January 1895. On a freezing morning in the heart of Paris, an army officer, Georges Picquart, witnesses a convicted spy, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of twenty thousand spectators baying 'Death to the Jew!' The officer is rewarded with promotion: Picquart is made the French army's youngest colonel and put in command of 'the Statistical Section' -- the shadowy intelligence unit that tracked down Dreyfus. The spy, meanwhile,...

The second volume in a trilogy chronicling the liberation of Europe during World War II focuses on the Allied campaigns in Sicily and Italy, detailing the bloody battles at Salerno, Anzio, and Monte Cassino, as well as the June 1944 liberation of Rome.

From the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, the frozen battlefields of Korea, the sweltering jungles of Vietnam, to the blistering sands of Iraq, this is war as you have never seen it before. This is the story of war that can only be told by the men and women who experienced it. In this collection, four generations of veterans recall the horrors of engagement and the relationships they forged under the most harrowing circumstances, providing a perspective...

Plunge headlong into the great battles and meet the heroes that have shaped the armed forces. With a combination of government documents, combat footage and extensive interviews, this set tells the story of all five branches of the military.

In Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill takes us inside America’s new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill individuals designated by the president as enemies. Drawn from the ranks of the Navy SEALs, Delta Force, former Blackwater and other private security contractors, the CIA’s Special Activities Division and...

The tiny village of Andrados becomes an unholy battleground as rival forces fight to control the Gateway of God, an out-of-the-way pass through the mountains of western Spain.

Sharpe must return from Spain to London to investigate why his supply of recruits has dried up. It's 1813, and Sharpe discovers a corrupt political enemy has diverted his recruits to sell them at auction. When he gets close to the source, the ring leaders try to kill him. Sharpe risks charges of treason to expose corruption at the highest level. The novel exposes the recruiting practices that, in fact, scandalized England and brought down prominent...

Captain Richard Sharpe prepares to lead his men against the army of Napoleon at Talavera in what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. After their cowardly loss of the regiment's colors, the men's resentment toward the upstart Sharpe turns to treachery, and Sharpe must fight to redeem the honor of his regiment.

Richard Sharpe is twice a hero in Wellington's campaign against Napoleon, and is looking forward to promotion and eager to be in the leading edge of battle.

In 1814 Richard Sharpe and his small force of Rifleman face overwhelming odds after being abandoned deep in French territory.