South Carolina based author Cisco has written widely about the Civil War and the Southern Secession Movement. Here he tells how Hampton (1818-1902), one of the wealthiest men in the country when the w
Many analysts have heralded the U.S. military’s Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), a qualitative improvement in operational concepts and weapons that transforms the nature and character of warfare.
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only limited civil rights. Many from New York City joined the
Tom Reilly idolized his older brother, Ron. After their parents’ unexpected early deaths, Ron protected his younger brother and taught him the ways of the world. Ron was a charismatic and worldly care
Flying P-38s, Jerry Johnson shot down 24 aircraft in 265 combat missions in the Pacific theater. At the age of only twenty-four, he commanded the highest-scoring fighter group in the Pacific. Tragical
Hyman G. Rickover was not long removed from his Jewish roots in Poland when he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. After a respectable career spent mostly in unglamorous submarine and engin
In July 1918, as the carnage of World War I continued, President Woodrow Wilson deployed U.S. troops to join other Allied forces in civil war-ravaged Russia. Ostensibly a mission to guard tsarist mili
After the fall of the Philippines in 1942 - and after leading the last horse cavalry charge in U.S. history - Ed Ramsey refused to surrender. Instead, he joined the Filipino resistance and rose to com
Showcasing the twentieth century’s best writing on the topic of air combat from World War I through the Gulf War, Brassey’s Air Combat Reader examines the evolution of air combat strategy and tactics.
No group is quotedand misquotedmore often than America’s founders. When a political controversy heats up, the nation’s speechwriters, politicians, reporters, editorial writers, and talking heads try t
Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. policymakers have faced the challenge of addressing the technological requirements of both economic competitiveness and national security, Promoting the technologic
Over the last sixty years, the relationship between the United States and Latin America has been marred by ideological conflict, imbalances of power, and economic disparity. The U.S.-sponsored coup in
For many in the West, North Korea is a secretive, reclusive, and enigmatic country, a rogue state that threatens the world with its nuclear program and ballistic missiles. But despite being confronted
You Can Quote Me On That isn’t about the polite, country-club sport where players shake hands over the net and offer congratulations on a fine drop shot. It views tennis from inside, where competition
McMahon (history, Ohio State U.) sets out the case for considering Dean Acheson, Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman during 1949-1953, a singular influence in shaping the international
Dorman (defense studies, King's College, London) and Kennedy (strategic foreign policy, King's College, London) edit papers from UK and Canadian contributors on twentieth- and twenty-first-century cas
Moorcraft (director, Centre for Foreign Policy Analysis, London, UK) and Taylor (international relations, U. of Leeds, UK) explore the military-media relationship from the Crimean War to the "War on T
Few figures in modern French history have aroused more controversy than Marshal Philippe Petain. In the First World War, Petain rose from obscurity to great fame; his brilliant theories of firepower
Based on audiotapes he recorded during the war and sent home to his family, Randy Zahn’sSnake Pilot recounts his experiences flying AH-1 Cobra helicopters during the Vietnam War. First deployed in Vie
In Learning to Love the Bomb, Sean M. Maloney explores the controversial subject of Canada’s acquisition of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified Canadian and U.S. documents
