"At a glittering society party in St. Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon?s army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey, and impetuous Natasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants, to soldiers and Napoleon himself. In War and Peace, Tolstoy entwines grand themes--conflict...

Året er 1945 og verden er i krig. Hideki bor sammen med familien sin på øya Okinawa, utenfor Japan. Når krigen ankommer øya, drar Hideki av sted for å kjempe i den japanske hæren. Han får utdelt en granat og instruksjoner om å ikke komme tilbake før han tatt livet av en amerikansk soldat. Ray, en ung gutt fra den amerikanske marinen, har akkurat ankommet Okinawa. Dette er Rays første kamp, og han vet ikke hva han skal forvente - eller om...

Also covers the battles of Wilson's Creek, Mill Springs, and Fort Donelson.

Pulitzer-winning historian Halberstam first decided to write this book more than thirty years ago and it took him nearly ten years. It stands as a lasting testament to its author, and to the fighting men whose heroism it chronicles. Halberstam gives us a full narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides, charting the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur...

Completed a short time before his death in 1885, the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is recognized today as one of the most significant American military memoirs of all time. In an honest and intelligent voice, the celebrated Civil War general and former President offers a detailed and intimate telling of the events of the Mexican-American war, and the American Civil War and his role within it as a Union General. At the time of its publication,...

The election that changed everything: Craig Shirley's masterful account of the 1980 presidential campaign reveals how a race judged "too close to call" as late as Election Day became a Reagan landslide - and altered the course of history. To write Rendezvous with Destiny, Shirley gained unprecedented access to 1980 campaign files and interviewed more than 150 insiders - from Reagan's closest advisers and family members to Jimmy Carter himself. His...

The leader, and only survivor, of a team of U.S. Navy SEALs sent to northern Afghanistan to capture a well-known al Qaeda leader chronicles the events of the battle that killed his teammates and offers insight into the training of this elite group of warriors. "If you're looking for a true story that showcases both American heroism and Afghani humanity, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes...

'A Thomas Dunne book.' Map of the Theatre of Conflict from 1804-1814 on endpapers.