military history

A comprehensive history of warriors and soldiers throughout history with detailed photographs, maps, and illustrations of uniforms, weapons, and personal effects; as well as accounts of military training, tactics, and combat techniques.

Contains over one hundred maps that depict battle grounds from 1547 to 1902, with a brief description of each map and battle.

Provides an inside look at the career of General Fred Franks, one of the leading American military commanders during the Gulf War, and discusses the transformations he observed in the United States Army in the years between the Vietnam War and the conflict in Iraq.

Presents the stories and artwork of children from Bosnia, Israel, Rwanda, and Northern Ireland who have witnessed atrocities in their wartorn homelands.

Details the military technology utilized by the ancient civilizations of the world, from the Greeks to the Egyptians. Examines how these tools were used and how they helped shape human history. Features full-color photographs and illustrations, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Provides information about ancient Persian warfare, the weapons and methods they used, their leaders, and their armor. Depicts the most important battles on land and sea, and discusses the Persian invention of the scythed war chariot that changed how land battles were fought. Includes maps, illustrations, photographs, a glossary, and sources of additional information.

Discusses the roots of war, various alliances and summit meetings meant to forestall conflict, and the background of and events connected with numerous specific conflicts in the second half of the twentieth century.

Travel through time with the most heroic, Fearsome, and brave warriors of all time!.

Explores the history and lives of ten of the most frightening warriors of history, including Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, and Attila the Hun, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.

Ranks and describes ten of the most decisive battles that occurred on American soil, including the battle of San Jacinto which resulted in independence for Texas, the battle of Lexington and Concord which sparked the American Revolution, and the Civil War battle of Gettysburg.