A vivid recollection from four veteran German commanders describes their experiences on the Eastern Front of World War II, how they counted on an easy victory, and the horrendous conditions--including the land, the weather, the distance, and the people--they endured when fighting the Russians. Reprint.

Product Description: An unprecedented look at German operations on the Russian Front during World War II.The Anvil of War collects U.S. Army–commissioned reports by two highly ranked German officers who served on the disastrous Russian Front: Military Improvisations During the Russian Campaign, German Defense Tactics Against Russian Breakthroughs by Erhard Raus, and Operations of Encircled Forces by Oldwig von Natzmer...read more

Product Description: The most intriguing “what if” scenarios of the most important battles of the American Civil War.In this alternate history, the roads and the battlefields are the same; the weather is still humid and sultry and still takes its toll on tired men; weapons retain their imperfect capabilities; and the men are the same collection of heroes, villains, and ordinary soldiers...read more

Product Description: Leading specialists on the Cold War examine how close we came to WWIII and how that horrifying scenario would have looked.The ambitions and fears of the two Cold War superpowers were played out in a series of proxy wars across the globe—in Korea, Vietnam, Egypt, Syria, and Afghanistan...read more

Product Description: A never-before-seen look into the dangerous job of scouting during the American Civil War.Scouting for Grant and Meade is comprised of the popular recollections of Judson Knight, former chief scout of the Army of the Potomac from August 1864 to June 1865...read more

Product Description: What might have been if the Allied invasion of Europe in June 1944 didn’t have the same outcome? In Disaster at D-Day, historian Peter G. Tsouras shows us what could have been, if only a few things had happened differently. From the slight repositioning of units to the presence of certain commanders; Tsouras gives an in-depth description of not only what could have been, but just how close it was to happening...read more

Product Description: La Segunda Guerra Mundial concluyo con la derrota de la Alemania nazi en mayo de 1945. Con su vision obstinada y fanatica de la realidad, y dejando tras de si un rastro de millones de muertos, Hitler condujo a su pais al abismo. Algunas de las decisiones personales del dictador germano, como la ofensiva aerea contra Gran Bretana, la invasion de la Union Sovietica, la renuncia a invadir Malta o la arriesgada apuesta del ataque sobre Kursk, se demostraron como graves equivocaciones, pero que habria ocurrido si un Hitler mas lucido hubiera tomado otras decisiones a lo largo del conflicto? En este conjunto de trabajos, seleccionados por Peter G...read more

Based on a series of fascinating What ifs" posed by leading military historians, this intriguing new alternate history reconstructs moments during the American Civil War which could conceivably have altered the entire course of the war and led to a Confederate victory. Commencing with real battles, actions and characters, each scenario has been carefully constructed to reveal how at points of decision a different choice or minor incident could have set in motion an entirely new train of events altering history forever. What if Sherman was stalled outside Atlanta, and Lincoln lost the crucial 1864 election? Or if Stuart's Cavalry at Gettysburg arrived in time to give Lee the freedom of operation he lacked in reality? These and many more convincing scenarios are played out against the dramatic and colorful backdrop of this critical and bloody era of American history.

Product Description: Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.E.), who reigned as king of Macedonia for only thirteen years, set a flame of conquest that introduced the dynamism of Hellenism to the Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and South Asian worlds. Re-creating their ossified cultures, he established a standard of leadership and military conquest that the most successful of Roman emperors, medieval knights, and steppe barbarians would never truly match...read more

Product Description: Once too often in the War Between the States, Great Britain’s support for the Confederacy takes it to the brink of war with the Union. The escape of a British-built Confederate ironclad finally ignites the heap of combustible animosities and national interests...read more

A 'what-if' study of World War II looks at how the course of the war could have been altered key events had gone another way or if alternative decision had been made, in a volume featuring the contributions of ten leading historians who offer a collection of thought-provoking scenarios. Reprint.

Ten leading military historians offer a speculative look at what would have happened in the Pacific during the Second World War and the repercussions for the United States if Japan had been victorious, presenting a series of fact-based alternate scenarios and insights about the war. Reprint.