Author: Lord Mahon
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Keywords: belisarius, life
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-11-30
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1594160198
ISBN-13: 9781594160196

Serving the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I during the sixth century A. D., Belisarius defeated a superior Persian force that threatened to extinguish Constantinople; his small army next drove the Vandals out of the ancient Roman provinces of North Africa and forced the Visigoths to retreat from Italy, returning Rome to the emperor for the final time. His ability to achieve victory against overwhelming odds and his fairness to both his own troops and those of his enemies became legendary. Despite his successes, Justinian recalled Belisarius and, swayed by jealous advisers, accused the general of

Author: Duane Schultz
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Keywords: world, war, mission, fateful, ploesti, fire
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-10-31
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 1594160511
ISBN-13: 9781594160516

We were dragged through the mouth of hell."--from a Ploesti Mission debriefing report "We knew it was a disaster and knew that in the flames shooting up from those refineries we might be burned to death. But we went right in."--Lieutenant Norman Whalen Planned by Winston Churchill, authorized by Dwight D. Eisenhower, and executed by five specially trained American bomber units, the attack on the oil refineries of Ploesti, Romania, was among the most daring and dangerous missions of World War II. If the raid succeeded, the Nazi war machine would suffer a devastating blow. On Aug

Author: John A. Nagy
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Keywords: revolution, american, spycraft, ink, invisible
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-12-08
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 159416097X
ISBN-13: 9781594160974

The Critical Role of Espionage During the War for Independence and How It Was Accomplished "If your Excellency thinks me criminal, for heaven’s sake let me be immediately tried and, if found guilty, executed. I want no favor."--Benedict Arnold to George Washington, May 5, 1779 During the American Revolution, espionage was critical to the successes and failures of both Continental and British efforts, and those employed in cloak-and-dagger operations always risked death. While the most notorious episode of spying during the war, the Benedict Arnold affair, was a failure, most intellige

Author: T. D. Dungan
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Keywords: history, weapons, missile, first, combat, ballistic
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-10-04
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1594160120
ISBN-13: 9781594160127

In August 1944, Londoners thought the war might be over by Christmas. But on September 8, 1944, in the London suburb of Chiswick, a thunderous double-boom was heard followed by a huge plume of black smoke rising high into the air. Several minutes later another explosion rocked the earth near Epping. There had been no warnings, no drone of aircraft above, just sudden devastation. "Operation Penguin," the German V-2 offensive, had begun. The A-4 rocket, better known as the V-2, Vergeltungswaffen Zwei, or "Vengeance Weapon 2," was the first ballistic missile to be used in combat. Soaring over 50

Author: Toby Tanser
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Keywords: way, kenyan, fire
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-10-28
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1594160740
ISBN-13: 9781594160745

For many years Kenya has been producing some of the finest runners the world has ever seen. But just how they have become the world’s greatest running nation is something that has been intriguing fellow athletes and sports fans for just as long.Divided into four parts, "More Fire" is a motivational volume that gets to the root of why and how Kenyan runners are the world’s best. It begins with a look at running in Kenya, the landscape, the physical conditions, and the people. The second part surveys the training methods and techniques most commonly used. The third presents profiles

Author: Ladislas Farago
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Keywords: triumph, ordeal, patton
Number of Pages: 896
Published: 2005-05-03
List price: $22.50
ISBN-10: 1594160112
ISBN-13: 9781594160110

He is America’s most famous general. He represents toughness, focus, determination, and the ideal of achievement in the face of overwhelming odds. He was the most feared and respected adversary to his enemies and an object of envy, admiration, and sometimes, scorn to his professional peers. An early proponent of tank warfare, George S. Patton moved from being a foresighted lieutenant in the First World War to commanding the Third Army in the next, leading armored divisions in the Allied offensive that broke the back of Nazi Germany. Patton was an enigmatic figure. His image among his troops

Author: Mr. Timothy May
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Keywords: war, art, mongol
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2007-05-31
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1594160465
ISBN-13: 9781594160462

"They razed cities to the ground, burnt woods, pulled down castles, tore up the vine trees, destroyed gardens, and massacred the citizens and husbandmen; if by chance they did spare any who begged their lives, they compelled them, as slaves of the lowest condition, to fight in front of them against their own kindred."--Matthew Paris recounting the devastation of Poland and Hungary in 1240 During the thirteenth century, Mongol armies under Chinggis Khan and his successors established the largest contiguous land empire in history, stretching across Asia and into eastern Europe. Co