Potomac Books imprint: 389 books

by Richard A. Sauers
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2004

Most students of the American Civil War know the name George Gordon Meade, but few can tell you about the man. With this addition to PotomacÆs Military Profiles series, historian Richard Sauers examines the life of one of the Union ArmyÆs most notable generals. Rising from the Union officer corps to...
by The Central Intelligence Agency
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2010

The World Factbook, produced annually by the CIA, has become the ultimate, authoritative source of information on all the nations of the world. It provides current data for more than 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Potomac Books publishes a commercial version of The World...
by Sean Michael Chick
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015

The Battle of Petersburg was the culmination of the Virginia Overland campaign, which pitted the Army of the Potomac, led by Ulysses S. Grant and George Gordon Meade, against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. In spite of having outmaneuvered Lee, after three days of battle in which the...
by Paul Lococo, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2008

It was through bitter experience growing up on the harsh and unforgiving steppes of Mongolia that Genghis Khan learned to trust few people and to be vigilant of the personalities and events around him. As a result of an early life filled with hardship, betrayals, and constant struggle, Genghis Khan developed...
by David L. Hudson Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2005

Basketball has so many great stories, so many interesting anecdotes-about college and pro teams, players from all levels, announcers, and even owners-that one book just isn't enough to hold it all. That's why Potomac Books, Inc. is introducing Basketball's Most Wanted™ II: The Top 10 Book of More Hotshot...
by Philip J Haythornthwaite
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2007

One of the Duke of Wellington's officers once remarked, We would rather see his long nose in the sight than a reinforcement of ten thousand men. Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (1769û1852), was one of the greatest military commanders in history and is best known as the successful opponent...
by Alexandra Powe Allred
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2005

The cat is out of the bag. Alexandra Powe Allred has written another fun- and fact-filled book in Potomac's Most Wanted™ series, Cats Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Mysterious Mousers, Talented Tabbies, and Feline Oddities. Allred provides fascinating details about the history of the cat, from...
by Eric J. Wittenberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2002

Unlike Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. William T. Sherman, whose controversial Civil War-era reputations persist today, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan has been largely untouched by controversy. In Little Phil, historian Eric J. Wittenberg reassesses the war record of a man long considered one of the Union...
by U.S. Department of Defense
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2007

Initiated in 1950, this 2007 edition is the latest in a classic series of books of the same title. Journalist-historian S. L. A. Marshall wrote the first at the behest of Gen. George C. Marshall, who formed the great citizen army of World War II. The general believed officers of all services needed to...

Murdering the President

Alexander Graham Bell and the Race to Save James Garfield

by Fred Rosen
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016

Shortly after being elected president of the United States, James Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau. But contrary to what is written in most history books, Garfield didn’t linger and die. He survived. Alexander Graham Bell raced against time to invent the world’s first metal detector to locate...
by Michael K. Bohn
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2007

You can't play Major League Baseball and bet on a game; just ask Pete Rose. Don't try running a betting ring in the NHL, either. Want the surest ticket out of NCAA sports? Betting's the way to do it. In stark contrast, however, the United States Golf Association officially sanctions betting among players...
by George Victor
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2007

Did U.S. intelligence know of Japan's coming attack on Pearl Harbor? Did President Roosevelt know? If so, why did he withhold warnings from the commanders in Hawaii? The answers are embedded in the cogent analysis of The Pearl Harbor Myth. Based on voluminous data that does not appear in other books...
by Eileen F. Lebow
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2003

Before Amelia is the remarkable story of the worldÆs women pioneer aviators who braved the skies during the early days of flight. While most books have only examined the women aviators of a single country, Eileen Lebow looks at an international spectrum of pilots and their influence on each other. The...
by Jonathan Parshall; Anthony Tully
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2005

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Pranges bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great...
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