Just a day before it was to cross the Rhine into Germany, the Sixth Army Group, led by General Jacob Devers, was halted in its tracks by General Dwight Eisenhower. Standing with General George Patton
"For more than two decades at the beginning of the 20th century William S. Sims was at the forefront of naval affairs. From the revolution in naval gunnery that he led as a junior officer, to his advo
General Mohamed Fawzi, the Egyptian minister of war from 1967-1971, first published his memoirs in 1984, but they had never been translated from Arabic and so have been unavailable to most English-spe
Collecting the nationally-recognized poems of Victoria Kelly, When the Men Go Off to War captures the hopes, anxieties, and intimacies of the military spouse during a time of war. Written over the cou
"This book concerns itself with one of the most unlikely relationships in the two decades before World War II: the alliance of the Royal Navy and the French fleet. By the mid 1930s, both fleets had ov
In 1967, the infamous Arizona Territory of Vietnam’s An Hoa basin was a crucible that forged the souls of men. Through the booby-trapped trails of one of the conflict’s most hotly contested free-fire
Scales on War is a collection of ideas, concepts, and observations about contemporary war taken from over thirty years of research, writing, and personal experience by retired Major General Bob Scales
Offers a biography of the general who shouldered much of the blame for the United States' poor defense during the Pearl Harbor attacks, in a book that puts General Walter C. Short in a more favorable
Editor Bresnahan, a broadcast journalist, unites about 30 military historians, veterans, and US Navy analysts to ponder alternate scenarios of the Pacific War during 1941-1945. In chapters on decisive
Author Charles Neimeyer is director of Marine Corps history at Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia. In this historical narrative, he details the military actions in and around the Chesapeake
This entertaining collection of essays takes a biographical approach to early American naval history. The period from 1775 to 1850 was a trying time for the infant navy, a time when much was demanded
During World War II, navies developed low-visibility camouflage for their ships on both vertical and horizontal surfaces. The result reduced visibility by blending in with the sea or confusing the ide
At the outbreak of war in 1939 the 6,000-plus merchant ships spread across the world's oceans became pawns in the global conflict that permeated the operations of every shipping line on every continen
The 14 essays presented here, written by military historians from the US and UK, describe the history, development, and role of the operational-level chief of staff from World War II to Korea and Viet
"A brilliantly crafted series of vignettes that collectively broadens our understanding of the sacrifices made by common individuals who served their respective nations. With the 60th and 50th annive
Wise (history, Elizabeth City State U.) describes American naval operations in the Persian Gulf in the late 1980s during the height of the Iran-Iraq war. Originally described by the Reagan administrat
Heroism, tragedy, devotion to duty, and scandal are just a few of the ingredients that make up this dramatic first-time account of troopship losses in wartime. International in scope, it offers a comp
The only published listing of career histories for Dutch warships of this period. A 'must have' reference work for anyone interested in this field, illustrated with a wide range of contemporary images
Author Renata Eley Long presents students, academics, and general interest readers with an examination of British involvement in the U.S. Civil War. The author has organized the main body of her text
"The Battle for Britain is a provocative reinterpretation of both British air and naval power from 1909 to 1940. Anthony Cumming challenges the view that the Battle of Britain was a decisive victory w
