military history

Contains summaries of wars and battles and brief profiles of military leaders who fought in them, rating them for their cunning, courage, ruthlessness, and survival skills.

Looks at the lives of one hundred military leaders, focusing on influences, education, career highlights, and other topics.

An introduction to military conflict during the twenty-first century, covering failure of communism, the Afghanistan War, the Syrian Civil War, the War in Iraq, nuclear Iran, and more. Includes teacher notes.

Provides an overview of how and why the war in the Pacific came about, major battles, military strategy and excerpts from personal narratives of those who experienced it.

A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery. A companion volume to Against Forgetting, Poetry of Witness is the first anthology to reveal a tradition that runs through English-language poetry. The 300 poems collected here were composed at an extreme of human endurance--while their authors awaited execution, endured imprisonment, fought on the battlefield, or labored on the brink of breakdown or death. All bear witness to historical events and the irresistibility of their impact. Alongside Shakespeare, Milton, and Wordsworth, this volume includes such writers as Anne Askew, tortured and executed for her religious beliefs during the reign of Henry VIII; Phillis Wheatley, abducted by slave traders; Samuel Bamford, present at the Peterloo Massacre in 1819; William Blake, who witnessed the Gordon Riots of 1780; and Samuel Menashe, survivor of the Battle of the Bulge. Poetry of Witness argues that such poets are a perennial feature of human history, and it presents the best of that tradition, proving that their work ranks alongside the greatest in the language.

Organized chronologically and by key military technology, covers the weapons, armor, equipment, battles, and military figures that have defined war through the ages, from stone weapons to the laser-accurate stealth bombers of today.

"Thor. Hercules. Gladiator. G.I. Joe. The ... famous mythical warriors are based on real-life heroes from history. In this book, come face-to-face with ... warriors ... Discover the worlds of ancient Greek hoplites and Vikings, knights and Civil War soldiers, Navy SEALS and today's special forces"--Back cover.

Examines the deadliest wars in history, discussing different types of wars, and their origins and human losses. Includes color illustrations, a world map, tables and statistics, and a glossary.

A historical overview of the Roman civilization from the perspectives of the social classes, from the senators to the plebeians, including the Italian empire's growth and decline.