Richard Sauer is extremely knowledgeable about Civil War sources, and clearly indicates where Bolton drew on other sources or where his recollections or information were in error in this carefully edited work. ...

Confederate Letters and Diaries brings to modern readers many interesting, fascinating writings of Confederate soldiers. Colonel Swank has included numerous eyewitness, and often heart rending accounts of battlefield scenes, hardships faced in camp, on the march, or in prison-this collection even includes a diary of a Virginia cavalryman held in a Federal military prison. The words of those soldiers from Dixie bring their turbulent years ...

'Friendly fire' is the term usually coined for being killed by one's own colleagues or allies during a conflict. It has been estimated that during the First World War alone 75,000 French soldiers were killed by friendly fire. As recently as the Gulf War, the heaviest British casualties suffered in a single engagement were caused when US forces fired at British armoured vehicles, killing nine of the men inside. A quarter of all American casualties ...

A complete record of the officially named battle honors of the British and Commonwealth Land Forces from the defense of Tangier 1662-80 to the first Gulf Campaign of 1991. ...

Brushing aside the shrouds of myth and mystery, this book exposes the true world of the samurai, the legendary warrior cult of old Japan. Stephen Turnbull, the world's leading authority on samurai history, looks beyond the battlefield to uncover the full complexity of samurai life. His brand new text recreates a world that revolved as much around beauty as it did around violence, showing how ritualised revenge, the rite of suicide and the lore of ...

Featuring exclusive frontline photography by Dennis Steele of "Army Magazine," plus official U.S. Army photos, this handsomely produced large format volume pays tribute to all of the U.S. Army personnel fighting the war on terror. 180 photos in color and b&w. ...

This masterful epic of military history thrillingly chronicles the defeats and triumphs of the Eighth Army, considered by many to be the most remarkable fighting force of WWII. ...

Reformer, rancher, conservationist, hunter, historian, police commissioner, soldier, the youngest man ever to serve as president of the United States--no other American public figure has led as vigorous and varied a life as Theodore Roosevelt. This volume brings together two fascinating autobiographical works. The Rough Riders (1899) is the story of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment Roosevelt led to enduring fame during the ...

This is a young cavalry lieutenant's moving and shocking account of front line service in the couldron of war: His troop of Scimitar light-armoured vehicles was attached to the I CHESHIRE Battle Group (under the charismatic command of Colonel Bob Stewart). Fresh from Germany he and his men found themselves in a highly political and lethally dangerous civil war. They witnessed appalling atrocities and human tragedy on a giant scale. Both the ...

This is the first history of the Royal Ulster Constabulary 1922-2001. It chronicles the bitter sectarian divisions. ...