The typical military history presents a chronicle of battles and wars and the commanders and troops who fought them. This book takes a different approach. It pr

Arnold J. Toynbee, the most famous professional historian of the twentieth century, is widely quoted as having declared that “History is just one damn thing a

Military historian William R. Weir looks at the key developments in armoury, men, and strategies that forever changed the evolution of war. Weir analyses the ev

Their very names--Gettysburg, Waterloo, Stalingrad--evoke images of great triumph and equally great suffering, moments when history seemed to hang in the balanc

In this gripping new look at the 20th century's most crucial conflict, historian Bell analyzes 12 unique turning points that determined the character and the ul