Biography & autobiography / Military

Whip the Rebellion

by George Walsh

How the unprepossessing Ulysses S. Grant, whose military genius ultimately preserved the Union, came to the forefront in the Civil War is a story as surprising as it is compelling. Forced to resign his commission...

Tales from the Front Line - D-Day

by Jonathan Bastable

Tales From the Front Line - D Day is a chronicle of the build-up and aftermath of the most decisive battle of World War II, told through the tales of the extraordinary participants who recorded their experiences...

Inside Pepys' London

by Jonathan Bastable

Inside Pepys' London reveals a vivid picture of London at a critical point in history - poised to become a major centre of international commerce and culture. It provides accounts of all aspects of contemporary...

Tales from the Front Line - Trafalgar

by Peter Warwick

Tales from the Front Line - Trafalgar offers a unique insight into the most significant naval battle in history, told through the accounts of those who were actually there. Here you will find original accounts...

We Were Invincible

by Denis Morisset & Claude Coulombe

Nobody really knows who these men are- men in black dropped off by a helicopter on the outskirts of a small Afghan village; wading through swamps in Croatia, intent on killing a war criminal; who ensure the...

Return To Ithaca

by Randy Lee Eickhoff

At the height of the Vietnam War, twenty-seven members of a U.S. special elite team were dropped into North Vietnam to fight alongside the Rands and Montagnards against the communist regime. Their job was to...

Our Country, Right or Wrong

by Leonard F. Guttridge

Blazing sea fights and undercurrents of intrigue: these are among the compelling ingredients of a biography that brings to life the most illustrious and formidable figure of the United States Navy. His name...

Eisenhower

by Douglas Kinnard

Provides an insightful and concise account of America's foremost warrior-diplomat

Honor Untarnished

by Donald V. Bennett & William R. Forstchen

What the bestsellers Flags of Our Fathers was to Iwo Jima and Duty to the mission of the Enola Gay, Honor Untarnished is to the World War II tour of duty of young graduate of a West Point.

Whether it was fighting...

Santa Anna

by Robert L Scheina

A clear and concise treatment of Mexico's foremost military hero

Little Phil

by Eric J Wittenberg

Provides insight into the real personality of the famous warrior

Farragut

by Robert J Schneller

Examines the military leadership of the greatest U.S. naval officer of the nineteenth century.

A Chain of Events

by Joan L Piper

On April 14, 1994, on a clear morning over northern Iraq's no-fly zone, two U.S. Air Force F-15 jets encountered two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters on a routine mission. Within ten minutes, the F-15s misidentified...