defense is a stronger form of fighting than attack.” A generation of nineteenth century officers, nurtured on the study of the experiences of Napoleon and conditioned by the wars of German unification, had little reason...
by Major Maria A. Biank
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
As Adolf Hitler conquered most of the European continent in 1939-1941, the small island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea became vital to future operations in the Mediterranean region for both the Axis and Allied powers. If the Allies controlled Crete, their air and sea superiority would not allow...
An Analysis of Manstein’s Winter Campaign on the Russian Front 1942-1943:
A Perspective of the Operational Level of War and Its Implications
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This study is a historical analysis of the campaign waged by Field Marshal von Manstein on the Russian southern front during the winter 1942-43. The study begins just after the 6th Army’s encirclement in Stalingrad and describes the four principal phases of Manstein’s campaign: the attempted relief...
by Zara S. Steiner, Keith Neilson
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2003
How and why did Britain become involved in the First World War? Taking into account the scholarship of the last twenty-five years, this second edition of Zara S. Steiner's classic study, thoroughly revised with Keith Neilson, explores a subject which is as highly contentious as ever.
While...
Vanished Kingdoms
The Rise and Fall of States and Nations
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
An evocative account of fourteen European kingdoms-their rise, maturity, and eventual disappearance.
There is something profoundly romantic about lost civilizations. Europe's past is littered with states and kingdoms, large and small, that are scarcely remembered today, and while their names...
Napoleon
The End of Glory
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
On April 20, 1814, after a dizzying series of battles, campaigns, and diplomatic intrigues, a defeated Napoleon Bonaparte made his farewell speech to the Old Guard in the courtyard of the Chateau de Fontainebleau and set off for exile on the island of Elba. Napoleonic legend asserts that the Emperor...
by Viscount James Bryce
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922) was a British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician who was well known and respected on both sides of the Atlantic. Bryce's intellectual distinction and political industry made him a valuable member of the Liberal Party. As soon as the late 1860s, he acted...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2007
In recent years, the mask of tolerant, secular, multicultural Europe has been shattered by new forms of antisemitic crime. Though many of the perpetrators do not profess Christianity, antisemitism has flourished in Christian Europe. In this book, thirteen scholars of European history, Jewish studies,...
by Andrew Roberts, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyke
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
"A monthly magazine costing sixpence but worth a shilling."
For 60 years The Strand Magazine showcased the best writers in England and America.
The magazine did not just reflect the age, it shaped it. It was a popular publication for the best in fiction, featuring works...
A History of Medieval Europe
From Constantine to Saint Louis
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
R.C. Davis provided the classic account of the European medieval world; equipping generations of undergraduate and ‘A’ level students with sufficient grasp of the period to debate diverse historical perspectives and reputations. His book has been important grounding for both modernists required...
Napoleon: Ascent to Power
A Selection from Napoleon's Wars: An International History (Penguin Tracks)
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
A panoramic chronicle of Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power—excerpted from celebrated historian Charles Esdaile’s masterwork Napoleon’s Wars
Napoleon’s Wars offers a definitive account of the violent conflicts that seethed within Europe from the end of the Peace of Amiens in 1803...
A Reformation Sourcebook
Documents from an Age of Debate
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
During the Reformation, Europeans were engaged in a debate that would alter the course of European history. This debate was about how to understand and practice the Christian faith. Never before had so many people weighed in on a topic of such importance.
This book presents the debates of the...
Nazis after Hitler
How Perpetrators of the Holocaust Cheated Justice and Truth
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
This deeply researched and informative book traces the biographies of thirty "typical" perpetrators of the Holocaust—some well known, some obscure—who survived World War II. Donald M. McKale reveals the shocking reality that the perpetrators were only rarely, if ever, tried or punished...