South West Military

Step into the heart of Indian Territory in 1863, where one of the most strategically significant — yet often overlooked — battles of the American Civil War unfolded. Tactics in the Heartland offers a vivid, in-depth exploration of the Battle of Honey Springs, shedding light on the military decisions, terrain challenges, and pivotal leadership moments that shaped this critical Union victory. Author and historian Terry Sloan uncovers the layered complexities behind the confrontation: the role of Native American regiments, the logistical ingenuity of Union forces, and the Confederate ...

TIME Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of the Year From the author of the Carnegie Medal in Fiction winner The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu comes a tantalizing, American West saga about a Chinese American family trying to survive on their Dakota farm as a powerful, mysterious, and morally dubious...

Continuation from Spano: Foresight, BSC book 19 Marks: Enforce Rising² Series, BSC Book 20 is our next book in the series. Fun, light and gentle isn’t how women see the Hulk. Marks has some work to do to change that, but Ginny doesn’t make him jump through hoops to prove it. Justice said so is enough for her. Our former FBI from Boston meets the most Badass southern belle and she may just Bless his heart yet. BSC SERIES Books. Best read in order. Master's Rise Benga's Rise Ranger's Rise Jack: Honor Falcon: Respect Mag: Loyalty Allegory Endue Conform Justice: Tenacity Ford’s Rise ...

It is 1861 and the Civil War has begun to tear the United States apart, but in the Territories of Colorado and New Mexico, it is a three-sided war between the Union Army, the Confederate Army of New Mexico, and warring Native Indian tribes. Mersey Lockwood's dream is to teach school for the children of the soldiers' families at Fort Garland, where her father is commander. Fort Garland is a remote fort in the harsh mountains of the Colorado Territory, home to cavalry and infantry soldiers, and the tough and undisciplined men of the Colorado volunteers. Major John Steele, a Virginian, made a ...

Roman McNamara is not only the president of the Savage Kings of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina but he’s also the king of one-night stands. Growing up in a tourist town where there’s a party every night means living up the good life with no commitments to anyone but the MC. There’s just one woman Roman can’t get off his mind no matter how hard he tries....

During 1944, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces fought their way from New Guinea to the Philippines, Allied air commander Gen. George Kenney, discarding pre-war doctrine, planned and ran an "air blitz" offensive. His 5th Air Force drove forward like a tank army, crash-landing in open country, seizing terrain, bulldozing new airfields, winning air control, and moving forward. At airfields on the front line, Rocky Boyer kept the radios working for the 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, a fighter-bomber unit.

T-4 Bob Shepard spent years working twelve-hour shifts as a medical corpsman in the 1st Field Hospital during WWII. Struggling through the mud, blood, torrential rain and disease the members of the 1st Field Hospital ensured that many servicemen made the trip back home. Shepard cared for the physically and mentally wounded in the Southwest Pacific theater and again on his way home on a troop transport to the United States.

Frazier has made use of previously untapped primary sources, allowing him to present new interpretations of the famous Civil War battles in the Southwest. Using narratives of veterans of the campaign and official Confederate and Union documents, the author explains how this seemingly far-fetched fantasy of building a Confederate empire was an essential part of the Confederate strategy.

The star-crossed Union officer and Confederate spy find that it is not easy to escape their pasts. On the heels of the battle at Hoover's Gap, James Lockett receives a cryptic message regarding Anna Tucker's whereabouts and impending peril. Will he trust a man who once vowed to kill him? Stymied by General Bragg and the limited passes south through the hills, General Rosecrans and the Union army finally move on Hoover's Gap. Riding with Wilder's new mounted infantry brigade and armed with the experimental repeating Spencer rifle, Lockett and company find surprising success in the seven mile...

In the enormous literature of the Second World War, there are surprisingly few accounts of fighting in the southwest Pacific, fewer still by common infantrymen. This memoir, written with a simple and direct honesty that is rare indeed, follows a foot soldier’s career from basic training to mustering out. It takes the listener into the jungles and caves of New Guinea and the Philippines during the long campaign to win the war against Japan.

It wasn’t easy leaving their home...the place where she and her husband began their marriage, and brought each of their children home to when they were born. It was filled with so many memories of their life together. But their options were few and staying could be deadly. She was terrified until the moment she saw Caleb. He was one of her late husband’s best friends for as long as she could remember. They’d served together in the military for years until her husband’s death during their last mission together that changed everything. Caleb knew what he had to do as soon as he heard ...

A clash of empires. A test of strategy. The battle that nearly changed the fate of Byzantium. In Battle of Dyrrachium, Author Terry Sloan uncovers the gripping story of the 1081 conflict between the rising Norman power under Robert Guiscard and the Byzantine Empire, then struggling to hold its crumbling frontiers. Often overshadowed by the Crusades that would follow just years later, this campaign marks a turning point in medieval European warfare — one defined by bold tactics, cultural rivalry, and a fight for dominance over the Adriatic coast. Through immersive storytelling and sharp ...

Step onto the hallowed ground of one of the Civil War’s most stunning tactical victories. Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield: A Complete Guide to the History, Importance, and Visitor Experience takes readers deep into the story of June 10, 1864, when Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest routed a larger Union army in the fields and forests of Mississippi. This comprehensive guide explores the history, strategies, terrain, and aftermath of the battle, while also offering modern visitors everything they need to plan a meaningful trip to the site. From the leadership of ...

The policy of manifest destiny increased tensions with Mexico in the 1840s. Mexico's northern half formed the western border of the territory bought in the Louisiana Purchase. Naturally, notions of the United States expanding to the Pacific Ocean alarmed Mexico, which held what is today the west coast of the United States. However, Mexico first came to regard American expansion as a serious problem with the immigration of Americans into its northeastern territory.

The United States Camel Corps was a military experiment in the 1850s that brought camels from Egypt and Turkey to Texas and California. The cast of characters in this story is larger than life and includes U.S. Army and Navy officers, explorers, writers, politicians, and diplomats...How long the name of “Camel Corps” has been in existence is unknown, but it has been used in literature for close to a century. What the troopers themselves called the unit remains unknown. The United States Camel Corps looks at the unique unit, from its origins to its record.

Als der ehemalige Special-Forces-Soldat Finn Bollinger gebeten wird, bei einer Undercover-Mission zu helfen, ist er der Aufgabe gewachsen. Sein Job bei Linear Tactical, wo er Zivilisten Überlebenstechniken beibringt, hält ihn ständig in Form, und im Einsatz kann er sich immer noch bestens behaupten.

Dr. Anne Griffin ist zurück in Oak Creek, im Bundesstaat Wyoming, weil sie keine anderen Möglichkeiten hat. Hier war sie immer das schüchterne, stotternde Mädchen, unsichtbar für alle. Für alle außer Zac Mackay. Und er ist der eigentliche Grund, warum sie die Stadt überhaupt verlassen hat.

The war is over, and America is trying to heal, but Clara can take no joy in it. Even as the farm prospers and her family is once more at peace, Clara faces unimaginable grief: she has been unable to carry a child to term, and the loss of her children has nearly destroyed her. She has tried to remain strong for the sake of her family, but now, pregnant again, Clara finds herself consumed with fear - if she loses this baby as well, she is not sure she can go on.