Before there was Osama bin Laden, Abu al-Zarqawi or Ayatollah Khomeini, there was the Mahdi—the “Expected One”—who raised the Arabs in pan-tribal revolt against infidels and apostates in the late 19th
Erwin Rommel was a complex man: a born leader, brilliant soldier, a devoted husband and proud father; intelligent, instinctive, brave, compassionate, vain, egotistical, and arrogant. In France in 194
Describes the construction and maiden voyage of the "unsinkable" Titanic, which sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic in April 1912.
The history of the Ottoman Empire spanned more than seven centuries. At the height of its power, it stretched over three continents and produced marvels of architecture, literature, science, and warfa
Describes the events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic and the actions taken by the two ships, the Carpathia and the Californian, the night of the tragedy.
Butler is a maritime and military historian who has previously written about the RMS Titanic, and he spent years of research to document the actions of the Carpathia and Californian, two nearby ships
For the past nine decades the Battle of Jutland has been history's most hotly debated and least understood naval action. Though it has often been treated as a tactical German victory or else as a draw
This passionate yet balanced narrative explores every facet of the Titanic's history, including her spectacular conception in an Irish shipyard and the ambitious modern-day attempts to salvage her. T
