Potomac Books Inc : 472 books
War on the Silver Screen
Shaping America's Perception of History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Americans have been almost constantly at war since 1917. In addition to two world wars, the United States has fought proxy wars, propaganda wars, and a “war on terror,” among others. But even with the constant presence of war in American life, much of what Americans remember about those conflicts...
Changing the Rules of Engagement
Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the Military
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
The Rocky Road to the Great War
The Evolution of Trench Warfare to 1914
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Nicholas Murray's The Rocky Road to the Great War examines the evolution of field fortification theory and practice between 1877 and 1914. During this period field fortifications became increasingly important, and their construction evolved from primarily above to below ground. The reasons for these...
Man Versus Ball
One Ordinary Guy and His Extraordinary Sports Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Jon Hart is not a professional athlete. His one major sports victory is a world championship in roller basketball, which is basketball on in-line skates. More than ten years ago, he started pursuing his own bucket list and embarked on a hilarious and insightful journey into the furthest reaches of the sports world.
by John J. Domagalski
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
The early morning hours of July 6, 1943, found the USS Helena off the Solomon Islands in what would later be known as the Battle of Kula Gulf. But the shipÆs participation in the battle came to a swift end when three Japanese torpedoes suddenly struck. One hundred and sixty-eight sailors went down with...
Sick Justice
Inside the American Gulag
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
In America, 2.3 million peopleùa population about the size of HoustonÆs, the countryÆs fourth-largest cityùlive behind bars. Sick Justice explores the economic, social, and political forces that hijacked the criminal justice system to create this bizarre situation. Presenting frightening true...
by Steven O'Hern
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Since the Iranian Revolution more than thirty years ago, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known as the Revolutionary Guard, has conducted covert and overt military operations, built an economic empire, and trained, financed, and guided terrorists to pursue one goalùthe preservation...
Latin America in the Post-Ch?vez Era
The Security Threat to the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Hugo Ch?vez passed away in March 2013 after a two-year battle with cancer, prompting much speculation about the impact of his death. What will a post-Ch?vez future look like, not only in Venezuela but also in the region? In Latin America in the Post-Ch?vez Era, Luis Fleischman examines Ch?vezÆs highly...
Imperial Designs
War, Humiliation & the Making of History
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Since the age of Alexander the Great, waves of foreign armies have invaded the Middle East and South Asia to plunder their vast treasures. In Imperial Designs, Deepak Tripathi offers a powerful and unique analysis of how this volatile region has endured the manipulation and humiliation of war, especially...
by William Howard Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Diamond-encrusted, alligator-skin handbags. Eighteen-course feasts. Yachts the length of city blocks. In the twenty-first century, many point to such conspicuous consumption as reflecting the moral failings of a rampant capitalism that sacrifices community values on an altar of greed. Television shows...
by William Nester
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
As William Nester asserts in The Age of Jackson, it takes quite a leader to personify an age. A political titan for thirty-three years (1815-1848), Andrew Jackson possessed character, beliefs, and acts that dominated American politics. Although Jackson returned to his Tennessee plantation in March...
Coaching Winning Model United Nations Teams
A Teacher's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
By some counts, Model United Nations (MUN) has become the single most popular extracurricular academic activity among high school students. More than two million high school and college students have assumed the roles of ambassador from real United Nations member countries, participated in spirited...
Righting the Balance
How You Can Help Protect America
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
When Daniel Serwer is asked what he does, he often replies, ôI make peace. I put it in cans and ship it abroad.ö That pursuit of peace took him to Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt, and many places in between during SerwerÆs forty years in public service. His experiences at the sharp end of...
by Douglas F. Garthoff
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2007
President Harry Truman created the job of director of central intelligence (DCI) in 1946 so that he and other senior administration officials could turn to one person for foreign intelligence briefings. The DCI was the head of the Central Intelligence Group until 1947, when he became the director of...