General Franks retraces his journey from a small-town boyhood through a lifetime of military service -- including his heroic tour as an Artillery officer in Vietnam, where he was wounded three times.
The great man we meet here displays his mother's steely resolve and vindictive temper, his father's keen mastery of language, and his own unique gift of deciding.
Since men and women in battle not only face the prospect of their own deaths but also must fashion a moral rationale for killing, the battlefield is often a place of religious transformations.
In one of the most compelling combat narratives ever written, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, Army infantry platoon leader, gives a teeth-rattling, first-hand account of eleven straight days of heavy house-to-house fighting during the climactic second battle of Fallujah.
Throughout history, great generals have deceived, outflanked, and triumphed over superior armies commanded by conventional thinkers. Bevin Alexander tells how Hannibal, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Ston...
New York Times bestselling author Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on the mythos of the marines, and remembrances of battles with lovers.
Beyond the Civil War’s bloody battles was an equally important diplomatic and intelligence contest that raged between the North and South in Europe. At the head of the fray was Thomas Haines Dudley, the “father of modern American intelligence”
In this Audio book from the DVD of the same name, Nick Pope for the first time since leaving the MOD goes on the record and spells out his beliefs, opinions and reveals his inside knowledge.
When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special tactics" team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces, John T. Carney was the man they turned to.
Now, for the first time in his own words, Dole tells the moving story of his harrowing experience on and off the battlefield, and how it changed his life.
Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson as a general who emphasized the importance of reliable information and early preparedness, and he details Jackson's many lessons in strategy and leadership.
In his classic WWII memoir, Audie Murphy depicts the harrowing events of the war, relating the fear, courage, and death that followed the men he knew into battle. In the two years that he fought in Italy, France, and Germany, he killed at least 240 Germans, single-handedly destroyed a German...
