Potomac Books imprint: 389 books
by Steven E Siry
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2006
Born into a Quaker family, Nathanael Greene had nothing in his background that pointed to a military career. His total military training before mid-1775, when he abandoned pacifism, consisted of serving as a private in the Rhode Island militia for a few hours each week. Yet, no doubt because of his leadership...
Diversifying Diplomacy
My Journey from Roxbury to Dakar
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Today, diverse women of all hues represent this country overseas. Some have called this development the “Hillary Effect.” But well before our most recent female secretary of state there was Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve in that capacity, and later Condoleezza Rice. Beginning at...
So Close to Freedom
A World War II Story of Peril and Betrayal in the Pyrenees
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
During World War II many escape-line organizations contributed to the Allied cause by funneling hundreds of servicemen trapped behind enemy lines out of occupied Europe. As the Germans tightened their noose around the escape lines and infiltrated them, the risk of discovery only grew for the servicemen...
The Alphabet Bomber
A Lone Wolf Terrorist Ahead of His Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
On August 6, 1974, a bomb exploded at Los Angeles International Airport, killing three people and injuring thirty-five others. It was the first time an airport had been bombed anywhere in the world. A few days later, police recovered a cassette tape containing a chilling message: “This first bomb...
by Kathleen McChesney; William Gavin
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
In FBI terms, leaders who pick up their own brass casings at the firing range are more effective than those who expect someone else to do it for them. To those at the bureau, this small action speaks louder than words and is largely indicative of a persons overall management style. Through a host of...
by Linda Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2002
Science and technology have had more than their share of the good, the bad, and the bogus. Alfred William Lawson, the designer of the first airliner, believed that two types of creatures lived within the brainù ôMenorgs,ö which were the mental organizers responsible for all good things, and ôDisorgs,ö...
American Detective
Behind the Scenes of Famous Criminal Investigations
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
From the Roaring Twenties to the 1970s detectives reigned supreme in police departments across the country. In this tightly woven slice of true crime reportage, Thomas A. Reppetto offers a behind-the-scenes look into some of the most notable investigations to occur during the golden age of the detective...
Building the Nation
Missed Opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Building the Nation draws from foreign-policy reports and interviews with U.S. military officers to investigate recent U.S.-led efforts to “nation-build” in Iraq and Afghanistan. Heather Selma Gregg argues that efforts to nation-build in both countries focused more on what should be called state-building,...
The War Criminal's Son
The Civil War Saga of William A. Winder
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
The War Criminal’s Son brings to life hidden aspects of the Civil War through the sweeping saga of the firstborn son in the infamous Confederate Winder family, who shattered family ties to stand with the Union.
Gen. John H. Winder was the commandant of most prison camps in the Confederacy,...
Washington's Dark Secret
The Real Truth about Terrorism and Islamic Extremism
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
As a scholar of terrorism, John Maszka has examined how politics, the media, and the War on Terror play off one another. His most startling claim is that the War on Terror is a war for natural resources—and that terrorism has little to do with it. Once the military became mechanized, oil quickly...
War by Numbers
Understanding Conventional Combat
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
War by Numbers assesses the nature of conventional warfare through the analysis of historical combat. Christopher A. Lawrence establishes what we know about conventional combat and why we know it. By demonstrating the impact a variety of factors have on combat he moves such analysis beyond the work...