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A Hero of Our Time (Illustrated)

by Mikhail Lermontov, Marr Murray & J. H. Wisdom

A Hero of Our Time is a novel by Mikhail Lermontov published in 1840. It tells the story of a young officer, Pechorin, sent to the Caucasus after a duel. This is what the author himself wrote about his idea...


The 2008 Battle of Sadr City

by David E. Johnson, M. Wade Markel & Brian Shannon

Using primary sources and interviews with those involved in the fighting and its aftermath, the authors describe the 2008 Battle of Sadr City, analyze its outcome, and derive implications for the conduct of...


Arnhem 1944 - A Bridge too Far?

by Bob Carruthers

"It looks very rough. If I get through this one I will be very lucky." Brigadier General Gavin, U.S. 82nd Airborne Division This book reviews the complex set of military operations played out in the Netherlands...


A Brief History of Chinese Fiction

by Lu Hsun & Gladys Yang

A Brief History of Chinese Fiction grew out of the lecture notes Lu Hsun used when teaching a course on Chinese fiction at Peking University between 1920 and 1924. In December 1923 a first volume was printed...


The Travels of Lao Can

by Liu E & Xianyi Yang

Written by Liu E, an intellectual born at the end of the Qing Dynasty. By describing what Lao Can sees and hears in his travels, the author fiercely attacks the injustices he witnessed and exposed the hypocrisy...


What Hollywood Got Right and Wrong about the Tuskegee Airmen in the Great New Movie, Red Tails

by Daniel Haulman

The new George Lucas movie called Red Tails focuses attention on the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II and their combat operations overseas. Loaded with special effects and a great cast, the movie is thrilling...


Eleven Myths About the Tuskegee Airmen

by Daniel Haulman

The members of the 332d Fighter Group and the 99th, 100th, 301st, and 302d Fighter Squadrons during World War II are remembered in part because they were the only African American pilots who served in combat...


Japanese Blitz On Darwin

by John Thompson-Gray

New evidence explains Australia's most infamous day. The Imperial Japanese Navy bombers that attacked Pearl Harbour on December 7th 1941 blitzed Darwin on February 19th 1942. As Australia defended her mainland...


Sons of the Wind

by XAVIER PIVANO

When Arnaud got an odd letter from a stranger who claimed he was his father, he couldn’t imagine it would lead him so far away. Far away from home, of course, but from himself too, from his inherent human...


Snapshots of Welsh History: Without the Boring Bits

by Phil Carradice

A fascinating collection of stories from Welsh history collected from Phil Carradice’s popular BBC Wales blog, gathered together for the first time in a book.


Turbulent Taos

by Den Galbraith

Revolutions, native conspiracies and subsequent insurrections, filthy mountain men sleeping on the dirt and wrestling with grizzlies, radical priests, belligerent American soldiers, betrayal, violence, early...


The Portuguese in Malay Land

by Geraldo Affonso Muzzi

In his book “The Study Of Ancient Times In The Malay Peninsula”, Dato Sir Roland Braddell (1880-1966) writes, “No statement could be more untrue or more unwise than that Malaya has no history”. This...


Tank Spotter's Guide

by The Museum

Invented during World War I to break the grim deadlock of the Western Front trenches, tanks have gone on to revolutionise warfare. From the lightning Blitzkrieg assaults of World War II to the great battles...


Not Just Bonnets and Bustles; Victorian Women Travellers in Africa

by Eliza Bradley, Annie Hore & Helen Caddick

Victorian women travellers were not the docile creatures we imagine. Instead they were fearless women who ventured out when communication was a hand-carried letter, there were no telephones, no guidebooks and...


On Victory and Defeat: From "On War"

by Carl Von Clausewitz, Michael Eliot Howard & Peter Paret

The seemingly endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have renewed the age-old debate over what constitutes military victory. Will the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan be seen as a sign of victory...


Trail of Broken Promises

by Caleb Pirtle III

It may have been the greatest injustice of all.

A nation was uprooted.

A nation was ripped apart from its ancestral lands with its peoples' feet pointed west. So many died along the way.

The Five Civilized Tribes...


The Man Who Loved China

by Simon Winchester

In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner"—...


Meet Abraham Lincoln - An eStory: Inspirational Stories

by Charles Margerison

Meet Abraham Lincoln, arguably one of the most influential of all the American Presidents who played the crucial role in the abolition of slavery. Lincoln's life has been explored in many ways. However, you...


A Strategic Planning Approach: Defining Alternative Counterterrorism Strategies as an Illustration

by Lynn E. Davis & Melanie W. Sisson

While the United States government has historically undertaken strategic reviews and produced numerous strategy documents, these have provided only very general directions for U.S. policymakers. This paper defines...


The Impact of U.S. Military Drawdown in Iraq on Displaced and Other Vulnerable Populations: Analysis and Recommendations

by Olga Oliker, Audra K. Grant & Dalia Dassa Kaye

As the United States continues to draw down its forces and prepares to end its military involvement in Iraq, the implications for Iraq's at-risk populations must be considered. Oliker, Grant, and Kaye assess...