Military History & Affairs

“Well done atlases are invaluable tools for studying history and this volume hits all the right notes, providing not only a wealth of information but a concise and well wri

In the popular imagination, the phrase “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes” is attributed to the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill and to Colonel Israel Putnam of Connecticut,

One wonders what author Jonathan Raban is trying to tell us in his memoir, Father and Son.

There have been several books published about the SAS during WWII. This, however, is the first authorized illustrated version. The pictures have never published before.

“Goldsworthy fills a little-known but important gap in the history of the Western World with a history of the lands of Armenia, Iraq, and Syria that, as part of the Parthian Empire, became

“All of these women . . . served their country with patriotism and a sense of duty no less than any man who went off to war.”

“Just as Imperial Germany challenged British sea power in the early 20th century, China in the early 21st century has challenged U.S. sea power.”

“Glass writes a simple, honest, straightforward engrossing history of the epic scale of post-traumatic stress disorder during the First World War as studied in Craiglockhart Hospital near E

“Lincoln’s God contends that the Civil War and, more particularly, the struggle over slavery, affected a religious transformation in Lincoln—a per

"A solid introduction to a complicated history and a good model for innovative uses of graphics to make history come alive."

“provides a wonderful balance of narrative history with personal recollections, examining both sides . . .

“The lessons to be learned from Hitler’s rise to power are legion. Among them are the notion that . . . sociopaths ultimately are self-interested and . . . loyalty is a one-way street.