While researching an article on Gen. George S. Patton, Kevin M. Hymel made an astonishing discovery. Browsing the Library of Congress's Patton index, he found lists of photo albums.
Initiated in 1950, this 2007 edition is the latest in a classic series of books of the same title. Journalist-historian S. L. A. Marshall wrote the first at the behest of Gen. George C. Marshall, who formed the great citizen army of World War II.
For centuries, Chinese marriage involved matchmakers, child brides, dowries, and concubines, until the People's... Læs mere
A thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, Silent Warfare is an insider’s guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world. Leading intelligence scholars Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J.
Examines the consequences of the destruction of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake.
The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902 tells the twin stories of mostly uneducated women immigrants who... Læs mere
In Spymaster’s Prism, the legendary spymaster Jack Devine aims to ignite public discourse on our country’s intelligence, covert action, and... Læs mere
A posthumous memoir, My Dear Boy recounts Oswald ?Valdik? Holzer?s tale of refuge, resiliency, and hope as a Czechoslovakian Jew during World War II. This paperback edition includes discussion questions.
In this compelling memoir Aramís Calderón tells a fascinating story of what it’s like to be a fugitive’s son, what drives a young man into the military, and how his time in combat brings back childhood memories he’d hoped to forget.
Al-Qaeda did not stop after 9/11. Its reign of terror continued but its frustration grew as the group failed to fundamentally... Læs mere
Traces the origins of the contemporary challenges facing the United States in the Middle East by analyzing the broad contours of... Læs mere
In a search to process his grief over the rape and murder of his teenage friend years ago, Jim Reese journeys into prisons to understand criminal behavior and the rippling effect of crime and punishment throughout the United States.