This history of the Korean War focuses on the 11-month command of General MacArthur, who, according to this account, almost single-handedly took America into the conflict. Historian Weintraub examines MacArthur's character and decision-making as well as the effect both of those had on American troops.
This World War I history tells the strange and compelling true story of December, 1914, when combatants from both sides put down their arms and observed a cease fire.
Weintraub details the sweeping drama of three of Americas greatest five-star generals--Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Marshall--who led the U.S. to victory in World War II, and who shaped the following decades with their larger-than-life legacies as rivals, peers, and friends.
A biography of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who married Queen Victoria in 1840. A man of considerable ability and intelligence, Prince Albert was denied a formal role in the government of England but, as Prince Consort, exercised great influence on Queen Victoria's policies.
Lionel Rothschild (of the British Jewish banking family) and his wife, the much younger, very beautiful, and decidedly German Charlotte are the subjects of this dual biography, which dissects many aspects of the Victorian world: domesticity, business, anti-Semitism, and politics.
From the author of "Silent Night" comes another work of history destined to become a Christmas classic--the story of General George Washington's efforts to make it home to Mount Vernon for Christmas, as the peace treaty with England signaled the end of the American Revolution.
This startling new history of the Revolutionary War, told for the first time from the perspective of both the colonists and the colonizers, demonstrates that for the Americans, it was a war of rebellion, for the British, it became their Vietnam.
The acclaimed author of Victoria and Long Day's Journey into War offers a brilliant new biography not just of one of the era's most extraord inary political and literary figures, but of the Victorian Age itself. Photos.
This biography of the Prince of Wales who became Edward VII tells of his long wait to succeed his mother, Queen Victoria, and of his somewhat self-indulgent lifestyle and eventual maturing. Born Albert Edward, he had to wait until age 51 before he ascended the throne.
It was a white Christmas in the Ardennes Forest in 1944, but that was cold comfort to the Allied soldiers trying to stop the Nazis from retaking Belgium in one of the most decisive battles of World War II. Despite the bleak conditions, General Pattons soldiers would go on to win a battle and a war.
This biography of Victoria highlights the many dramas of her life. For example, she was fatherless at eight months and treated poorly by her family, but survived to become the only English queen comparable to Elizabeth I. The character of Victoria herself, stubborn and vital, is also drawn out.
As the art world gears up for the 100th anniversary of Whistler's death, "a sparkling narrative that gives us a very intimate account of the artist's life. "-Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review. He was the most notorious and misunderstood American artist of his time, and also the most influential. To this day James Abbott McNeill Whistler ...
"The Last Great Victory" recounts the final 30 days of World War II. Events at Potsdam, Alamogordo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki are among the highlights of this story.
This journey captures the whirlwind events sweeping the world on December 7, 1941. In this riveting recreation of events in countries all over the world, the scope of the turning point of World War II comes to unforgettable life.
On Christmas Eve in the early years of World War I, men on both sides left their trenches, laid down their arms and joined in a spontaneous celebration. For a brief time the war stopped, the enemies met in no-man's land and buried their dead, exchanged gifts and even played football together. The stories of men who were there illuminate the ...
"The Last Great Victory" recounts the final 30 days of World War II. Events at Potsdam, Alamogordo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki are among the highlights of this story.
From Pearl Harbor to the Russian front lines outside Moscow, Stanley Weintraub has woven the events of the 20th century's most momentous day into a monumental, hour-by-hour chronicle of an entire world at war. This is brilliant, gripping history--as overwhelming as the fateful weekend it puts into global perspective.
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 will live in history as a great moment--the hour the Armistice went into effect, bringing an end to the First World War. Guns were silenced, and worldwide the great and small alike celebrated the end of 51 months of fighting. In this magnificent book, Stanley Weintraub recreates ...
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