Best of
Military-History

1940

Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command


Douglas Southall Freeman - 1940
    A sweeping narrative that presents a multiple biography against the flame-shot background of the American Civil War, it is the story of the great figures of the Army of Northern Virginia who fought under Robert E. Lee.The Confederacy won resounding victories throughout the war, but seldom easily or without tremendous casualties. Death was always on the heels of fame, but the men who commanded—among them Jackson, Longstreet, and Ewell—developed as leaders and men. Lee's Lieutenants follows these men to the costly battle at Gettysburg, through the deepening twilight of the South's declining military might, and finally to the collapse of Lee's command and his formal surrender in 1865. To his unparalleled descriptions of men and operations, Dr. Freeman adds an insightful analysis of the lessons learned and their bearing upon the future military development of the nation. Accessible at last in a one-volume edition abridged by noted Civil War historian Stephen W. Sears, Lee's Lieutenants is essential reading for all Civil War buffs, students of war, and admirers of the historian's art as practiced at its very highest level.

The March of the Barbarians


Harold Lamb - 1940
    Mongol conquests & empire by Genghis Khan & his decendants.The Steppes of AsiaThe Emperors on HorsebackThe Book of the KuriltaiThe Book of the Western MarchThe Book of the Three Great LadiesThe Book of Tsar BatuThe Book of Kublai KhanThe Consequences...of All the RussiasAfterwordThe SourcesThe Mongolian SagasThe Chinese Histories & TravelersThe Persian & Arabic ChroniclersThe Eastern ChristiansThe Standard HistoryGeneralThe TransliterationIndex