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The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Discusses the people and events involved in Japan's decision to attack on Pearl Harbor, which forced the United States to enter World War II.
Douglas MacArthur
A look at the life and military accomplishments of General Douglas MacArthur, whose career included serving as commander of the United States Army in the Far East during World War II.
Strategic Battles in the Pacific
Chronicles the rise of Japanese power in Southeast Asia, and the Philippines, the attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath, naval battles leading to the turning point at Midway, and the bloody struggle to capture islands from which to attack the heart of the Japanese Empire. The account is enriched by a diverse selection of primary sources.
Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler is best known as the man at the helm of the regime that instigated World War II and killed millions during the Holocaust. The worldwide economic depression that began in 1929 attracted unhappy Germans to Hitler's promise of a revitalized and powerful state. A series of political maneuvers vaulted Hitler to power, and he moved quickly to establish himself as supreme dictator. He drove Europe into World War II, decimating the people and the landscape in an ultimately fruitless attempt to expand Germany's borders.
The O.J. Simpson Trial
An overview of the noted O. J. Simpson murder trial and the events preceding it.
Nazi War Criminals
Explores the lives of six Nazi war criminals and the roles they played in implementing the Final Solution to the Jewish Question.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh streaked across the Elizabethan heavens like a bright, shining star. Often regarded as a true Renaissance manthat is, a man gifted with many talents and abilitieshe lived life to the fullest. Born to adventure, Raleigh parlayed a sharp mind and a yen for prestige and power into enough living for a dozen lesser men. As soldier, swashbuckler, writer, historian, poet, explorer, businessman, and more, he rose in favor at the court of Elizabeth IEngland's Good Queen Bessand made history as he wrote it.Raleigh fought courageously for England in France, Ireland, and elsewhere at sea. He founded the first American colony at Roanoke Island in the New World, introduced tobacco and the potato to Ireland, and searched for the golden city of El Dorado in South America. At the peak of his famesome say infamyhe knelt down as a commoner and arose as a knight.
Blitzkrieg! Hitler's Lightning War
An introduction to Adolf Hitler's tactic of combining air attacks with swiftly moving ground forces.
The Life and Times of Erik the Red
Few people recall the name of Eirik Thorvaldsson, who began life in Jaederen, Norway, around 950. When he was nine years old, his father killed a manor maybe twoand was forced to flee with his family to Iceland. Young Eirik grew up in the harsh environs of that wind-swept isle in the North Atlantic. Harsh lands breed harsh men, and Eirik fit the mold. Like his father before him, he battled with neighbors and killed several men in blood feuds. Banished from Iceland for three years, he sailed west to seek refuge in an unexplored land. After three years in exile, Eirik returned to Iceland with tales of his discoveries in that new land to the west. He called it Greenland to entice others to join him there. Around 985, he sailed west again from Iceland with twenty-five ships of colonists. History records him as the founder of the first European settlement in Greenland and the father of Leif Eriksson. People remember him best as Erik the Red.
A Brief Political and Geographic History of Latin America (Where Are Gran Colombia, La Plata, and Dutch Guiana?)
Where are Gran Colombia, La Plata, and Dutch Guiana? And where are New Granada, the Isle of the True Cross, and the River of Silver? What makes them important? And why should anyone care about them? The answers to all these questions and many more are nestled between the covers of this book. Few things excite the imagination more than the lure of faraway places. The call of strange-sounding names stirs the spirit of adventure in even the most timid among us. Nothing unlocks new vistas like a fresh look at old times and places. So, delve into the pages of this fascinating mini-history of Latin America and fly down to Rio on the wings of imagination. Settle revolutions in New Spain. Chart the waters of the Spanish Main. And climb the mountains known as the Andes. By journey's end you will find that big books sometimes come in small sizes.
