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Already a seasoned veteran of King Edward's army, young Thomas of Hookton possesses the fearlessness of a born leader and an uncanny prowess with the longbow. Now, at the head of a small but able band of soldiers, he has been dispatched to capture the castle of Astarac. But more than duty to his liege has brought him to Gascony, home of his forebears and the hated black knight who brutally slew Thomas's father. It... (more)

The Saxon Stories: Book 1

The Last Kingdom

by Bernard Cornwell

In the middle years of the ninth-century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until but one realm remained. And suddenly the fate of all England—and the course of history—depended upon one man, one king. From New York Times bestselling storyteller Bernard Cornwell comes a rousing epic adventure of courage, treachery,... (more)

The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918

by Byron Farwell

The African front comprised a series of conflicts, schemes, maneuvers, heroics, disasters, inhospitable climate and geography, and insects--as the Allies sought to conquer four German colonies.

Imperial Germany and the Great War, 1914-1918 (New Approaches to European History)

Imperial Germany and the Great War, 1914-1918 (New Approaches to European History)

by Roger Chickering

This important contribution to the successful textbook series New Approaches to European History explores the comprehensive impact of the First World War on Imperial Germany. It examines military aspects of the conflict, as well as the diplomacy, government, politics, and industrial mobilization of wartime Germany. Unlike other existing surveys, however, Roger Chickering also offers a rich portrait of life on the... (more)

The Battle for the Falklands

by Max Hastings, Simon Hastings, Max and Jenkins

"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." —James M. Gavin .

Ghost Army of World War II

by Jack Kneece

Though it sounds more like a film plot than the real thing, the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops was a significant force composed of artists, actors, and sound technicians who specialised in illusion: 1,000 men were practised in all the skills required to give the impression that they were as many as 30,000 -- and heavily armed. Until recently, all information about these operations has remained secret, while the... (more)

Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg (U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles)

Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg (U.S. Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles)

by Jay Luvaas

This guide uses first-hand accounts to illustrate how this skirmish, only three days long, turned into one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Eyewitness accounts by battle participants make these guides an invaluable resource for travelers and nontravelers who want a greater understanding of five of the most devastating yet influential years in our nation's history. Explicit directions to points... (more)

Seven Firefights in Vietnam

by John A. Cash

Black Cross

by Greg Iles

The New York Times bestsellerby the author of The Quiet Game January 1944. Two men embark on a murderous mission into the heart of Germany to destroy a devastating new Nazi weapon... "On fire with suspense."--Stephen King

Afterimage: Film, Trauma, and the Holocaust (Emerging Media: History, Theory, Narrative)

Afterimage: Film, Trauma, and the Holocaust (Emerging Media: History, Theory, Narrative)

by Joshua Francis Hirsch

The appearance of Alain Resnais' 1955 French documentary Night and Fog heralded the beginning of a new form of cinema, one that used the narrative techniques of modernism to provoke a new historical consciousness. Afterimage presents a theory of posttraumatic film based on the encounter between cinema and the Holocaust. Locating its origin in the vivid shock of wartime footage, Afterimage focuses on a group of... (more)

Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy

Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy

by Donald R. Burgett

Seven days in hell In June 1944, the Allies launched a massive amphibious invasion against Nazi-held France. But under the cover of darkness, a new breed of fighting man leapt from airplanes through a bullet-stitched, tracer-lit sky to go behind German lines. These were the Screaming Eagles of the newly formed 101st Airborne Division. Their job was to strike terror into the Nazi defenders, delay reinforcements,... (more)

Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific

Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific

by Eric M. Bergerud

The horrors of this century's war in the South Pacific extended far beyond the detonation of atomic bombs. In this revelatory portrayal of the lives of the regular infantrymen who struggled to contain the Japanese advance, Bergerud presents a chilling and compelling record of the incredible hardships endured by these soldiers and the heroic efforts that resulted in the reversal of the course of the war. of photos.... (more)

Panzer Battles A Study of The Employment of Armor in The Second World WarF. W. Von Mellenthin

Panzer Battles A Study of The Employment of Armor in The Second World War

by F. W. Von Mellenthin

Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades

Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades

by John J. Robinson

"One of the most magnificent books that is so readible that putting it down is almost impossible. Simply the best history book of the year." DSOcala Star-Banner

The Annals of Imperial Rome

by Cornelius Tacitus, Michael Grant

Tacitus' "Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity and vivid intensity he describes the reign of terror under the corrupt Tiberius, the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero, and the wars, poisonings, scandals, conspiracies and murders that were part of imperial life. Despite his claim that... (more)

The Fall of the Athenian Empire

by Donald Kagan

The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition (Peloponnesian War Series)

The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition (Peloponnesian War Series)

by Donald Kagan

American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964

American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964

by William Manchester

ok at a controversial American figure, based on meticulous, three-years' worth of research. 12 cassettes.

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 : Fifty Years Later

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 : Fifty Years Later

by Michihiko Hachiya

The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record his story daily. His diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955 with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina, who was surgical... (more)

Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution

Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution

by James M. McPherson

James McPherson has emerged as one of America's finest historians. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times Book Review, called "history writing of the highest order." In that volume, McPherson gathered in the broad sweep of events, the political, social, and cultural forces at work during the Civil War era. Now,... (more)

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by Bernard Cornwell

by Bernard Cornwell

by Byron Farwell

by Roger Chickering

by Max Hastings, Simon Hastings, Max and Jenkins

by Jack Kneece

by Jay Luvaas

by John A. Cash

by Greg Iles

by Joshua Francis Hirsch

by Donald R. Burgett

by Eric M. Bergerud

by F. W. Von Mellenthin

by John J. Robinson

by Cornelius Tacitus, Michael Grant

by Donald Kagan

by Donald Kagan

by William Manchester

by Michihiko Hachiya

by James M. McPherson