Peninsula War

In this alternate history of the American frontier and the Jacksonian era, a small change takes place in the Battle of the Horseshoe Bend during the War of 1812. What results is a cascade of new developments that becomes an avalanche. In our world, Ensign Sam Houston, just turned 21, led the charge on the creek barricade in that battle and almost died from a terrible wound that took him a year to recover from. In this world, his wound is minor, so he is able to continue fighting the British—and develop his close relationship with Andrew Jackson much sooner. 

FNH Audio presents a reading of Charles Oman's classic military history A History of the Peninsular War. In this first volume, a detailed examination is made of the first years of the war, 1807 to 1809. The campaign is examined from both sides using reference materials from British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese sources. This book covers the invasion of Spain and Napoleon's trickery in luring the Spanish crown into prison. It also features Wellington's first peninsular battle and of course the famous retreat to Corunna and the battle at that place.

The Civil War battle waged on September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek, Maryland, was one of the bloodiest in the nation's history: On this single day, the battle claimed nearly 23,000 casualties. In Landscape Turned Red, the renowned historian Stephen Sears draws on a remarkable cache of diaries, dispatches, and letters to recreate the vivid drama of Antietam as experienced not only by its leaders but also by its soldiers, both Union and Confederate.

The Convenient Terrorist is the definitive inside account of the capture, torture, and detention of Abu Zubaydah, the first “high-value target” captured by the CIA after 9/11. But was Abu Zubaydah, who is still being indefinitely held by the United States under shadowy circumstances, the blue-ribbon capture that the Bush White House claimed he was? 

It was the largest campaign ever attempted in the Civil War: the Peninsula campaign of 1862. General George McClellan planned to advance from Yorktown up the Virginia Peninsula and destroy the Rebel army in its own capital. But with Robert E. Lee delivering blows to the Union army, McClellan’s plan fell through at the gates of Richmond.

This is the true story of Yasmeena, a bright and beautiful young Lebanese woman who was imprisoned in Kuwait during the first Gulf War. Yasmeena's shocking journey is a tale of the madness of war, of the sexual brutality unleashed by chaos, and of one woman’s courage to stand in danger’s way to aid her fellow sufferers.

UNA NOVELA TOTAL SOBRE LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA EN CLAVE DE REALISMO MÁGICO He aquí la historia de la descomposición total de una familia, de la deshumanización de un pueblo, de la desintegración de un territorio y de una península de casas vacías.

As Union commander George McClellan moved the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula in early 1862, the Union army still had a nearly 2-1 advantage in manpower, so Army of Northern Virginia commander Joseph E. Johnston continued to gradually pull his troops back to a line of defense nearer Richmond as McClellan advanced. In conjunction, the Union Navy began moving its operations further up the James River, until it could get within seven miles of the Confederate capital before being opposed by a Southern fort.

Guns on the Peninsula: The Artillery of Gallipoli A New Perspective on a Legendary Campaign Gallipoli has been remembered for its heroism, sacrifice, and strategic failure. But one force shaped every moment of the campaign more than any other: Artillery. From thunderous naval bombardments to hidden Ottoman batteries firing from the hills, the guns of Gallipoli dominated the battlefield. Yet their story has rarely been told in full. Fire on the Peninsula explores the Gallipoli campaign through the weapons that defined it — the guns, the shells, the gunners, and the brutal terrain that ...

North Korea gets real quiet when the Chinese Communist Party Kingpins die in an orbital strike from the US Space Force. South Korea gets presented with a once in a generation oppertunity to reunite Korea with Seoul in charge. Will crossing the DMZ going noth present that much of a problem? What can be done to prevent the NKPA from rushing reinforcements to the DMZ? The NKPA has special forces that can enter the South through invasion tunnels. What about the North Korean leadership and the nucelar weapons? Will the US get directly involved or sit on the sidelines? What in the heck is "Rapid ...

Julien Gracq's short fiction The Peninsula is a deceptively simple work with regard to plot. Simon is at the Brévenay train station in Brittany waiting for his lover, Irmgard, although she has warned him that her arrival at midday is "very unlikely." As expected, she is not on the train, and he has a whole afternoon to while away before the next one gets in that evening. A methodical man, Simon determines to spend the time driving along the Brittany coast and arranging for their journey. He returns that evening to the train station to meet her. Little else "happens"... if one defines plot ...

Laura Kasinof studied Arabic in college and moved to Yemen a few years later - after a friend at a late-night party in Washington, DC, recommended the country as a good place to work as a freelance journalist. When she first moved to Sanaa in 2009, she was the only American reporter based in the country. She quickly fell in love with Yemen’s people and culture, in addition to finding herself the star of a local TV soap opera.

World War 1990: Battle of the Three Seas The Warsaw Pact is gone. East Germany is smashed, Czechoslovakia liberated, Romania in open revolt, Poland has switched sides. The battle for Europe is over and NATO has won. But the Politburo vows to fight on. In a final bid to end the war, NATO and Japan gather their combined navies for a three-pronged attack on the Soviet Union. The Third World War goes continues. The Warsaw Pact is gone. East Germany is smashed, Czechoslovakia liberated, Romania in open revolt, Poland has switched sides. The battle for Europe is over and NATO has won. But the ...

"I first met al-Qaeda before there was an al-Qaeda, way back in the winter of 1984. It was an encounter that came within a split second of costing me my life." So begins Rob Schultheis's gripping account of his journey into the heart of one of the world's most dangerous places, on the trail of the world's most wanted man. A veteran war correspondent, Schultheis offers a first-hand look at how the seeds of al-Qaeda were planted by foreign jihadists in the 1980s, before most Americans knew what the word "jihad" meant.

The third novel in this brilliant Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian, Adrian Goldsworthy. The third novel in the series sees new challenges for the men of the 106th Foot, as the British army attempts to recover from the disaster of Corunna and establish a foothold in the Peninsula...

Bloomsbury presents The Reckoning by Prit Buttar, read by Richard Trinder. 'The Reckoning is vivid history, the tragic Eastern Front brought to life through the widest range of Russian and German sources I've ever read. Bravo.' – Peter Caddick-Adams, author and broadcaster From critically...

The Honeysucker is a novel based on the true story of the extraordinary military career of the Irish soldier John Westropp as he fought his way across Portugal and Spain against the French in the Peninsula War. Part of the Duke of Wellington’s army, he was in some of the greatest battles of the war – Salamanca Vitoria and the Pyrenees – suffered heat, cold and wounds and near starvation during the swift advances and draining retreats. With the 58th Regiment of Foot – called The Honeysuckers – Westropp next goes to America to fight in the War of 1812 and then back to Europe and to ...

Bloomsbury presents Where the Iron Crosses Grow: The Crimea 1941-44 by Robert Forczyk, read by Mark Meadows. The Crimean Peninsula was the setting for the destruction of a number of armies in World War II, both Soviet and German. When the Soviets fortified Sevastopol in 1941 it heralded the...

Jane Austen has been propelled by an unknown force to 1895 London. Who can she call to help her return to her life in 1812? The greatest detective of all time Sherlock Holmes. Time Rewritten: a time travel novel that bends the genres of Science fiction, fantasy, history, and romance. In 1812, while visiting the London Museum Library Jane Austen is inexplicably propelled into 1895 London. How did she get here? And most importantly, how can she return to her own time? She is terrified by the sights and smells that meet her on the London streets. She obtains a copy of The London Times and on ...

'You fail to read this book at your peril' - Admiral James G Stavridis, US Navy, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Closely modelled on his NATO experience of war gaming future conflicts, 2017 War With Russia is a chilling account of where we are heading if we fail to recognise the threat...