The sound of artillery and musket came down from the west as Warren's corps bucked across the North Anna on hastily improvised pontoons . Lee was furious — though he himself had made the error in judgment — and stormed at Hill ...
Basing their narrative largely on eyewitness accounts, diaries and memoirs, the Andersons vividly portray the Civil War years and provide a fascinating dual biography of the two most celebrated generals in American history.
In Ricks’s hands, this story resounds with larger meaning: about the transmission of values, about strategic thinking, and about the difference between an organization that learns and one that fails.
Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall, from World War I to World War II. These three remarkable men-of-arms who rose from the gruesome hell of the First ...
The sixth book in W.E.B. Griffin’s sweeping military epic of the United States Army—the New York Times bestselling Brotherhood of War series. “W.E.B. Griffin is a storyteller in the grand tradition, probably the best man around for ...
The Generals tells the dramatic story of the battle between Andrew Jackson and Sir Edward Pakenham for the “booty and beauty” of New Orleans in the winter of 1814—1815.
Walter Winton, his aide, later succinctly summarized the war situation as “Weather terrible, Chinese ferocious, morale stinko.” Ridgway also was troubled to find that the Eighth Army's headquarters was located in a warm, comfortable, ...
From Per Wahlöö—co-author with his wife, Maj Sjöwall, of the internationally bestselling Martin Beck series of mysteries—comes a political satire, told as a court transcript, about the court-martial of a general gone rogue.
By examining closely the remarkable individuals who fought and won WW2, this book will once again give Canadians an objective, unfiltered look at our leadership during this vital period in our military history.
The Generals: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War
Now they led America's finest against her most relentless enemy deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia. It was a new kind of war, but the Generals led a new kind of army, ready for battle--and for glory.
From General Yamashita's blistering capture of Singapore in early 1942 to the final decisive victory by General Slim at Rangoon four years later, this scintillating account of war in Asia...