Essential Histories
The American Civil War: The War in the West 1861 - July 1863
1st Edition
By Stephen D. Engle
November 01, 2001
The American Civil War's vast Western Theater witnessed enormously important military campaigning during the period 1861-1863. This book, the third in a four-volume series, examines the geographical, logistical, and strategic factors that shaped fighting in this theater of the American Civil War, ...
The French Revolutionary Wars
1st Edition
By Gregory Fremont-Barnes
November 01, 2001
Europe's great powers formed two powerful coalitions against France, yet force of numbers, superior leadership and the patriotic fervor of France's citizen-soldiers not only defeated each in turn, but closed the era of small, professional armies fighting for limited political objectives. This ...
The Seven Years' War
1st Edition
By Daniel Marston
August 01, 2001
The closest thing to total war before the First World War, the Seven Years' War was fought in North America, Europe, the Caribbean and India with major consequences for all parties involved. This fascinating book is the first to truly review the grand strategies of the combatants and examine the ...
Crimean War
1st Edition
By John Sweetman
February 01, 2001
The bitter war between Russia and Turkey, aided by Britain and France, was the setting for the stuff of legends. This book details the gallant yet suicidal Charge of the Light Brigade, now immortalized in film; in the words of Tennyson, 'Into the Valley of Death rode the Six Hundred.' It relates ...
The American Civil War: The War in the East 1861 - May 1863
1st Edition
By Gary W. Gallagher
February 01, 2001
In April 1861 the United States erupted into fighting at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, beginning what would become the most cataclysmic military struggle in the western world between Waterloo and the First World War. This volume focuses on events in the Virginia theater during the conflict's first ...