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YOU might think the French would have learned by now that defensive lines rarely prove impenetrable. After all, during the second world war Hitler's troops bypassed the Maginot fortifications along the Franco-German border by the simple expedient ... [... more]
The Economist |
David Bonk
Following the battle of White River and the fall of Forts Washington and Lee, George Washington withdrew his army, crossing the Delaware River to regroup. However, with morale at a critical low and the terms of enlistment of many of his troops ... [... more]
Random House |
Alan Tiegreen
Donuts, donuts, a mountain of donuts. Molly Duff rubs her stomach. She'd like to eat them, but the Pee Wee Scouts are going to sell them. Door to door. To earn badges and help pay for a weekend at camp. Mrs. Peters, their troop leader, plus one ... [... more]
Random House |
James Naughton
The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion ... [... more]
Random House |
Charles Walker
For the U.S., Guadalcanal was a bloody seven-month struggle under brutal conditions against crack Japanese troops deeply entrenched and determined to fight to the death. For Charles Walker, this horrific jungle battle-one that claimed the lives ... [... more]
Random House |
Larry Burrows
In the heat of battle, in the devastated countryside, among troops and civilians equally hurt by the Larry Burrows: Vietnam Hardcover, 244 pages savagery of war, Larry Burrows photographed the conflict in Vietnam from 1962, the earliest days of ... [... more]
Random House |
Michael Reynolds
The Allied invasion of France on D-Day in June 1944 was one history's riskiest and most successful gambles. After hard fighting, American, British, and Canadian troops won a toehold in Nazi-held Europe. But Germany's elite Panzer divisions hadn't ... [... more]
Random House |
Allison Burnett
"Either he's channeling Truman Capote's spirit, or Allison Burnett has created, all by himself, one of the more assured narrative voices in recent memory. His B. K. Troop is a pitch-perfect creation: bitchy-funny with a twist of rue." -Louis ... [... more]
Random House |
Boris Rankov
The Praetorian Guard of Imperial Rome was the power behind the throne, with the ability to make or break an emperor. As the main body of troops in Rome, they were the emperor's instrument to discourage plotting and rebellion and to crush unrest. ... [... more]
Random House |
Bob Oehler
The adoption of blitzkrieg tactics in the German Army prior to the start of World War II meant that Germany needed a new kind of fighting vehicle to transport troops around the battlefield in support of the Panzer spearheads. It was in response ... [... more]
Random House |
George Crane
George Crane is a poet as well as a translator of poems from the Chinese ( In 1959 a young monk named Tsung Tsai (Ancestor Wisdom) escapes the Red Army troops that destroy his monastery, and flees alone three thousand miles across a China swept ... [... more]
Random House |
Carlos Jurado
The troops returning home to Germany after the 1918 Armistice found their country riven by internal unrest, and its eastern borders threatened. Though reluctant to support the new Republic, the many Free Corps formed by ex-Imperial soldiers ... [... more]
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