Product Description: The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, marked a critical turning point in the European theater of World War II. The massive landing on France's coast had been meticulously planned for three years, and the Allies anticipated a quick and decisive defeat of the German forces...read more

Product Description: While scholarship abounds on the diplomatic and security aspects of the Cold War, very little attention has been paid to military planning at the operational level. In Blueprints for Battle, experts from Russia, the United States, and Europe address this dearth by closely examining the military planning of NATO and Warsaw Pact member nations from the end of World War II to the beginning of détente...read more

Presents a study of the Ludendorff Offensives of 1918 based extensively on key German records. This book demonstrates how the German failure to exploit the vulnerabilities in the BEF's rail system led to the failure of the first two offensives, and how inadequacies in the German rail system determined the outcome of the last three offensives.

A collection of articles and essays from the pages of Vietnam magazine chronicles the events, people, battles, strategies, and controversies of the Vietnam War, with contributions by Col. David H. Hackworth, General Walter Kerwin, Jim Bennett, and Col. Richard D. Duckworth, among others. Reprint.

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