The First Total War

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David A. BellThe twentieth century is usually seen as "the century of total war." But as the historian David Bell argues in...

Welcome to the wonderfully weird World War Two... The Second World War was the bloodiest on record. It was the first total war in history when civi...

Reducere. Publications of the German Historical Institute: Great War, Total War: Combat and Mobilization on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The First World War ...

The First World War was the first modern, total war, requiring the mobilization of civilians and combatants. It was also the first to demand the ac...

Reducere. DescriptionIn The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Jeremy Yellen exposes the history, politics, and intrigue that characterized the era when...

Reducere. From a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century.Drawing on his vast experience a...

First comprehensive technical and operational history of the snorkel-equipped U-boat fleet.

Nations, Identities and the First World War examines the changing perceptions and attitudes about the nation and the fatherland by different social...

Reducere. Published in 1944, during World War II, Omnipotent Government was Mises's first book written and published after he arrived in the United States. I...

DescriptionOn the brink of the First World War, Scotland was regarded throughout the British Isles as 'the workshop of the Empire'. Not only were C...

Oswald Boelcke was Germany's first ace in World War One with a total of forty victories. His character, inspirational leadership, organisational ge...

Reducere. This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World War II was a total a...

Reporting from the ground in Fallujah High-interest topics, real stories, engaging design and astonishing photos are the building blocks of the XBo...

DescriptionTEXT IN FRENCHIf there's one conflict that was remarkable from a lot of points of view, it was the American Civil War, better known in F...

How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced...

Reducere. The second volume of Daniel Todman's account of Great Britain and World War II The second of Daniel Todman's two sweeping volumes on Great Britain ...

Reducere. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions...

Reducere. Nostradamus' prophecies have fueled bestselling books ever since he first published them in 1555. Unlike some authors, I'm not claiming to have bro...

A new illustrated history and analysis of Italy's World War II destroyers. The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marine or RM) began the Second World War w...

DescriptionThis highly illustrated study examines, in detail, the brutal Paraguayan War of 1864--70, one of the largest and bloodiest conflicts in ...

Reducere. The Peninsular War in Spain and Portugal was the most bitterly fought contest of nineteenth-century Europe. From 1808 to 1814, Spanish regulars and...

Reducere. A POWERFUL STORY OF SEXUAL AWAKENING DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR FROM THE NOTED MEMORIST AND CRITIC In My Queer War, James Lord tells the story of ...

First flown in 1940, the prototype Vought F4U Corsair instantly became the fastest fighter in the world and the fastest US aircraft of any descript...

During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace...

Reducere. The Darkest Summer is the dramatic story of the first three months of the Korean War as it has never been told before. A narrative studded with gri...

Reducere. A bold new interpretation of the First World War and the birth of the American Century In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no en...

Reducere. In 1943, the first great wave of Hitler's soldier's came to America, not as goose-stepping conquering heroes, but as prisoners of war. By the time ...

First named by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address, the Military-Industrial Complex, originally an exclusively American phenomen...

"Our hands and feet were frozen numb. The wind-borne cold attacked with terrible fury. We shivered violently." --Lt. Joseph Owen, 7th Marines, Chos...

Reducere. The United States Carbine, Caliber .30, M1 is a lightweight, semi-automatic longarm that became a standard firearm for the U.S. military during Wor...

The 1916 Revolt was a key event in the history of Central Asia, and of the Russian Empire in the First World War. This volume is the first comprehe...

Reducere. Orson Scott Card brings us back to the very beginning of his brilliant Ender Quartet, with the novel that begins The Shadow Series and allows us to...

Reducere. A prizewinning historian tells the dramatic story of the siege that changed the course of the First World WarIn September 1914, just a month into W...

DescriptionAfter the end of the Second World War, Bulgaria fell in total dependency upon the Soviet Union as a direct result of the 1944 Yalta agre...

Reducere. Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confeder...

Reducere. The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge, and served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United St...

Reducere. The title of this book reflects that it is a book about being locked up with God. This happened to me during the Vietnam War. I was an American pri...

DescriptionAn acclaimed short-story writer has created a miraculous first novel about an American family on the verge of a breakdown-and an epiphan...

Reducere. DescriptionPacked with startling revelations, this inside look at the secret side of the Cold War exposes just how close America came to total anni...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert ConquestThe Harvest of Sorrow is the first full history of one of the most horrendous human tragedies of the 20th ce...

Reducere. First published in 1949, 'Guerilla Days in Ireland' is an extraordinary story of the Irish War of Independence and the fight between two unequal fo...

The universe is at war. Action takes courage.The TARDIS is ensnared in a time corridor, catapulting it into derelict docklands on 20th century Eart...

Oceanic was the largest ship in the world when she was launched in 1899. The White Star Line's 'Ship of the Century', she was their last express li...

A highly illustrated study of the battle at Dien Bien Phu, the 56-day siege that eventually led to the surrender of the remaining French-led forces...

The first two decades after the end of the Cold War were characterized by governments' desires to reduce the sizes of their armed forces, not least...

Reducere. Three lines of magic must be conquered and three heroes must rise in the first book of this epic fantasy trilogy for fans of Mistborn and The Name ...

It's been three years since the events of The Dark Knight Returns, and everything is just fine. At least on the surface. What the world at large do...

This novel, much of it written amidst the horror of the trenches when Louis Aragon (1897-1982) was a medical orderly during the First World War, de...

DescriptionThe New York Times bestselling master of military historical fiction tells the story of Pearl Harbor as only he can in the first novel o...

Reducere. The Jataka Tales are the Buddhist equivalent of Aesop's Fables. They are morality stories. In the Buddhist cultures of that time, these were the st...

Reducere. Academy Award--winning director Michael Curtiz (1886--1962) -- whose best-known films include Casablanca (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Mildre...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alan K. RodeAcademy Award--winning director Michael Curtiz (1886--1962) -- whose best-known films include Casablanca (1942)...

Reducere. James Boggs, born in Marion Junction, Alabama in 1919, never dreamed of becoming President or a locomotive engineer. He grew up in a world where th...

Reducere. Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? Perfect for fans of the I Survived series, the first installme...

Reducere. It is November 1918. Germany has just surrendered after four years of the most savage warfare in history. It is teetering on the brink of total soc...

From the gold inlaid floors of a high-class casino in Macau to the windswept winter hills of Kurdistan, from the snow-covered top of Pike's Peak to...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Erik Ritter Von Kuehnelt-LeddihnSometime in the 18th century, the word equality gained ground as a political ideal, but the...

"A tour de force - a gripping, twisting, furiously clever read that asks all the right questions, and keeps you guessing until the very end. I love...

Reducere. Dazzling space battles, intergalactic politics, and rogue AI collide in Velocity Weapon, the first book in this epic space opera by award-winning a...

Reducere. "A collection of wistful, witty stories." --Esquire "Hilarious, deep and a little bit dirty." --Harper's Bazaar A grief-stricken librarian decides ...

"A tour de force - a gripping, twisting, furiously clever read that asks all the right questions, and keeps you guessing until the very end. I love...

Reducere. IN THE CORNER OF A SMALL TOWN IN AMERICA'S SOUTHWEST SOMETHING VERY STRANGE IS GOING ON IS AN ALIEN "FIFTH COLUMN" ALREADY ACTIVE ON EARTH PREPARIN...