Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozens of skirmishes, and offers insight into the war's psychology, ideology, and economics while discussing the pivotal roles of leadership and geography.

The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times--modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and society--and in so doing shattered the...

Tells the story of the Allied invasion of Normandy and shows how each of the armies mirrored its own nation's values.

Author of the acclaimed The Face of Battle, and, most recently, Intelligence in War, John Keegan now brings his extraordinary expertise to bear on perhaps the most controversial war of our time. The Iraq War is an urgently needed, up-to-date and informed study of the ongoing conflict. In exclusive interviews with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Tommy Franks, Keegan has gathered information about the war that adds immeasurably to our...

Every Aspect of the war is covered: detailed surveys of major countries, politics and grand strategy, domestic and economic issues, resistance and intelligence services, campaigns, battle, and military operations, warfare and weapons, wartime leaders and influential people, slogans, and phrases.

This vividly illustrated history of the Napoleonic Wars documents the wars' origins in the French Revolution, narrates Napoleon's victories at Austerlitz and Jena, and concludes with his defeats in the Iberian peninsula, Russia, and finally at Waterloo. Author Gunther E. Rothenberg describes how Napoleon transformed interstate warfare into a system of relentless conquest, creating a military superpower on a scale not seen since the Roman Empire. Though...

"An in-depth technical look at the weaponry of the age and the tactical drills that honed the skills of Renaissance soldiers. The new arms transformed society as cities were built and rebuilt to limit the effects of bombardment by cannon. Discusses the epic wars abroad between Western Christians and the Muslim Turks and the civil strife at home between despotic reulers and rebellious forces as modern artillery and portable firearms became the signature...