Category: People
A Study in Suffering — How One Army Surgeon Captured the Painful Aftermath of Waterloo
“At a time when most European artists saw fit to immortalize the glory and heroism of battle, Charles Bell’s work called attention to the distressing aftermath of 19th century warfare.” DOCTOR CHARLES BELL, a Scottish born…
From Presidential Aide to Battleship Commander — How Captain John McCrea Fought Two Very Different Wars
“McCrea was selected for these vastly different assignments for one reason: He had the right stuff to take on great responsibility.” By Julia C. Tobey FEW NAVAL OFFICERS can boast a career as distinguished as…
The Puppet Masters – How Japan’s Military Established a Vassal State in Inner Mongolia
“Japan propped up the region’s fledgling nationalist movement as a means to to further destabilize China, as well as to provide a strategic glacis in the event of a larger war with the Soviet Union.”…
Ernest Hemingway’s Secret War – Was America’s Foremost Writer Really a Spy?
“Thanks to newly revealed documents, this amazing story can now be told in its entirety for the first time.” By Nicholas Reynolds ERNEST HEMINGWAY was one of the most celebrated and influential writers of the…
The Birth of the SAS — How a Paralyzed British Officer Dreamed Up the Elite Commando Unit from a Hospital Bed
“The commandos were intended to be Britain’s storm troops, volunteers selected and trained to carry out destructive raids against Axis targets.” No Allied commando unit in World War Two could match the record of Britain’s Special…
The Third Reich’s Fifth Column – 12 Germans Who Stood Up to the Nazis
“You did not bear the shame. You resisted.” TODAY, THE BENDLERBLOCK is an innocuous looking office building in the Berlin’s Tiergarten district. But in 1944, the site was a key army headquarters. It was also ground-zero for…
