..". a strong and stimulating book. It has no rival in either scope or quality. For libraries, history buffs, and armchair warriors, it is a must. For political science students, career diplomats, and officers in the armed services, its reading should be required." -- History "A particularly timely account." -- Kansas City Times "It reads easily ...
Narrative history in the grand manner, deeply and passionately informed by a wide understanding of every aspect of the topic Here is narrative history in the grand manner, deeply and passionately informed by a wide understanding of every aspect of the topic; the historical circumstances and political conditions of the contending adversaries, the ...
It may be that Confederate nationalism died so abruptly and so completely because it was never a true nationalism, that the fatal split in the confederate psyche prevented the national spirit from ever flowering fully enough to nourish a resolve that would have persevered in the contest after all the romance was gone. All the more tragic was a war ...
'The publication of "Eisenhower's Lieutenants" is an event of significance in American military writing...admirable...clearly the product of exhaustive, painstaking research' - "The New York Times Book Review". '...the best account we have of the World War II campaigns from Normandy to the Elbe' - "American Historical Review". '...precisely ...
Some warriors are drawn to the thrill of combat and find it the defining moment of their lives. Others fall victim to fear, exhaustion, impaired reasoning and despair. This book synthesizes the wartime experiences of American soldiers, from the doughboys of World War I to the grunts of Vietnam. Focusing on both soldiers and marines, it draws on ...
Robert Epstein contends that Napoleon's 1809 campaign represented a paradigm shift in warfare, ushering in the era of modern war: massive armies; multiple theatres of operation; new command-and-control systems; increased firepower; frequent stalemates; and massive slaughter. He offers an account of Napoleon's last successful major campaign, ...
In this book, the first comprehensive history of Philadelphia to be written in nearly three-quarters of a century, the reader will discover a rich and colorful portrait of one of America's most vital, interesting, and illustrious cities. Philadelphia: A 300-Year History traces the political, artistic, physical, and social evolution of the city and ...
Presenting his own interpretation of Napoleonic warfare, the author argues that the origins of modern war can be found in the Franco-Austrian War of 1809. Epstein contends that the 1809 campaign - with its massive and evenly-matched armies, multiple theatres of operation, new command-and-control schemes, increased firepower, frequent stalemates, ...
Fighting in the Great Crusade combines the terse clarity of George E. Schwend's World War II combat journals with Gregory Daddis's expert commentary on the greater context of that conflict. The result is the rare military work that counterpoints historical and strategic analysis against a foxhole-level view of the war in Europe as U.S. soldiers ...
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