War Years

The D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe, launched on June 6, 1944, is widely referred to as the longest day of World War Two. Historian Victor Brooks argues that 1944 was, in effect, the longest year for Americans of that era both in terms of United States casualties and in deciding the outcome of war itself.

For more than a century, the United States has been locked in an ideological war most Americans do not perceive. In America’s Hundred Years’ War, Dr. Bradley A. Thayer argues that the struggle against Communism did not end with the fall of the Soviet Union—it evolved, spread, and embedded itself within American politics, institutions, and culture, and Western civilization.

As America pulls itself out of the Great Depression, war clouds are hanging low over Europe, and Adolph Hitler’s Nazis seem unstoppable in their brutal march across the continent. Meanwhile, the growing threat from Japan is ignored by many in Washington. That all changes with the deadly attack on Pearl Harbor. Suddenly the country is thrust into a war that many believed would never happen and others feared was inevitable. Now the McNally family of Tinder Street finds themselves in a world turned upside down, with their young men donning uniforms and going off to face the enemy. Among them...

The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world.

Initially, the Thirty Years War was precipitated in 1618 by religious conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. But the conflict soon spread beyond religion to encompass the internal politics and balance of power within the Empire, and then later to the other European powers. By the end, it became simply a dynastic struggle between Bourbon France and Habsburg Spain. And almost all of it was fought out in Germany. Entire regions were depopulated and destroyed.

This program includes an introduction read by the author. A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. In 1899, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, mayor of Jerusalem, alarmed...

From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and As Bright as Heaven comes a novel about a German American teenager whose life changes forever when her immigrant family is sent to an internment camp during World War II. In 1943, Elise Sontag is a typical American teenager from...

Between 1894 and 1924, three waves of violence swept across Anatolia, targeting the region's Christian minorities, who had previously accounted for 20 percent of the population. By 1924 the Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks had been reduced to two percent. Most historians have treated these waves as distinct, isolated events, and successive Turkish governments presented them as an unfortunate sequence of accidents. This is the first account to show that the three were actually part of a single, continuing, and intentional effort to wipe out Anatolia's Christian population.

Uncover the Epic Conflict That Forged Modern Europe The Hundred Years' War was a turning point that melted down old orders and built new nations. This was a period that forever reshaped warfare, power dynamics, and even our understanding of nationhood. Tired of dry, academic history? This book is your accessible guide to understanding this pivotal era. No jargon, just clarity and captivating insights. Here’s just a fraction of what you can expect inside: The spark that ignited a century of conflict: How a royal dispute escalated into Europe's longest war. The revolutionary longbow: ...

The Hundred Years' War: A Quick Read offers a simple, easy-to-understand overview of one of history's most important conflicts. This book presents short articles on key events, including the death of Charles IV, the start of the war, famous battles like Crécy and Agincourt, and the involvement of Joan of Arc. The book covers significant treaties, such as the Treaty of Brétigny and the Treaty of Troyes, and explores the war's impact on both England and France. The book is designed to introduce readers to the Hundred Years' War in a way that sparks curiosity, with engaging content that ...

Three men were thrown out a window in Prague in 1618. Thirty years later, a third of Germany was dead. It began as a religious quarrel—Protestant against Catholic, prince against emperor. It ended as the bloodiest European conflict before the twentieth century, a war so vast and so ruinous that it redrew the map of the continent and invented the modern idea of the sovereign state. Between the Defenestration of Prague and the Peace of Westphalia, perhaps four to eight million people died of the sword, of plague, and of starvation. Whole regions of the Holy Roman Empire simply emptied out. ...

From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "100 years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. Desmond Seward's critically acclaimed account of the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict. 

The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways the war affected different groups, among them knights, clerics, women, peasants, soldiers, peacemakers, and kings. 

In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War - long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution - takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain's empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead to world conflagration.

The bitter conflict between England and France we call The Hundred Years War, and lasting 116 years between 1337 and 1453, was fought over claims by the English kings to the French throne. By the end of this titanic struggle, it can fairly be said that the Middle Ages had come to an end.

From freezing infantrymen huddled in bloodied trenches on the front lines to intricate political maneuvering and tense strategy sessions in European capitals, noted historian John Toland tells of the unforgettable final year of the First World War. In this audiobook, participants on both sides, from enlisted men to generals and prime ministers to monarchs, vividly recount the battles, sensational events, and behind-the-scenes strategies that shaped the climactic, terrifying year.

Uncover the Epic Saga that Forged Two Nations Two manuscripts in one book: The Hundred Years’ War: An Enthralling Guide to the Epic Struggle for Dominance Between England and France Joan of Arc: An Enthralling Guide to a Peasant Girl’s Rise in Medieval France and Her Timeless Legacy as a National Heroine The Hundred Years' War was a crucible that melted down old orders and built the very foundations of modern France and England. This definitive guide takes you deep into the heart of Europe’s longest war, revealing how a royal dispute reshaped warfare, power, and national identity ...

In this riveting personal account, an authentic American hero relives the perils and triumphs of eight harrowing patrols aboard one of America's most successful World War II submarines. Courageous deeds and terror-filled moments - as well as the endless hard work of maintaining and operating a combat sub - are vividly recalled in Calvert's candid portrait.

January 1868. Newly married and settling into life with the handsome, steadfast Dr. David Caldwell, 23-year-old Abigail Gerre believes that she is on the cusp of a year full of joy and happiness. She couldn't have been more wrong. “The Growing Year” deepens our acquaintance with old friends and introduces us to new ones, stirring poignant memories and long-simmering resentments. Among the new arrivals are the most unexpected of all: David’s brother, Charles, a young man of scapegrace and charm, and his bride, the elegant heiress Louisa Wescott, Abigail’s one-time rival for David’s...

This book deals with mankind's history from about 20 thousand to 10 thousand years ago. The times were turbulent. The planet Venus was destroyed and hundreds of thousands of meteors struck the earth shifting its axis and flooding Island nations. Mammoths eating in a field were thrust into the polar region and quick frozen with flowers still in their mouths.