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by Nigel Cawthorne
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
In the heat and dust of the North African desert, British and Australian troops led by General Montgomery were waiting for an attack by Rommel’s Afrika Korps. The defences they had prepared required the Germans to run the gauntlet between six pounder anti-tank guns and dug-in tanks. Montgomery...
Taking Hawaii
How Thirteen Honolulu Businessmen Overthrew the Queen of Hawaii in 1893, With a Bluff
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
On a January afternoon in 1893, men hunkered down behind sandbagged emplacements in the streets of Honolulu, with rifles, machine guns, and cannon ready to open fire. Troops and police loyal to the queen of the sovereign nation of Hawaii faced off against a small number of rebel Honolulu businessmen—American,...
The Battle 100
The Stories Behind History's Most Influential Battles
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
A single day in the heat of armed conflict can shape the future of the world. Throughout history, individual battles have inspired the birth of nations, the devastation of cultures and the triumph of revolutions. Yet while some battles rise up as the cornerstones of history, others fade in our cultural...
by Stuart Tootal
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
**'Contact! Contact!' It was any commander's worst nightmare: a man down and stuck in the middle of a firefight. **
Colonel Stuart Tootal was in charge of 3 PARA in Afghanistan. 3 PARA was the first unit into Helmand in 2006. Sent on a peace mission, he became engaged in a level of combat...
by Nigel Cawthorne
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Under cover of the bombardment, the Germans blew gaps in the wire and cleared paths through the minefield. By the following morning, they had established a hole through the outer defences a mile and a half wide and taken more than 100 prisoners. Their charismatic leader, the dynamic Erwin Rommel,...
Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Outgunned and outmanned on the Pacific Ocean, a small American fleet defied the odds and turned the tide of World War II
On the morning of June 4, 1942, doom sailed on Midway. Hoping to put itself within striking distance of Hawaii and California, the Japanese navy planned an ambush that would...
How to Lose a War at Sea
Foolish Plans and Great Naval Blunders
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
An engrossing compendium of high-seas military disasters
From the days of the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, battles have been bungled just as badly on water as they have been on land. Some blunders were the result of insufficient planning, overinflated egos, espionage,...
The Cover-Up at Omaha Beach
D-Day, the US Rangers, and the Untold Story of Maisy Battery
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
The New York Times–bestselling account of the secret history of D-Day “widens and deepens the questions surrounding the Overlord operation” (Kirkus Reviews).
The Rangers’ mission was clear. They were to lead the assault on Omaha Beach and move inland. Simultaneously, other Ranger units...
The Last Full Measure
How Soldiers Die in Battle
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
In this brilliantly researched, deeply humane work of history, Michael Stephenson traces the paths that have led soldiers to their graves over the centuries, revealing a wealth of insight about the nature of combat, the differences among cultures, and the unchanging qualities of humanity itself.
Behind...
Death Ground
Today's American Infantry in Battle
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“An informative and thought-provoking history of recent infantry operations with reasoned glimpses of its possible future.”
–DR. SHAWN WHETSTONE
Military Heritage
“This is [Colonel Bolger’s] most significant work to date, important both for students of the contemporary U.S. Army and...
Great Military Blunders
History's worst battlefield decisions from ancient times to the present day
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
From ancient times to the Bay of Pigs and the Falklands War, military history has been marked as much by misjudgements and incompetence as by gallantry and glory. Such blunders have sometimes ended in tragedy, sometimes in farce - such as the English troops, supposedly marching on Cadiz in 1625, who...
The Reluctant Spy
My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Long before the waterboarding controversy exploded in the media, one CIA agent had already gone public. In a groundbreaking 2007 interview with ABC News, John Kiriakou called waterboarding torture—but admitted that it probably worked. This book, at once a confessional, an adventure story, and a...
What If?
The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
With its in-depth reflections on the monumental events of the past, this amazing book of essays ponders what might have been if things had gone differently in history. Featuring Stephen J. Ambrose, John Keegan, and many others.
by Department of the Army
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008
Compiled from the most relevant and important survival information offered by current U.S. Army personnel, and proved by past experience, this handy and concise guide will equip readers to survive in life-threatening conditions. Topics include evasion, navigation, radio communications and signaling,...