There is something intrinsically appealing about looking to prominent commanders as the arbiters of battles, not least because they bring a clarity from battleles, not least because they bring a clarity from the for of war
At about 1430 on the first day august 1798 as the british third rate ship of the line zealous 74 cruised eastward along the egyptian coast, a lookout in the masthead spied the topmasts of several large ships anchored in aboukir bay
Througout history rechnological political and social advances have caused profound shift in military doctrine organization startegy and tactics
This book explains about analyzes the relationship between Harry s.truman and general mac arthur during the Korean war, demonstrating how policies,politics,and personalities entwined to shape their confrontation.
In late 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld summoned the senior military leadership to his office on the E-ring of the Pentagon.
When Charlie Allen saw the satellite photos on the morning of August 1, 1990, he knew that it was time to sound the klaxon. For a week, Allen had been warning that Iraq would probably attack Kuwait, only to be told by most of his colleagues in the intelligence world that Iraqs muscle flexing was a bluff.
Michael R.Gordon and General Bernard E.Trainor provide a definitive,behind-the-scenes account and analysis of the planning and execution of the Gulp War.While one war was being waged against Iraq,another was being fought among the generals themselves. The Generals'War offers unvarnished portraits of the top military commanders,challenges the performances of power,Schwarzkopf,and their generals,…