In the spring of 1944, 120,000 Allied soldiers crossed the English Channel in the most ambitious invasion force ever assembled. Rangers, paratroopers, infantry, and armored personnel, these soldiers--some who had just cut their teeth in Africa and Sicily and some who were brand-new to war--joined a force aimed at the heart of Europe and Hitler’s defenses. On the morning of June 6, D-Day began…
From the savage dogfights of WW2 to the high-tech missile duels of today, those who wage war in the skies and the machines they fly are a breed apart. Pushing themselves to the cutting edge of speed and skill, their battleground is among the clouds. Here are true stories of aerial warfare, as told by those who were there. Here are dozens of interviews from combat veterans who have experienc…
The Cold War has been followed by a decade of regional and ethnic conflicts, massacres, and forced exiles. Should America assume the role of peacekeeper and chief humanitarian in a world of endless wars and human disasters? Eminent foreign correspondent William Shawcross has spent much of his career in war zones and has had unrivaled access to diplomats, peacekeepers, and global policymakers at…
In this wide-ranging analysis of global politics over the past five centuries, Yale historian Paul Kennedy focuses on the critical relationship of economic to military power as it affects the rise and fall of empires.
In this volume Mr. Fowler, selecting from the six-volume edition of Toynbee's A Study of History, brings together a large number of passages which bear on the problem of war, which was already afflict- ing mankind at the earliest stage to which civilization can be traced. Although Toynbee, in discussing its history and present significance, has no facile remedies to propose, he believes experie…