China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War
Platt, Stephen R
2012
Presents a history of the nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion in China, looking at how it began in the provinces with the ethnic anger of millions of Chinese against their Manchu rulers and the direction the civil war took after Britain and the United States stepped into support the Manchus.
A biography of Osama bin Laden that provides insight into his leadership skills, strategic abilities, and rhetorical skills, tracing his transformation from a peaceful Saudi dissident to a theologian, media manipulator, and paramilitary commander.
