Customer Review: Great book to see how the primary sources about specific topics can be reflected on by historians to create interesting essays. The book is organized into chapters about specific periods in American military history. The first portion of each chapter includes a series of primary source... more info
Customer Review: This interesting little book contains a lot of information about various wars that don't necessarily make it into the normal scholastic history books, even on the college level. It containbs two page vignettes of war tales from ancient Greece up to the present time; little asides to more well known... more info
Customer Review: It's hard to write something new in a field that is so well covered, but John Keegan is just such a writer to do so. I have always enjoyed his works, so I picked up the book in Europe. I was happy I did so. It is a great overview, even if you are familiar with the topic, but not so detailed to... more info
Customer Review: While this book does not equal the breadth and fluidity achieved by Ahmed Rashid in "Descent Into Chaos," it nevertheless manages to fully convey the difficulties army commanders from Alexander the Great to Gen. McChrystal have faced and will apparently continue to face in the country of... more info
Customer Review: This book gives the armchair historian a true insight into the Stalingrad Battle and its aftermath. The Germans eventually mastered the situation and were able to regain the initiative which culminated in the battle of Kursk. The battle of Russia is portrayed in a very brief simple manner by western... more info
Customer Review: What genius puts Naval aviator wings on the cover of a UDT book? The publisher should've gotten something THAT simple correct. That mistake alone cost the book a star in the rating, and it wasn't the author's fault. However... this is an interesting and necessary read for UDT history, but a... more info
Customer Review: While by no means a comprehensive review of American military history, it is an essential book for any personal library. Entries are detailed and get straight to the point. If you want to know more about someone or something of historical significance without having to read an entire book on it,... more info
Customer Review: I have just completed reading all three volumes of this eminently readable and enjoyable tome so I preface this review by asserting that the remarks apply to all three volumes. First of all, this is essentially one large "Decisive Battles of the West" type of study. Even at three large volumes,... more info
Customer Review: I had been doing some light reading about the WWII German invasion of Crete prior to reading this. This book really brought the battle to life for me, as well as giving some good background as to why the battle occured. I cannot vouch for its historical accuracy, because I'm not a subject matter... more info
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