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  • Imperial Wars in the Modern Era

    The Struggling for Territory

    by Roger L. Ransom, Jared David McKenzie ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Drawing upon a unique cliometric approach, this book offers a comprehensive examination of major conflicts and their consequences. War and imperialism have shaped the modern world in profound ways, leaving an indelible mark on nations and peoples. In this book, acclaimed historian Roger L. Ransom takes readers on an engaging and insightful journey through the pivotal conflicts and power struggles ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

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  • The Battle 100

    The Stories Behind History's Most Influential Battles

    by Michael Lee Lanning ...
    A single day in the heat of armed conflict can shape the future of the world. Throughout history, individual battles have inspired the birth of nations, the devastation of cultures and the triumph of revolutions. Yet while some battles rise up as the cornerstones of history, others fade in our cultural memory, forgotten as minor skirmishes. Why is this so? What makes a battle "important" ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • New York Times Complete World War II

    The Coverage of the Entire Conflict

    by The New York Times ...
    Experience the history, politics, and tragedy of World War II as you've never seen it before with original, often firsthand daily reportage of The New York Times, our country's newspaper of record.The Times' complete coverage of World War II is now available for the first time in this unique package. Hundreds of the most riveting articles from the archives of the Times including firsthand accounts ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • 100 Mistakes that Changed History

    Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our World

    by Bill Fawcett ...
    Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world.From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended consequences.This engrossing book looks at one hundred such tipping points. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. The ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Forgotten Heroes: Untold Stories of the Extraordinary World War II - Courage, Survival, Resistance and Rescue Mission - (Second World War, World War Two)

    by Scott S. F. Meaker ...
    This is a short and Untold Stories of the Extraordinary World War II - Courage, Survival, Resistance and Rescue Mission.As a guide to understanding the enormity of the impact of the war, there were more than 16 million Americans who served in World War II. There were 60 other countries also involved in the war. There were about 70 million people killed in the war. This is about one-quarter of all ... Read more

    $4.80 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What If?

    The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

    Edited by Robert Cowley ...
    Series series What If Essays
    If history took a different turn, where would we be today?What If? by Robert Cowley explores the fascinating concept of alternate history through a collection of thought-provoking essays. Delve into the minds of renowned historians as they ponder the monumental events of the past and dare to ask, what if things had gone differently?From the war between the Ottomans and the Romans and the fall of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Stupid Wars

    A Citizen's Guide to Botched Putsches, Failed Coups, Inane Invasions & Ridiculous Revolutions

    by Ed Strosser, Michael Prince ...
    When winners write history, they sometimes "forget" to include their own embarrassing misjudgments. Fortunately, this take-no-prisoners edition of history isn't going to let the winners (or the losers) forget the mistakes of the past. Be prepared to laugh out loud—and gasp in horror—at the most painfully idiotic strategies, alliances, and decisions the world has ever known. These stupid wars have ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Marshall: Lessons in Leadership

    by H. Paul Jeffers, Alan Axelrod ...
    Series series Great Generals
    The gripping story of the only military commander in American history to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.General George C. Marshall was a skillful and compassionate leader with a unique legacy. He never fired a shot during WWII and led no troops into battle—his brilliance was purely strategic and diplomatic, and incredibly effective. He was responsible for the building, supplying, and, in part, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Eisenhower

    by Geoffrey Perret ...
    This new, in-depth life of Eisenhower offers fresh perspectives, not only on World War II and the Korean War but also on the Cold War, the civil rights movement, McCarthyism, the U-2 crisis and Vietnam.Geoffrey Perret's Eisenhower gives us, for the first time, the whole man. It brings together a huge amount of material, much of it made available to researchers only in recent years. The result is ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • To Dare and to Conquer

    Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations, from Achilles to Al Qaeda

    by Derek Leebaert ...
    In the tradition of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Leebaert tells the stories of small forces that have triumphed over vastly larger ones and changed the course of history—from the Trojan Horse to Al Qaeda.To Dare and to Conquer offers a theory of war and politics, recounting the stories of small forces that have triumphed over vastly larger ones and changed the course of history, and illuminating why ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • History Lessons

    How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History

    by Dana Lindaman, Kyle Ward ...
    A "fascinating" look at what students in Russia, France, Iran, and other nations are taught about America ( The New York Times Book Review).This "timely and important" book ( History News Network) gives us a glimpse into classrooms across the globe, where opinions about the United States are first formed.History Lessons includes selections from textbooks and teaching materials used in Russia, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare

    Edited by Geoffrey Parker ...
    Series series Cambridge Illustrated Histories
    The new edition of The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare, written and updated by a team of nine distinguished military historians, examines how war was waged by Western powers across a sweeping timeframe, beginning with classical Greece and Rome, moving through the Middle Ages and the early modern period, down to the wars of the twenty-first century in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. The book ... Read more

    $38.59 USD