Essential Histories
The First World War, Vol. 2: The Western Front 1914-1916
1st Edition
By Peter Simkins
July 24, 2003
More than eight decades later, the Great War--particularly the great battles such as the Somme and Verdun--continues to fascinate us and cast long shadows over our world today. In this volume Peter Simkins re-examines the early years of the war's Western Front, shedding interesting new light on the...
The First World War, Vol. 3: The Western Front 1917-1918
1st Edition
By Peter Simkins
July 24, 2003
In this second volume devoted to the Western Front of World War I, Peter Simkins describes the last great battles of attrition at Arras, on the Aisne, and at Passchendaele in 1917. The book moves on to relate the successive offenses launched by Germany during the spring and summer of 1918 in an ...
The First World War, Vol. 4: The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923
1st Edition
By Michael Hickey
July 24, 2003
The First World War in the Mediterranean represented much more than just a peripheral theater to the war on the western front. This engaging volume includes detailed descriptions of allied attempts to capture Constantinople; bloody campaigning in northern Italy; the defense of the Suez Canal; the ...
The French-Indian War 1754-1760
1st Edition
By Daniel Marston
July 24, 2003
This book traces the background and course of the French-Indian War, fought out in the forests, plains, and forts of the North American frontier. Despite early French successes against a British army unskilled in woodland fighting, the British learned quickly from their Native American allies and ...
The Gulf War 1991
1st Edition
By Alastair Finlan
July 24, 2003
The Gulf War of 1991 heralded a new type of warfare characterized by astonishing speed and technology with remarkably few casualties amongst the coalition forces. Just under a million coalition personnel were deployed to the Gulf region to face a variety of threats from extreme temperatures to ...
The Mexican War 1846-1848
1st Edition
By Douglas V. Meed
July 24, 2003
The war with Mexico was the most decisive conflict in American history. It was a bitter, hard-fought war that left the young United States in control of the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This book covers the full course of the war, ending with General Winfield Scott's ...
The Second World War, Vol. 3: The War at Sea
1st Edition
By Philip D. Grove, Mark J. Grove, Alastair Finlan
July 24, 2003
This volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theaters of combat: the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean. The war at sea was a critical contest, as sea-lanes provided the logistical arteries for British and subsequent Allied armies fighting on the three continents of ...
The Second World War, Vol. 5: The Eastern Front 1941-1945
1st Edition
By Geoffrey Jukes
July 24, 2003
In 1940, fresh from the success in France, Hitler turned his attention to the East. In this volume, Geoffrey Jukes explains what led to Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) and offers an account of the campaign that followed. The Germans expected to conquer Russia in ...
The Vietnam War 1956-1975
1st Edition
By Andrew Wiest
July 24, 2003
This book provides a gripping exploration of the full two decades of the Vietnam War--arguably the most important event, or series of events, of the American Century. The United States entered this brutal conflict certain of its Cold War doctrines and its moral mission to save the world from the ...
The War of 1812
1st Edition
By Carl Benn
July 24, 2003
The bloody war of 1812 saw British, American, and First Nations forces clash in a conflict that would forever alter North America. This book explains the background to the war and covers the three years of fighting on land and sea, including the battles of Lake Erie and Lake Champlain....
Campaigns of the Norman Conquest
1st Edition
By Matthew Bennett
March 21, 2003
This resource provides a full introduction to the Norman Conquest, which resulted in dramatic changes to England's aristocracy, church, and administration; brought new language and cultural influences to England; and revolutionized military architecture with the introduction of the castle. With ...
The Napoleonic Wars: The Empires Fight Back 1808-1812
1st Edition
By Todd Fisher
February 01, 2002
In 1808 Napoleon dominated Europe, but the peace was not to survive for long. Todd Fisher continues his detailed account of the Napoleonic Wars with Austria's attack against Napoleon in 1809. Despite being defeated at Aspern-Essling, Napoleon rallied his forces and emerged triumphant at Wagram. ...