"Bruce F. Pauley draws on his family and personal history to tell a story that examines the lives of Volga Germans during the eighteenth century, the pioneering experiences of his family in late-ninet
Since the end of World War II a paradigm shift has occurred in armed conflict. Asymmetric, or fourth-generation warfare—the challenge of nonstate belligerents to the authority and power of the state—h
Since the founding of professional baseball, few teams have risen above years of mediocrity only to see their fortunes interrupted by war and tragedy. Fewer still have then rallied to win the World Se
The Antarctic is the last vast terrestrial frontier. Just over a century ago, no one had ever seen the South Pole. Today odd machines and adventure skiers from many nations converge there every summer
"The leader of Burma's democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has joined Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama in the global pantheon of those whose lives are dedic
Approximately 100,000 deaths per year in the United States result from preventable medical errors. This figure is about twice the number of people who die in car accidents and five times the number of
Society was not prepared in 1981 for the appearance of a new infectious disease, but we have since learned that emerging and reemerging diseases will continue to challenge humanity.AIDS at 30 is the f
In March 2004, Capt. Jason Whiteley of the U.S. Army was appointed governance officer for Al Dora, one of Baghdad's most violent districts. His job was to establish and oversee a council structure for
Dramatic changes have taken place in the last decade with respect to the views of the American Jewish community toward Israel and Zionism. Since the beginning of the Second Intifada in 2000, the invol
Days of Decision spans a century of American foreign policy making, from the Spanish-American War of 1898 to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Michael J. Nojeim and David P. Kilroy carefully examine
What influences have shaped air power since human flight became a reality more than a hundred years ago? Global Air Power provides insight into the evolution of air power theory and practice by examin
In 1961 at the Bay of Pigs, CIA-trained and organized Cuban exiles aiming to overthrow Fidel Castro were soundly defeated, most taken prisoner by Cuban armed forces. Fearing another U.S. invasion of i
A first-ever anthology of the war reporting and commentary of a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, whose writing inspired the firm The Killing Fields is drawn from the hundreds of articles he has writ
Wanting War is the first comprehensive analysis of the often contradictory reasons why President George W. Bush went to war in Iraq and of the war’s impact on future U.S. armed intervention abroad. Th
Few people have garnered so much enduring interest as Sir Richard Burton. A true polymath, Burton is best known today for his translations of theKama Sutra and Arabian Nights. Yet, Africa stood at the
Most fans today know that gamblers and ballplayers conspired to “fix” the 1919 World Series—the Black Sox Scandal. It has been touched upon in classic works of sports history such as Eliot Asinof’sEig
Hyman G. Rickover was not long removed from his Jewish roots in Poland when he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. After a respectable career spent mostly in unglamorous submarine and engin
The epic World War II battles between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union are the subject of a vast literature, but little has been published in English on the experiences of ordinary Soviets - civilia
Norman Polmar’s book is a behind-the-scenes look at thirty-two important U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft. These entries are based on the author’s "Historic Aircraft" column, appe
In his analysis of the post-Sept. 11 problem of privacy vs. security, Bailey suggests that it's the openness of American society that's made it vulnerable, and that even greater openness will help mak
On August 1, 1943, an armada of American B-24 Liberator bombers roared at close range across the farms and villages of Romania. This revised edition of an account of the controversial bombing mission
On August 6, 1974, a bomb exploded at Los Angeles International Airport, killing three people and injuring thirty-five others. It was the first time an airport had been bombed anywhere in the world. A
Lt. Benjamin Loring (1824–1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor. He commanded no armies and devised no grand strategies. Loring was a sailor who just wanted to return home, where
Douglas Grindle provides a firsthand account of how the war in Afghanistan was won in a rural district south of Kandahar City and how the newly created peace slipped away when vital resource
Chronicles the life of the daughter of Jefferson Davis who was christened the "Daughter of the Confederacy" and provided hope to a war-weary South, until a series of controversies placed her at odds w
Seymour Hersh has been the most important, famous, and controversial journalist in the United States for the last forty years. From his expose of the My Lai massacre in 1969 to his revelations about t
American manufacturing has been on the decline for at least two generations; that fact is plain to any observer who travels through the Rust Belt of the Midwest, where the closing of steel plants and
Public debate over surrogate forces and proxy warfare has been largely dormant since the end of the Cold War. The conventional wisdom has been that with the end of the U.S.- Soviet rivalry, state sour
It began as a Depression-era, winner-take-all challenge between two Chicago stockbrokers, one of them a flamboyant daredevil with more guts than money and the other with more money than sense. It erup
Provides a history of firearm ownership in the United States, from the use of muskets by early settlers at Jamestown to the purchase of guns today, and offers the author's take on gun culture through
Of all the countries in the world that are vital to the strategic and economic interests of the United States, Saudi Arabia is the least understood by the American people. Saudi Arabia s unique place
Bruce Boudreau is living a hockey Cinderella story. After more than three decades in the minor leagues as a player and coach, he was promoted to head coach of the Washington Capitals in 2007. Boudreau
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2005 book. Authors Parshall and Tully offer an intensive re-examination of the performance of the Japanese navy during the critical Battle of Midway that turned the t
In the choice of title for this book, Gustafson (Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel U., UK) rather cleverly manages to sum up the entire thesis for his review of US covert activity i
This is the candid and revealing wartime memoir of the soldier who, at the age of just 32, became South Korea's first four-star general. The book brings an unprecedented perspective to the Korean War.
More than 100,000 children were born during the Vietnam War to GI fathers and Vietnamese mothers. Those who weren't among the few thousand who came to the U.S. before the war's end faced formidable ob
Perry Luckett and Charles Byler have written the first biography of Col. James Kasler, who is the only three-time recipient of the Air Force Cross, the second highest medal for wartime valor. Kasler s
South Carolina based author Cisco has written widely about the Civil War and the Southern Secession Movement. Here he tells how Hampton (1818-1902), one of the wealthiest men in the country when the w
World War II naval history has been discussed and examined from almost every possible angle. One story that has never been told in detail, however, is that of the U.S. Navy s vessel designated the Lan
Robert Clive (1725 1774), later 1st Baron Clive, is widely considered the founder of British India. He arrived in Madras as a clerk for the East India Company in 1744. Through timely promotion and a c
