Potomac Books imprint: 389 books

by Joshua Woods
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012

After 9/11, research on the perceived threat of terrorism moved in several directions. Some scholars examined the social construction of terrorism, scrutinizing the political rhetoric and media coverage associated with the threat. Other researchers investigated the publics elevated worries about terrorism...
by Lt. Col. Raymond A. Millen, USA
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2008

PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:"Millen reminds me of Erwin Rommel, George Patton, and Dwight Eisenhower, who also put their concentration as junior officers on the small units. Stephen E. Ambrose, author of Band of Brothers and Citizen SoldiersCommand Legacy is a first-class primer on company-level command....
by Mohamed El-Bendary
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011

How do Arabs view America? How do Arabs learn about America? The answers to these questions have assumed tremendous importance since 9/11,because therein lies the key to influencing Arab opinion of the United States in a favorable direction. Attainment of this goal has, thus far, eluded diplomats, foreign...
by Brian M. Thomsen
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005

Irish is more than a nationalityits a state of being. What other cultural background allows you to demand a kiss, celebrate the wearing of a color, toast the wee folk, and take pride in ones readiness to fight? What other land is celebrated by parades and parties and allows even the non-blessed to declare...
by Marjorie Hallenbeck-Huber
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010

Team Aniston or Team Jolie? Whether you have admittedly chosen a side, chances are you know the feud these slogans reference and perhaps even remember where you were when news of the Aniston-Pitt split broke. Over the past three decades, buzz over the rich and famous has exploded, thanks in part to refined...
by William McDonald Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2006

Evolution has long shaped human behavior. Yet just recently have we learned that evolution based on natural selection is not the continuous process Darwin assumed. It is instead a two-part process of change and stability called punctuated equilibrium, with natural selection operating mainly on the frontiers...
by Col. Daniel M Gerstein, USA (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006

As the world moves into the Information Age, globalization continues to alter the customary relationships among peoples, societies, and nations that evolved during the Industrial Age. Author Daniel Gerstein, however, maintains the United States still follows an Industrial Age framework for national security....
by Bob Kemper
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011

On the gorgeous, late-summer morning of September 11, 2001, a nation was plunged into despair and fear when terrorists struck Americas grandest symbols of economic and military mightthe World Trade Center and the Pentagonand killed nearly 3,000 people. Thrown together by fate under horrific circumstances,...

Playing War

Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations for World War II

by John M. Lillard
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016

Between the First and Second World Wars, the U.S. Navy used the experience it had gained in battle to prepare for future wars through simulated conflicts, or war games, at the Naval War College. In Playing War John M. Lillard analyzes individual war games in detail, showing how players tested new...
by Laura Homan Lacey
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2007

The Sixth Marine Division holds a unique place in U.S. Marine Corps history, because it was retired after one great battle. The division was formed on Guadalcanal in September 1944, its ranks filled with battle-hardened veterans and untested replacement troops. The Sixth Division fought its only action...

Upstairs at the Roosevelts'

Growing Up with Franklin and Eleanor

by Curtis Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017

Curtis Roosevelt knew what it was like to live with a president. His grandfather was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. From the time Curtis, with his sister, Eleanor, and recently divorced mother, Anna Roosevelt Dall, moved into his grandparents’ new home—the White House—Curtis played, learned,...
by Jim Romeo
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2005

Business's Most Wanted™ chronicles the best and worst of American business, explores the quirks of commerce, and provides an informative and sometimes amusing look at Wall Street. For an industry devoted to the serious matter of money management, this book provides a lighter look at business history,...

Fit for the Presidency?

Winners, Losers, What-Ifs, and Also-Rans

by Seymour Morris Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017

Every four years Americans embark on the ultimate carnival, the Super Bowl of democracy: a presidential election campaign filled with endless speeches, debates, handshakes, and passion.   But what about the candidates themselves?    In Fit for the Presidency? Seymour Morris Jr. applies an executive...
by Roland W. Haas
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2007

While at Purdue University on an NROTC scholarship in 1971, Roland Haas was recruited to become a CIA deep clandestine operative. He underwent intensive training to prepare for insertion into hostile areas, including High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachuting and weapons instruction. In the course...
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