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In Patton, Montgomery, Rommel , one of Britain's mostaccomplished military scholars presents an unprecedented study ofthe land war in the North African and European theaters, as well astheir chief commanders—three men who also happened to be the mostcompelling dramatis personae of World War II. Beyond spellbinding depictions of pivotal confrontations at ElAlamein, Monte Cassino, and the Ardennes forest, author-scholarTerry Brighton illuminates the personal motivations and historicalevents that propelled the three men's careers: how Patton's,Montgomery's, and Rommel's Great War experiences helped to moldtheir style of command—and how, exactly, they managed to applytheir arguably megalomaniacal personalities (and hithertounrecognized political acumen and tact) to advance their careersand strategic vision. Opening new avenues of inquiry into the lives and careers of threemen widely profiled by scholars and popular historians alike,Brighton definitively answers numerous lingering and controversialquestion
In these essays, about a quarter of them previouslyunpublished, Eric Hobsbawm reflects upon the theory, practice anddevelopment of history and its relevance to the modern world. Thesewide-ranging papers reflect Professor Hobsbawm's lifelong concernwith the relations between past, present and future. They deal,among many other subjects, with the problems of writing history,its abuses and the historian's responsibilities; with the historyof society and 'history from below'; with Marx and currenthistorical trends or fashions; with Europe, the Russian Revolutionand the descent into a world-wide barbarism that, increasing formost of the twentieth century, threatens to destroy thecivilisation we have inherited from the European Enlightenment ofthe eighteenth century. These essays reveal a passionate belief inthe importance of studying history, as well as displaying theincisive analysis, the breadth of allusion and the distinctiveviewpoint for which this great historian is justly famous.
The splendid finale to Eric Hobsbawm's study of thenineteenth century, THE AGE OF EMPIRE covers the area of WesternImperialism and examines the forces that swept the world to theoutbreak of World War One- and shaped modern society.
The distinguished historian of the Jewish people, Howard M.Sachar, gives us a comprehensive and enthralling chronicle of theachievements and traumas of the Jews over the last four hundredyears. Tracking their fate from Western Europe’s age of mercantilism inthe seventeenth century to the post-Soviet and post-imperialistIslamic upheavals of the twenty-first century, Sachar applies hisrenowned narrative skill to the central role of the Jews in many ofthe most impressive achievements of modern civilization: whether inthe rise of economic capitalism or of political socialism; in thediscoveries of theoretical physics or applied medicine; in “higher”literary criticism or mass communication and popularentertainment. As his account unfolds and moves from epoch to epoch, fromcontinent to continent, from Europe to the Americas and the MiddleEast, Sachar evaluates communities that, until lately, have beenunderestimated in the perspective of Jewish and world history—amongthem, Jews of Sephardic
Sumptuously illustrating the vivid parade of a thousand years ofhistory, this comprehensive historical atlas concentrates on theMediterranean world but also shows what happened across the globebetween A.D. 400 and 1500 —from the fall of Rome to the age ofdiscovery. Every page glistens with period works of art,fascinating maps, quotes from medieval figures, close-ups ofintriguing artifacts, and rich landscape photographs of the placeswhere battles were fought and monarchs were crowned. For everycentury, a signature city is spotlighted to represent that era'sdevelopments. Time lines connect the many dramatic events that tookplace in these dark and exciting times, which continue to shape ourworld today. Written by a team of veteran National Geographicwriters, this richly illustrated reference includes full index,reading list, and glossary.
From the deadly shores of North Africa to the invasion ofSicily to the fierce jungle hell of the Pacific, the contributionof the World War II Ranger Battalions far outweighed their numbers.They were ordinary men on an extraordinary mission, experiencingthe full measure of the fear, exhaustion, and heroism of combat innearly every major invasion of the war. Whether spearheading alanding force or scouting deep behind enemy lines, these highlymotivated, highly trained volunteers led the way for other soldiers-- they were Rangers. With first-person interviews, in-depth research, and a completeappendix naming every Ranger known to have served, author RobertBlack, a Ranger himself, has made the battles of WWII come to lifethrough the struggles of the men who fought to win the greatest warthe world has ever seen.
More dramtatic than fiction...THE GUNS OF AUGUST is amagnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased,skillfully paced and sustained....The product of painstaking andsophisticated research. CHICAGO TRIBUNE Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman hasbrought to life again the people and events that led up to Worl WarI. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledgeof her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for thefirst time, just how the war started, why, and why it could havebeen stopped but wasn't. A classic historical survey of a time anda people we all need to know more about, THE GUNS OF AUGUST willnot be forgotten.
