The Impossible Mission Films
A long-time staple of Hollywood action films set in wartime is the Impossible Mission. A small group of highly-trained soldiers and assassins attempt an extraordinarily difficult operation behind enemy lines.
Read MoreA long-time staple of Hollywood action films set in wartime is the Impossible Mission. A small group of highly-trained soldiers and assassins attempt an extraordinarily difficult operation behind enemy lines.
Read MoreThe author begins by stating that this is about the 'software' of war, as he terms it, concentrating on actual battles and the events surrounding them.
Read MoreThis book is important for understanding the mindset and background of the typical Iranian "revolutionary" - who were almost without exception shown to be as ignorant as they were idealistic.
Read MoreGerald Astor takes the reader from a survey of the early days of naval aviation, and the first Marine aviator up through Marine legends and the Generals and Admirals who pointed the way.
Read MoreThis is a good introduction to those who are just getting interested in studying the period and is a good primer for those interested in the Marines in World War II.
Read MoreWorld War I films have a commonality - senseless mass charges into machine-gun fire, tangles of barbed wire, clouds of poison gas, and denuded landscapes.
Read MoreDirector Steven Soderbergh uses black and white film, along with old cameras in an attempt to re-create the style and feel of classic noir cinema.
Read MoreIron Ghost is a film-noir murder-mystery set during the fall of Berlin in 1945 and concerns a sinister vigilante who prowls the rubble-strewn streets in search of Nazi party members attempting to flee the city.
Read MoreFolsom's volume will provide one of the best glimpses of the human dimension of war that you will ever read. It is a special book written by an author not afraid to share his innermost thoughts and emotions with his readers.
Read MoreProfessor Paul Cartledge, author of Thermopylae. The Battle That Changed The World, takes a timely look at the real battle of Thermopylae, the battle dramatised in the recent cinematic release 300.
Read MoreCould the attack on Pearl Harbor have been stopped? Could the thousands of lost American lives in the horrific fighting in the Pacific been prevented?
Read MoreIke was successful in many of the unusual situations during World War II because he was "a regular guy."
Read MoreThe story focuses on an American Special Forces squad that seeks to sabotage secret Nazi plans to acquire mystical artefacts and conduct occult experiments.
Read MoreFellow actor Jimmy Stewart said that John Wayne stamped AMERICA across the face of the motion picture industry. Quite a tribute.
Read MoreThe book traces the recent history of Hezbollah terrorists in America and the rise and fall of a cell that operated in Charlotte from 1992 to 2002.
Read MorePalgrave Books has created the Great Generals series to feature the stories of eminent military leaders who changed history in the US and abroad.
Read MoreCommon Foe examines the uneasy coalition between two groups of soldiers trapped in a ruined town. During a lull in the fighting, a sinister new enemy emerges on the battlefield.
Read MoreIn an era of colorful uniforms, perhaps some of the most vibrant belonged to the Mamelukes, the fearsome horsemen from the Middle East.
Read MoreThis month saw the explosive conclusion to the Battler Britton: Bloody Good Show miniseries. It does not sugar-coat the reality of war, or present larger-than life heroes.
Read MorePeter Barton has added an invaluable piece of work to the volume of books dealing with the First World War.
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