A biography of Vietnamese military leader Vo Nguyen Giap, one of the great military commanders of the 20th century victorious in battles against, successively, the Japanese, the French & the Americans, Giap became North Vietnam's Minister for Defense & Commander in Chief. He worked with Ho Chi Minh to create the armies & the support for the under-equipped Vietnamese forces that would eventually…
For the past 50 years, the truth has been repressed about one of the most enduring mysteries of our time: how exactly Adolf Hitler died on April 30, 1945, and what happened to his remains. Now, the authors have tapped into the Russians' hitherto unseen Hitler Archive to reveal what when on in Berlin in May 1945 after the Russians captured the bunker in which Hitler and his entourage spend their…
Colin Powell adalah perwujudan impian Amerika. Ia dilahirkan di Harlem oleh orang tua imigran dari Jamaika. Dia tahu kehidupan jalanan yang keras. Dia mengatasi awal yang nyaris tidak biasa di sekolah. Kemudian dia bergabung dengan Angkatan Darat. Sisanya adalah sejarah Vietnam, Pentagon, Panama, Badai Gurun, tetapi sejarah yang sampai sekarang hanya diketahui di permukaan. Di sini, untuk perta…
This book contains: 1. Political institutions, central and local government, political parties, movement and clubs 2. Economy 3. Press 4. Culture, leisure, and sport 5. International organizations and foreign embassies 6. General and practical information
August 1995 will mark the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the Pacific War. This book brings to life all the famous, as well as little-known, battles and locations, and the brilliant island-hopping strategy that, by 1945, won back the Philippines and brought a striking force to Japan's doorstep at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Black-and-white photographs, full-color maps.
Robert Maddox's one-volume history of the causes, conduct, and consequences of World War II goes beyond traditional military and diplomatic accounts to present the era in its broader context. Special emphasis is devoted to the United States and the impact of the war on American society. The role of women and blacks in the labor force and armed services, industrial mobilization, and propaganda a…
Now, drawing on recently declassified American and British top-secret documents, New York Times bestselling historian John Costello reveals how major strategic and diplomatic miscalculations by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill together with the military blunders committed by General MacArthur set the stage for Japan's successful attacks on Pearl Harbor and Clark Field. For the fir…
This book tells a history of Viet Nam from the time of Stone Age, its long march to independence, its loss of independence to the establishment of colonial regime, the founding of socialism, the fight against neo-colonial regime, to the time that marks the end of the neo-colonial regime (1975).
This book has three volumes deals with Kashmir political history and development right from the earliest times to the present day. It studies terrorism, militancy, human rights, efforts towards peace, etc. and includes all major documents, treaties etc. Plus an exhaustive bibliography and uptodate chronology of major political events.
This book has three volumes deals with Kashmir political history and development right from the earliest times to the present day. It studies terrorism, militancy, human rights, efforts towards peace, etc. and includes all major documents, treaties etc. Plus an exhaustive bibliography and uptodate chronology of major political events.