In his major new work, Wall Street Journal Istanbulcorrespondant Hugh Pope provides a vivid picture of the Turkicpeople, descendants of the nomadic armies that conquered theByzantine Empire and reigned over the region for centures. Todaythe Turks encompass a region much larger than the politicalboundaries of the nation of Turkey - from the Xinjiang province ofwestern China, to Iran, Iraq, the Netherlands, Germany, all the wayto the Appalacian Mountains of the United States. One of theworld's foremost experts on modern Turkey - its languages, people,and history - and acclaimed co-author of Turkey Unveiled (a NewYork Times Notable Book), Hugh Pope has traveled the world toencounter and assimilate the many facets of this extraordinarilycomplex and fascinating ethnic group, distilling the essentailqualities shared by all people of Turkish descent. Rich withstories and legends stretching back centuries, Sons of theConquerors is a compellingly readable account of a profoundlyneglected subject. --This text re

A vivid and engrossing history of naval warfare from the HoratioNelson era through the War of 1812, by the "best naval historian ofhis generation." --John Keegan

"Glorious, horrifying... D-Day is a vibrant workof history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of menand women" - Time Antony Beevor-the man who "single-handedly transgormed thereputation of military history" ( The Guardian )-presents thefirst major account of the Normandy invasion and the liberation ofParis in more than twenty years. D-Day: The Battle forNormandy is the first book to describe not only the experiencesof the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but alsothe terrible suffering of the French civilians caught up in thefighting. Beevor draws upon research in more than thirty archivesin six countries, going back to original accounts and interviews toproduce the consummate account of the invasion and the ferociousoffensive that led to Paris's liberation.

The rivalry that presaged the world’s most tenaciousconflict As the Arab -Israeli conflict continues to plaguethe Middle East, historian Ronald Florence offers extraordinary newinsights on its origins. This is the story of T. E. Lawrence, theyoung British officer who became famous around the world asLawrence of Arabia, Aaron Aaronsohn, an agronomist from Palestine,and the antagonism that divided them over the fate of the dyingOttoman Empire during World War I—a clash of visions that set Arabnationalism and Zionism on a direct collision course thatreverberates to this day.

Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC AD 14),brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savagecivil war. This selection from Cassius Dio's Roman History givesthe fullest de*ion of that long struggle and ultimate triumphdetailing the brutal battles and political feuds that led to thecollapse of Rome's 400-year-old republic, and Augustus' subsequentreign as emperor. Included are accounts of military campaigns fromEthiopia to Yugoslavia, and of long conflict with Antony andCleopatra. With skill and artistry, Dio brings to life manyspeeches from the era among them Augustus' damning indictment ofAntony's passion for the Egyptian queen and provides a fascinatingaccount of the debate between the great general Agrippa andMaecenas on the virtues of republicanism and monarchy.

Named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review Almost a decade in the making , this much-anticipated grandhistory of postwar Europe from one of the world’s most esteemedhistorians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all ofEurope, both east and west, drawing on research in six languages tosweep readers through thirty-four nations and sixty years ofpolitical and cultural change—all in one integrated, enthrallingnarrative. Both intellectually ambitious and compelling to read,thrilling in its scope and delightful in its small details, Postwar is a rare joy. * A Time and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book ofthe Year * Maps, photos, and cartoons throughout

A dramatic narrative of French history in the sixth century.Gregory of Tours (c.A.D. 539-594) intended his HISTORY to be achronicle of events and included the 21 years he spent as Bishop ofTours. This volume contains all ten books of the HISTORY. AsGregory unravels the bewildering events of those decades, whatemerges is no dry historical document but a colorful, detailed andmoving pageant.

The Red Army's invasion of Berlin in January 1945 was one of themost terrifying examples of fire and sword in history. Frenzied byterrible memories of Wehrmacht and SS brutality, the Russianswreaked havoc, leaving hundreds of thousands of civilians dead andmillions more fleeing westward. Drawing upon newly availablematerial from former Soviet files, as well as from German,American, British, French, and Swedish archives, bestselling authorAntony Beevor vividly recounts the experiences of the millions ofcivilians and soldiers caught up in the nightmare of the ThirdReich's final collapse. The Fall of Berlin 1945 is aheartrending story of pride, stupidity, fanaticism, revenge, andsavagery, yet it is also one of astonishing human endurance,self-sacrifice, and survival against all odds.

An enormously entertaining account of contemporary France fromthe former Paris bureau chief of The New York Times. Bernsteincombines personal memoir, informed observation, and news-houndcuriosity to offer a stirring and unforgettable panaorama ofFrance--at times exalted, troubling, and occasionally absurd.

Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, andhis writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The LaterRoman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years duringMarcellinus' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius,Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitnessaccounts of significant military events including the Battle ofStrasbourg and the Goth's Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid anddramatic change, Marcellinus describes an Empire exhausted byexcessive taxation, corruption, the financial ruin of the middleclasses and the progressive decline in the morale of the army. Inthis magisterial depiction of the closing decades of the RomanEmpire, we can see the seeds of events that were to lead to thefall of the city, just twenty years after Marcellinus' death.

"In A Grave in Gaza, Omar Yussef and his boss, Magnus Wallender,travel to the Gaza Strip for a routine inspection of the UN schoolsin the Gaza refugee camps.Upon their arrival they meet James Cree,the UN security officer for Gaza, who informs them that a teacherat one of their schools has been accused of spying and imprisoned.As they try to free the teacher and keep a lid on an explosivepolitical situation, they are pulled into a confrontation withGaza's warring government factions and the criminal gangs withwhich they are connected.Omar Yussef confronts the dark elements ofGaza--dirty politics, bribery, assassination, and kidnapping--inhis struggle to free the innocent and honor the dead.

This gripping account of Germany's notorious campaign combinessophisticated use of previously published firsthand accounts inGerman and Russian along with newly available Soviet archivalsources and caches of letters from the front. For Beevor (ParisAfter the Liberation, 1944-1949), the 1942 German offensive was agamble that reflected Hitler's growing ascendancy over his militarysubordinates. The wide-open mobile operations that took the 6thArmy into Stalingrad were nevertheless so successful that Sovietauthorities insisted they could be explained only by treason. (Over13,000 Soviet soldiers were formally executed during the battle forStalingrad alone.) Combat in Stalingrad, however, deprived theGermans of their principal force multipliers of initiative andflexibility. The close-gripped fighting brought men to the limitsof endurance, then kept them there. Beevor juxtaposes the grotesquewith the mundane, demonstrating the routines that men on both sidesdeveloped to cope with an environment that brought them to

This fascinating and powerful collection of first-handaccounts—prepared with the assistance of the Pearl Harbor SurvivorsAssociation—brings to vivid life one of the most fateful days inAmerican history. Here, in their own words, survivors of the attack—from all branchesof the service—recall what it was like to witness this momentousevent as it happened. Dramatic and compelling, these livingmemories offer a rare look inside the hearts and minds of Americanheroes—and an invaluable record of American history.

They are floating cities with crews of thousands. They are thelinchpins of any military strategy, for they provide what hasbecome the key to every battle fought since World War I: airsuperiority. The mere presence of a U.S. naval carrier in a regionis an automatic display of strength that sends a message nopotential enemy can ignore. Now, Tom Clancy welcomes you aboard fora detailed look at how these floating behemoths function. With histrademark style and eye for detail, Clancy brings you naval combatstrategy like no one else can. Carrier includes: * Takeoffs andlandings: flying into the danger zone The aircraft onboard: their range, their power, theirweaponry The role of the carrier in modern naval warfare Exclusive photographs, illustrations and diagrams Plus: An interview with the U.S. Navy's Chief of NavalOperations, Admiral Jay Johnson

Book De*ion Nathaniel Philbrick became an internationally renowned authorwith his National Book Award– winning In the Heart of the Sea,hailed as “spellbinding” by Time magazine. In Mayflower, Philbrickcasts his spell once again, giving us a fresh and extraordinarilyvivid account of our most sacred national myth: the voyage of theMayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. From theMayflower’s arduous Atlantic crossing to the eruption of KingPhilip’s War between colonists and natives decades later, Philbrickreveals in this electrifying history of the Pilgrims afifty-five-year epic, at once tragic and heroic, that stillresonates with us today. From Publishers Weekly In this remarkable effort, National Book Award–winner Philbrick(In the Heart of the Sea) examines the history of Plymouth Colony.In the early 17th century, a small group of devout EnglishChristians fled their villages to escape persecution, going firstto Holland, then making the now infamous 10-week voyage to

The story of our nation from the A-bomb to theiPhone-from bestselling historian H.W. Brands With keen insight and an impeccable sense of thespirit of the times, H. W. Brands, one of today's preeminenthistorians, captures the American experience through the last sixdecades. As he chronicles politics, pop culture, and everything inbetween, Brands traces the changes we have gone through as anation, recounting the great themes and events that have drivenAmerica- from the Yalta conference to the fall of the Berlin Wall,Apollo 11 to 9/11, My Lai to "shock and awe." In his adroit hands,movements and trends unfold through a character- driven narrativethat shines a brilliant light on America's watershed moments andreveals a still unfolding legacy of dreams.

James Reasoner has been praised for his well-researched andlively, suspenseful novels. Now, he proves that truth can be evenmore exciting than fiction. Known for his ability to make historycome vividly to life, Reasoner strips away the dime novel legendsand Hollywood myths to show us how the gunfighters of the Old Westreally lived, killed-and were killed. Among the true stories hebrings us

The 2007–08 subprime financial crisis is the jumping-off point for Smick's (Johnson Smick International) examination of current threats to global prosperity. He explains that although the subprime losses are small in the context of world financial markets, a lack of transparency has diminished investor confidence, dried up financial liquidity, and threatened the very foundations of our world financial system. He says that the growth of global financial markets has made it more difficult for central banks like the U.S. Federal Reserve to intercede effectively in times of crisis. Smick compares the subprime crisis to past events like the UK's forced devaluation of the pound in 1992 and Japan's economic stagnation in the 1990s. He warns of pending dangers like an overheating of the Chinese development juggernaut and the present calls for protectionism by U.S. politicians. He favors a global financial system built on transparency and trust. Smick's role for some 30 years as an economic adviser to central banker

Josephus' account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity isa superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellionagainst Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader,Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become aRome-appointed negotiator, and so was uniquely placed to observethese turbulent events, from the siege of Jerusalem to the finalheroic resistance and mass suicides at Masada. His account providesmuch of what we know about the history of the Jews under Romanrule, with vivid portraits of such key figures as the EmperorVespasian and Herod the Great. Often self-justifying and divided inits loyalties, "The Jewish War" nevertheless remains one of themost immediate accounts of war, its heroism and its horrors, everwritten.

Going behind the scenes of an armored cavalry regiment, aninsider's view includes photographs, illustrations, and diagrams oftanks, helicopters, and artillery systems, interviews withhigh-ranking officers, and future roles the armored cavalry mightplay.

This "New York Times" bestseller tells the harrowing true story of nine American airmen shot down over the Pacific. One of them, George H.W. Bush, was miraculously rescued. This edition features the same Afterword by the author that appeared in the trade paperback edition. 作者简介： James Bradley is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Flags of Our Fathers and the son of one of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. The story of the events on Chichi Jima was first brought to his attention after the publication of that book and involved several years of research, travel, and writing-including a return trip to Chichi Jima with President George H. W. Bush. This is Bradley's second book. He lives in New York.

General George S. Patton and General Erwin Rommel. They servedtheir countries through two World Wars. Their temperaments, both onand off the battlefield, couldn't be further apart from eachother-but their approaches to modern warfare were verysimilar. Written by a prominent military historian, Patton andRommel takes a provocative look at both figures, intertwiningthe stories of the paths they took and the decisions they madeduring the course of the Second World War-and compares the livesand careers of two men whose military tactics changed the course ofhistory.

Penguin announces a prestigious new series underpresiding editor Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Many works of history deal with the journeys of blacks in bondagefrom Africa to the United States along the "middle passage," butthere is also a rich and little examined history of AfricanAmericans traveling in the opposite direction. In MiddlePassages , award-winning historian James T. Campbell vividlyrecounts more than two centuries of African American journeys toAfrica, including the experiences of such extraordinary figures asLangston Hughes, W.E.B. DuBois, Richard Wright, Malcolm X, and MayaAngelou. A truly groundbreaking work, Middle Passages offersa unique perspective on African Americans’ ever-evolvingrelationship with their ancestral homeland, as well as theircomplex, often painful relationship with the United States.