Product Description: the black knights is a trilling and unusual story about four fighter pilots serving in the german air force in world war 11. this fascinating tale is based upon extensive research done by the author,j.marcellus burke who was motivated by the scarcity of information about the role that african americans played in world war 11...read more

Product Description: As the largest, deadliest conflict in history, World War II was one of the defining events of the 20th century. Between 1939 and 1945, this massive conflict affected almost every corner of the globe. Readers will get an up-close look at the battles, weapons, and military forces that drove this landmark war...read more

Recreates twenty-five of the most memorable battles of the Second World War, from the invasion of Poland to Okinawa

Product Description: Fully illustrated, this book contains a blow-by-blow account of the greatest battles ever fought, bringing you all the drama from six extraordinary years of conflict. Focuses on the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, Pearl Harbor, Hitler and the SS, Operation Barbarossa, the Holocaust, Stalingrad, the Battle of the Bulge, the Fall of Berlin, and the H bomb...read more

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Product Description: A treatise on the theory of collective behavior, such as panic, craze, violence. Also includes the components of social action, tables of values, norms, mobilization, situational facilities, social action, strain and more.

The New York Times and Maclean’s bestsellerIn January 1943, FDR and Churchill established the Allied objectives for the war: to defeat the Nazi Blitzkrieg; to control the Atlantic sea lanes and the air over western and central Europe; to take the fight to the European mainland; and to end Japan’s imperialism. Astonishingly, a little over a year later, these ambitious goals had nearly all been accomplished. With riveting, tactical detail, The Engineers of Victory reveals how.Paul Kennedy uncovers how the leaders’ grand strategy was practically achieved by the ordinary soldiers, scientists, engineers and businessmen responsible for realizing their commanders’ visions of success. Revealing exactly how thousands of individual Allied planes and fighting ships were choreographed to collectively pull off the invasion of Normandy, Kennedy illuminates how crew chiefs perfected the high-flying and inaccessible B-29 Superfortress that would drop the atomic bombs on Japan.In The Engineers of Victory, Kennedy unearths the real heroes of the war, highlighting for the first time the creative strategies, tactics and organizational decisions that turned the lofty Allied objectives into a successful reality.