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Battlefield Angels

saving lives under enemy fire from valley forge to Afghanistan

Author, journalist, and USS Midway Museum spokesman Scott McGaugh reveals the riveting stories of the men and women who save lives on the front lines in Battlefield Angels in this first book about battlefield medicine in the US military. Told from the point of view ...

French foreign légionnaire 1890-1914

Following the close of the Franco-Prussian War and the establishment of the Third Republic, France embarked upon a new wave of colonialism, acquiring addition territories in Southeast Asia, including Tonkin and Annam which, together with Cambodia and Cochinchina, formed French Indochina. In North Africa their ...

They shall not pass!

the british battalion at Jarama -the Spanish Civil War-

In 1937 a group of idealistic British volunteers sailed from England to fight the dark threat of dictatorship in Spain. In the olive groves of Jarama, near Madrid, they achieved the first victory against Franco's army. It was Fascism's first defeat. Hardly remembered ...

Eisenhower

leadership, strategy, conflict

Dwight Eisenhower represented a fundamentally new type of military commander in the 20th century: commander as manager rather than the traditional warrior commander. Armies had become so large and military coalitions so dependent on politics that this new type of commander emerged. Eisenhower never fought ...

Lawrence of Arabia

leadership, strategy, conflict

Thomas Edward Lawrence, more popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, was one of the most iconic figures of the 20th century, immortalized on stage and screen, whose exploits in the Middle East in the second half of World War I helped shape the campaign in ...

The Fourth Crusade 1202-04

the betrayal of Byzantium

The Fourth Crusade was the first and most famous of the 'diverted' crusades, that is, ones diverted from their originally intended target. It was also the first to be directed against a fellow Christian, though Orthodox, state. Initially preached (from 1198 onwards) as a campaign ...

Roman centurions 753-31 BC

the Kingdom and the Age of Consuls

A perennially popular topic the ancient world continues to yield incredibly rich archaeological finds. Based on years of detailed research, Dr Raffaele D'Amato now presents a new history on the dress and equipment of Roman Centurions from the Roman kingdom to the height of ...

Armies of the Napoleonic wars

an illustrated history

The Napoleonic Wars saw almost two decades of brutal fighting, from the frozen wastelands of Russia to the wilderness of the Peninsula, and from Egypt to the bloody battlefield of Waterloo. Fighting took place on an unprecedented scale across Europe, and over the entire period ...

Florida at war

Forts, military camps, and military battles have been part of Florida's history since the earliest times. Through 256 images, relive the days when the state's waterways challenged the defensive capabilities of nations seeking to colonize it, including Spain, France, and England. Visit the ...

A guide for the perplexed

This is an insightful guide to the history, development and beliefs of this ancient religion, and its continuation as a lived religion today. The history of the development of Zoroastrianism spans over 3000 years, beginning in prehistory as an oral tradition, with roots in a ...

Leyli y Majnún

una historia persa de amor

El año 1188, y por encargo del rey, Nezamí se inspira en un relato popular, con numerosas versiones en prosa, para escribir una gran obra poética que por vez primera ve la luz en castellano traducida directamente del original.La historia de Leyli y Majnún ...

Lost Legion rediscovered

the mystery of the Theban Legion

In AD383, according to Bishop Eucherius of Lyon, flooding caused part of the bank of the River Rhone to collapse, revealing a mass grave. Eucherius identified the bodies as those of legionaries recruited to the Roman army from the Christians of the Theban district in ...

Alcibiades

athenian playboy, general and traitor

Alcibiades is one of the most famous (or infamous) characters of Classical Greece. A young Athenian aristocrat, he came to prominence during the Peloponnesian War (429-404 BC) between Sparta and Athens. Flamboyant, charismatic (and wealthy), this close associate of Socrates persuaded the Athenians to attempt ...

Moroccan monarchy and the islamist challenge

maintaining Makhzen power

Despite the much debated global crisis of authoritarianism, in which authoritarian regimes came under attack from pro-democracy groups and movements, the traditional systems in the Middle East still stand. This book examines the factors behind the survival and persistence of monarchical authoritarianism in Morocco and ...

The fall of the western Roman Empire

an archaeological and historical perspective

The decline of the Roman Empire has been a subject of fascination and debate for centuries. In this original new work, Neil Christie draws on numerous sources, interweaving the latest archaeological evidence, to reconstruct the period's landscape and events. In the process, he rethinks ...

The face of the Third Reich

portraits of the nazi leadership

Who were the men who helped Hitler establish the Third Reich and then carry out some of the worst atrocities in modern history? In fifteen chilling profiles, Joachim Fest examines the lives of the most infamous Nazi leaders. They include Hermann Goering: the self-styled 'Iron ...

The Statesman's Yearbook 2012

the politics, cultures and economies of the world

THE STATESMAN'S YEARBOOK 2012 This classic reference work presents a political, economic and social account of every country of the world together with facts and analysis. The 2012 edition includes: * Revised and updated biographical profiles of all current leaders * New and revised economic overviews ...

The Arab revolution

ten lessons from the democratic uprising

The democratic uprising throughout the Arab world is proving how wrong were the hitherto accepted political alternatives, either dictatorship or Islamism. Yet more lessons are already being learnt from this grass-root process, even while it is in the making. Above all, when it comes to ...

A pocket history of the Civil War

citizen, soldiers, bloody battles, and the fight for America's future

Polybius and roman imperialism

This study explores in depth the complex reaction of the Greek historian Polybius to the expansion of Roman power. Although he considered imperialism intrinsically noble, and both admired and supported Roman domination, Polybius also demonstrated a certain intellectual distance from Rome, evident in his application ...