military leadership

Brings Lincoln to life by placing him in the context of his own personal background and the larger circumstances of the country's greatest conflict.

A narrative prose that details George Washington's transformation from a farmer to a military general and describes how he led the Americans against the British.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a foot soldier in Alexander the Great's army during his invasion of the Persian Empire in the fourth century B.C.

An account of Grant's life, focusing on his role in the Civil War.

Chronicles the military leadership of President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, his strategic insight, and how he often overstepped the boundaries of his political office to assume the role of commander in chief, ultimately changing the course of the war and saving the Union.

A history of the laws of war in American history describing the code Lincoln issued in the Civil War, its rules on torture, prisoners of war, assassination, and more that quickly became foundations of the modern laws of war and today's Geneva Conventions.

Describes the public career of Dwight Eisenhower beginning at the time he was named Supreme Commander after the Teheran Conference in 1943, during World War II.

Presents a study of how General Ulysses S. Grant obtained and used military intelligence during the Civil War, discussing the increasingly sophisticated methods he employed to learn about his enemy.

George Washington, worried that his troops are not a match for the mighty British army, is inspired by a poem written to him by Phillis Wheatley, a former slave, who knew what it was like to long for freedom.