On the centenary of the Great War, there are now no longer any veterans alive of the six million men who served on the Western Front. Although this means that the Great War as a living history is to
The final year of World War II witnessed the decline of the piston-engine fighter and the beginning of the jet age. Taking to the skies were tried-and-true fighters, improved versions of old aircraft,
In 1864, General U. S. Grant summoned 33-year-old Major General Philip Sheridan to lead Meade's cavalry in the resilient yet seemingly lethargic Army of the Potomac. Sheridan's fiery determination and
Islamist revolutionary terrorists have taken over the United States of America. Millions of citizens have been killed, imprisoned, and tortured. The President is missing, his most trusted advisor, El
Told from both Japanese and American perspectives, this thrilling account of the final weeks of World War II in the Pacific has been heralded by theNew York Times Book Review as "virtually faultl
With the help of Captain Jerry Yellin, Don Brown reconstructs the last phase of the air war against Japan leading to the final mission of the war, and the story of the last man killed.
The first book to tell the story of how the Great War inspired the greatest rugby tournament in the worldAs Britain’s Empire went to war in August 1914, rugby players were the first to volunteer. They
On September 1, 1814, under the command of Lt. Gen. Sir George Prevost, nearly 15,000 veteran British troops, fresh from victory over Napoleon, crossed the Canadian-American border—the largest foreign
