“A TRULY AMAZING COMPENDIUM.”–Gerald J. Higgins, major general, U.S. Army (ret.), from the ForewordIn the predawn darkness of D-Day, an elite fighting force struck the first blows against Hitler’s For
A detailed account of the role of the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge focuses on the vicious fighting that occurred during the German attempt to seize Ba
September 17, 1944. Thousands of Screaming Eagles–101st Airborne Division paratroopers–descend from the sky over Holland, dropping deep behind German lines in a daring daylight mission to seize and se
“Wonderful . . . a rousing dramatization of history’s greatest sea battle.”–James D. Hornfischer, author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors“I shall return” is General Douglas MacArthur’s promise
A Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War brings together interviews with fellow Marines and with men who fought with the 1st Viet Cong Regiment to provide a firsthand chronicle of Operation Starlite,
Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 197
The soldiers in 1st Cav fought some of Vietnam’s fiercest battles—and Chaplain Newby was there right beside them.For grunts in Vietnam, the war was a jungle hell of sudden death, endless suffering, an
TO HELL AND BACKFor the U.S., Guadalcanal was a bloody seven-month struggle under brutal conditions against crack Japanese troops deeply entrenched and determined to fight to the death. For Charles Wa
“No matter how skilled the writer of nonfiction, you are always getting the story secondhand. Here’s a chance to go right to the source. . . . These men were there.”–MARK BOWDEN (from the Foreword)It
One of the giants of American journalism now re-creates an unforgettable time–in which the whole world feared extinction. High Noon in the Cold War captures the Cuban Missile Crisis in a new light, fr
SOLDIERS OF $$Privateers, contract killers, corporate warriors. Contract soldiers go by many names, but they all have one thing in common: They fight for money and plunder rather than liberty, God, or
While America held its breath in the days immediately following 9/11, a small but determined group of CIA agents covertly began to change history. This is the riveting first-person account of the trea
The operation known as “Market Garden”—made famous in the book and film A Bridge Too Far—was the largest airborne assault in history up to that time, a high-risk Allied invasion of enemy territory tha
Awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry under fire, Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Workman is one of the Marine Corps’ best-known contemporary combat veterans. In this searing and inspiring memoir, he tells an
A respected scholar of military history and an expert on strategy, Martin van Creveld recently explored the modern world’s shifting method of combat in The Changing Face of War. Now, in The Culture of
New threats require new weapons. New villains require new heroes.The time is the near future. Osama Bin Laden has been succeeded by a generation of even deadlier terrorists who will stop at nothing in
“Everyone with an interest in the Pacific War will find something stimulating in this thought-provoking study of what might have been.”–British Army ReviewIn war, victory can be held hostage to seemin
A "what-if" study of World War II looks at how the course of the war could have been altered key events had gone another way or if alternative decision had been made, in a volume featuring the contrib
“A fascinating ‘what-if’ journey . . . especially recommended reading for Civil War buffs [and] ‘Alternative Universe’ science fiction fans.”–The Midwest Book Review In the Battle of Gettysburg, th
Terry de la Mesa Allen was one of the most remarkable soldiers in American military history. He failed out of West Point twice, yet ended up as a fearless battalion commander during World War I— perso
