Written for the scholar, buff or layman, THE CIVIL WAR BOOK OF LISTS contains all the information you could possibly want regarding the war and its participants. Whether you want to judge a Civil War General on his battle tactics or his good looks, this is the book for you.

The Civil War Book of Lists

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Battle Of The Bulge

History

Parker, Danny S.

Military

A Spy's London: A Walk Book of 136 Sites in Central London Relating to Spies, Spycatchers & Subversives from More Than a Century of London'Ssecret H

Travel

Berkeley, Roy

Europe

A look at the possibility of the existence of American POWs in Vietnam today reveals evidence from CIA documents and Pentagon files and tells the dirty secrets behind the American government's cruel and illegal withholding of critical information. Original.

The Bamboo Cage

Literature & Fiction

CAWTHORNE, NIGEL

British & Irish

If asked to name the most famous battle ever fought, most people would almost certainly say "Waterloo." But very few would mention, or even know of, Hougoumont; yet Wellington himself declared that "the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo rested upon the closing of the gates at Hougoumont."The defence of the chateau and farm of Hougoumont against heavy odds in fighting that continued all day was indeed the key to victory at Waterloo. Had Hougoumont not held out, Blucher's Prussians might well have arrived too late to save the day. Yet the dramatic story of this 'battle within a battle' has never been told until now. Julian Paget combines his skills as a military historian and a battlefield guide to provide a vivid account of the bitter fighting at Hougoumont on 18th June 1815. The book is written in collaboration with Derek Saunders, who has made a lifetime study of Hougoumont; it contains 7 maps and 17 illustrations, and appendices giving useful background information. There is also a chapter on what to look for and look at when visiting Hougoumont today, making it a valuable guide book as well as an authoritative account of events.

Hougoumont: The Key to Victory at Waterloo

Saunders, Derek

Paget, Julian

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A Drop Too Many

Frost, John

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The U-Boat War, 1914-1918

Gray, Edwyn A.

Americas

Many important tactical innovations were made by British advisors in the guerrilla wars fought in the Arabian peninsula in the 60s and 70s.

Muscat Command: The Muscat Regiment in Oman in 1967

Thwaites, Peter

Sloane, Simon

Middle East

The English-Built Confederate commerce raider Alabama is easily the best-known ship from the American Civil War. This book is essentially the biography of that ship - how she came to be, her mission, her cruises, and her destruction. Under the command of Captain Raphael Semmes, the Alabama wreaked havoc on the flow of food and military supplies to the North with devastating raids on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. government considered the ship a major obstacle to Union victory and spared no effort in its attempts to locate and dispose of her. This eventually led to the dramatic confrontation between the USS Kearsarge and the Alabama off Cherbourg, France, while many French citizens looked on from the shore. The Alabama was sunk, ending the career of a ship that became legendary.By far the most inclusive, thorough book yet written on this famous American warship, it chronicles everything from construction to destruction, as well as her recent salvage. The author details shipboard life from the perspectives of both officers and seamen and recounts the Alabama's triumphs, frustrations, and deterioration from continued operation, as well as world opinion of her, and more. He includes material on the discovery of the wreck off Cherbourg in the 1980s and the subsequent controversy over rights to the ship and the archaeological investigation. This story is certain to satisfy general readers and critical scholars alike.

Shark of the Confederacy: The Story of the Css Alabama

Robinson, Charles M., III

"On 9 May, 1915, the British First Army under General Haig and the French Tenth Army launched a joint offensive against the vast German salient on the Western Front. The French, much the major partner, planned to seize the dominant feature of Vimy Ridge while, to the north, the British were to capture Aubers Ridge, establish themselves on the plateau to the east and threaten the German communications centre at Lille. The British part in this enterprise turned out to be a bloody fiasco. It was the First Army's second offensive against the Ridge in 1915 but this time it faced immeasurably strengthened German defences. The so-called offensive lasted only one day. With inadequate artillery support, Haig launched his regular battalions in attack after attack against positions heavily defended by machine guns. Men were scythed down in most cases before they even reached the enemy wire. Some lodgements were made in the German line on the left but these were snuffed out by nightfall by determined enemy counter-attacks. Haig was forced to abandon the battle after losing nearly 12,000 men in a few hours and running short of shells." "The sombre story of this abortive offensive has never been told in detail before. At the time, Aubers Ridge was overshadowed by the Second Battle of Ypres and swiftly overtaken by the Battle of Festubert. Haig and his senior officers were reluctant to accept the reasons for the shambles; they could not, however, prevent reports of terrible casualties and shortage of shells emerging in the press a few days later. Hostility towards Asquith's Liberal Government mounted rapidly. The debacle at Aubers Ridge largely contributed to the Prime Minister being forced to form a Coalition Government later in the month - with Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

A Serious Disappointment: The Battle of Aubers Ridge, 1915 & the Subsequent Munitions Scandal

Bristow, Adrian

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