This book explains why the earliest cities had grid-form street systems, what conditions led to their being overwhelmingly preferred for 5000 years throughout the world, why the Founding Fathers wanted…

In this fiery speech, John Brown Gordon, a former Confederate general and governor of Georgia, rails against the Reconstruction policies of the federal government and the perceived injustices suffered by…

The Tank In Action (1920) is a historical book written by Douglas Gordon Browne, which provides a detailed account of the use of tanks during World War I. The book…

This study of the Norman conquest of Southern Italy focuses on the eight sons of Tancred of Hauteville, especially Robert Guiscard and his youngest brother Roger, and discusses how they…

When anti-colonial revolts broke out in Spain’s American colonies in the early 1800s, the United States were divided as to what position to take. Proximity and America’s own anti-colonial ethos…

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1904 Original Publisher: C. Scribner’s sons Subjects: United States Confederate States of America Generals History / United States / Civil War Period…

The Browning 50-cal has become the longest serving weapon in the US inventory. The fifty has been employed in every imaginable role for a machine gun. It is considered such…

What similarities exist between the reasons for Labour losing office in 2010 and those behind why previous Labour governments were defeated? This edited volume provides a detailed historical appraisal which…