What Stalin Knew

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Fiona Macdonald

Examines the childhood, war years, political career, and personal life of the twentieth-century British statesman, soldier, and historian.

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Neil Tonge

Readers learn about the path to power of the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler. This bok describes the reprecussions of World War I, the collapse of democracy and how the Nazi domination of Germany came about. Hiter's dictatorship created a racial state bent on the destruction of the Jewish race and the expansion of Germany. The experience of people affected by the Nazis' rise to power is revealed through powerful primary sources.

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Bruce Tap

The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War generated controversy throughout the war, and its legacy sparks debate even today over whether it invigorated or hampered the Union war effort. In the wake of both critical and sympathetic appraisals, Bruce Tap now offers the first history of the committee's activities, focusing on the nature of its power and influence on military policy in order to show conclusively what the ultimate impact really was. Tap presents solid evidence, including examples of contact between Congress and the military, to show that the committee produced little good and no small amount of harm. As Tap demonstrates, it was in many ways a serious impediment to the war effort, due not to its fanaticism or vindictiveness, as some historians have suggested, but rather to its members' total ignorance of military matters.

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Melissa Whitcraft

Details events that led to the Declaration of Independence and Revolutionary War, looks at major battles including the Battle of Yorktown, and reviews the formation of a United States government.