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Given Up for Dead
America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A gripping narrative of unprecedented valor and personal courage, here is the story of the first American battle of World War II: the battle for Wake Island. Based on firsthand accounts from long-lost survivors who have emerged to tell about it, this stirring tale of the “Alamo of the Pacific”...
Nelson
The Essential Hero
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A gripping biography of Admiral Nelson, Napoleonic War hero and one of Britain’s greatest naval tacticians.
In the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson sent the signal from his flagship HMS Victory, “England expects that every man will do his duty.” His defeat of the French...
Adopted Son
Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2007
They were unlikely comrades-in-arms. One was a self-taught, middle-aged Virginia planter in charge of a ragtag army of revolutionaries, the other a rich, glory-seeking teenage French aristocrat. But the childless Washington and the orphaned Lafayette forged a bond between them as strong as any between...
by Richard Aldrich
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
As we become ever-more aware of how our governments “eavesdrop” on our conversations, here is a gripping exploration of this unknown realm of the British secret service: Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ). GCHQ is the successor to the famous Bletchley Park wartime code-breaking organisation...
Moltke on the Art of War
Selected Writings
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009
Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke is best known for his direction of the German/Prussian campaigns against Austria in 1866 and France in 1870-71, yet it was during his service as chief of the General Staff that he laid the foundation for the German way of war which would continue through 1945.
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by Arrian, Edward James Chinnock
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Arrian's history of Alexander the Great is our most complete and reliable account of the world's greatest conqueror. Writing in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century AD, Arrian was a Greek historian, philosopher, and military commander. For this work, also known as “The Anabasis of Alexander,”...
by Tachibana Minehide, William de Lange, translator
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645) is the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history; unfortunately, our modern portrait of this folk hero is derived mainly from popular books, comics, and film, with little heed paid to the early records by men who knew Musashi, practiced with Musashi,...
Hannibal
A History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 B.C., With a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012
Hannibal was one of the greatest military commanders in history. During the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage, he led a ragtag army out of Iberia, on an epic march over the Pyrenees and Alps, and down into northern Italy. There he won three dramatic victories – at Trebia, Trasimene, and...
The Wise Men
Six Friends and the World They Made
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: Averell Harriman, the freewheeling diplomat and Roosevelt's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin; Dean...
On War
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Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013
On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian soldier, had witnessed at first hand the immense destructive power of the French Revolutionary armies which swept across Europe between 1792 and 1815. His response was to write a comprehensive text covering...
The Watchers
A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
In a Europe aflame with wars of religion and dynastic conflicts, Elizabeth I came to the throne of a realm encircled by menace. To the great Catholic powers of France and Spain, England was a heretic pariah state, a canker to be cut away for the health of the greater body of Christendom. Elizabeth's...
Small Unit Leadership
A Commonsense Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2009
What does it take to get the job done? How do you get the men in your unit to do what you say? To follow you into battle and shoot to kill? How you build the confidence that spurs men on to do their job, to stand by their leader and each other?
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Patton's One-Minute Messages
Tactical Leadership Skills of Business Managers
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
A brief biography and photos of General Patton helps readers visualize one of the great military leaders of all time. The inspirational content will make this book an indispensable compaion for busy executives everywhere.
This collection of George S. Patton’s pithy one-liners shows how business...
The Three Meter Zone
Common Sense Leadership for NCOs
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
A pocket-sized guide to being a good leader, for non-commissioned officers (NCOs). Discusses US Army values in 'user-friendly' terms, from the perspective of a former member of the NCO core. Introduces three different types of leadership styles for 3-meter, 50-meter, and 100-meter soldiers.
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