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Wither Iran?
Reform, Domestic Politics and National Security
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Terrorism and the Middle East are often connected. The fear that these will be a future source of threat with weapons of mass destruction, notably nuclear or biological weapons, has grown in recent years. This book looks at the politics of one important state in the region - Iran - and concludes that...
Geronimo's Story of His Life
As Told to S. M. Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
A pivotal piece of nineteenth-century Native American history from a tireless warrior seeking justice for his people.
Storied leader of the Bedonkohe band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe, Geronimo led resistance against Mexican and American troops seeking to drive the Apache from their land...
World War 2 History: Stories of the Failed Assassination Attempts on Adolf Hitler’s Life
World War 2 History, #2
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
The most celebrated attempt at Führer’s life is believed to be the one carried out by Clause von Stauffenberg in Hitler’s Wolf’s lair headquarters. The explosion killed four, but Hitler survived. The attempted conspiracy was documented in a feature film ‘The Valkyrie’ starring Tom Cruise as...
The Miracle of Dunkirk
The True Story of Operation Dynamo
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Stranded on the beach with the Nazis closing in, the British army managed one of the most unlikely maneuvers in modern military history
In May of 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler’s blitzkrieg, retreated to Dunkirk. Hemmed in by overwhelming Nazi strength,...
This Kind of War
The Classic Military History of the Korean War
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The book that former Defense Secretary James Mattis recommends as America faces the threat of conflict with North Korea.
In a recent story, Newsweek reported: “Amid increasingly deteriorating relations between the U.S. and North Korea, as President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un exchange barbs...
How to Stage a Military Coup
From Planning to Execution
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Fed up with taxes? Angered and disappointed by corrupt leaders? How to Stage a Military Coup lays down practical strategies that have proven themselves around the globe. David Hebditch and Ken Connor examine, with a critical eye, successful as well as failed coup attempts throughout the twentieth...
Crisis in the Pacific
The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
From the depths of defeat...
On December 8, 1941, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Air Force struck the Philippines in the first blow of a devastating invasion.
With an undersupplied patchwork army at his command, General Douglas MacArthur led a valiant defense...
Leadership in War
Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2019
A comparison of nine leaders who led their nations through the greatest wars the world has ever seen and whose unique strengths--and weaknesses--shaped the course of human history, from the bestselling, award-winning author of Churchill and Napoleon
Taking us from the French Revolution to the...
The Chaco War 1932–35
South America’s greatest modern conflict
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2011
The Chaco War was massive territorial war between Bolivia and Paraguay, which cost almost a 100,000 lives. An old fashioned territorial dispute, the contested area was the Gran Chaco Boreal, a 100,000-square mile region of swamp, jungle and pampas with isolated fortified towns. The wilderness terrain...
There Is A Man Who Walks
A Personal Account of Montagnard Guerrilla Warfare in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Drafted into the service although married and with three children, Dr. Conlon finds himself tasked to work with the Montagnard tribesmen. He is working under what he believes to be an Air Force Major who is in fact a Central Intelligence operative. His 13-month tour ends with his return to civilian...
Gentlemen Bastards
On the Ground in Afghanistan with America's Elite Special Forces
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
The Green Berets—a legendary corps of soldiers whose exploits made military history. But now, its very identity and role as a fighting force may be forever changed . . .
Until the war in Iraq, Special Forces were the military’s counterinsurgency experts. Their specialty was going behind...
by Thomas Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming creates a dramatic, moving depiction of the Siege of Yorktown - the days in October 1781 that ended the American Revolution and changed the world. Along with French General Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau, George Washington made an astonishing march through...
by Alexander Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
The Germans could not believe their eyes. The English infantry were advancing at walking pace in four upright ranks, a yard or so apart from each other. They were sitting ducks. As the German machine guns rattled into life, the English died in their hundreds. On the first day of the battle, those...
by Alexander Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
The Turks, who had remained hidden in their trenches up to this point, opened fire. Men were killed where they sat in their barges. “One fellow`s brains were shot into my mouth as I was shouting for them to jump for it,” said Sergeant J. McColgan, who was shot in the leg. “I dived...