Popular and scholarly history presents a one-dimensional image of Napoleon as an inveterate instigator of war who repeatedly sought large-scale military conquests. General Franceschi and Ben Weider dismantle this false conclusion in "The Wars Against Napoleon", a brilliantly written and researched study that turns our understanding of the French emperor on its head. Avoiding the simplistic cliches and rudimentary caricatures many historians use when discussing Napoleon, Franceschi and Weider argue persuasively that the caricature of the megalomaniac conqueror who bled Europe white to satisfy his delirious ambitions and insatiable love for war is groundless. By carefully scrutinizing the facts of the period and scrupulously avoiding the sometimes confusing cause and effect of major historical events, they paint a compelling portrait of a fundamentally pacifist Napoleon, one completely at odds with modern scholarly thought.This rigorous intellectual presentation is based upon three principal themes. The first explains how an unavoidable belligerent situation existed after the French Revolution of 1789. The new France inherited by Napoleon was faced with the implacable hatred of reactionary European monarchies determined to restore the ancient regime. All-out war was therefore inevitable unless France renounced the modern world to which it had just painfully given birth. The second theme emphasizes Napoleon's determined efforts ("bordering on an obsession," argue the authors) to avoid this inevitable conflict. The political strategy of the Consulate and the Empire was based on the intangible principle of preventing or avoiding these wars, not on conquering territory. Finally, the authors examine, conflict by conflict, the evidence that Napoleon never declared war.As he later explained at Saint Helena, it was he who was always attacked - not the other way around. His adversaries pressured and even forced the Emperor to employ his unequalled military genius. After each of his memorable victories Napoleon offered concessions, often extravagant ones, to the defeated enemy for the sole purpose of avoiding another war. Lavishly illustrated, persuasively argued, and carefully illustrated with original maps and battle diagrams, "The Wars Against Napoleon" presents a courageous and uniquely accurate historical idea that will surely arouse vigorous debate within the international historical community.

Family members have learned that today, military separation is common and that long deployments are the norm. Coping with everyday problems and hardships by themselves is very difficult, and sometimes leads to loneliness and depression. In his day-to-day counseling of military family members, Marc Maxwell—a Department of Defense Guidance Counselor and veteran of the U. S. military—discovered that many members of his military community were unprepared for these separations. Surviving Military Separation: 365 Days is the helping hand they need to get through their family member’s deployment. Marc quickly discovered his members required something fun, easy to understand, and enjoyable to enact and pass the time. Surviving Military Separation is the first book on the market to provide everyday steps and activities to help guide family members through these particularly trying times.Lavishly illustrated with more than 140 pieces of original art by Val Laolagi, Surviving Military Separation is an activity guidebook created especially for family members of deployed personnel. This unique presentation has 365 days of activities for the entire family. The book’s unique setup and presentation allows readers to break down the long deployment into weeklong chunks, which passes the time much more quickly one step at a time.Surviving Military Separation also includes a section for journal entries where readers communicate their thoughts and feelings for their children and deployed spouse to read at a later time. The guidebook also includes a calendar section to help family members remember important dates, stationary to write their deployed personnel, and a world map to assist family members in locating their deployed loved one. Surviving Military Separation is being released on the heels of the military’s recent announcement of longer deployments. No one should go through a military separation without this book.

Born in a tiny, one-horse town in Ilinois, Gene Moore quickly discovered he had one remarkable gift: an ability to play baseball like a Major League hitter.Before long, Moore was being selected alongside men twice his age to play on the town team. Word spread halfway across the United States about a country boy who could hit the ball a country mile. The Brooklyn Dodgers wanted to take a look at this 15-year-old farm kid, barely old enough to shave. Without a doubt, Moore was set for baseball stardom, but the attack on Pearl Harbor changed everything. Inspired by true events, Playing with the Enemy is a riveting story of a depression-era youth and his brush with destiny. Instead of experiencing the glory of the Major Leagues, war sent Gene’s life careening off into an unexpected and unwanted direction. After a lifetime of experiences jammed into a handful of years, a woman he didn’t know picked him up from a barroom floor, dusted him off, and helped him stand up and be the man he once was. From Sesser, Illinois, to the capture of German submarine U-505, to playing baseball with the enemy, this is a unique and exciting story that will capture the heart of any baseball fan.About the AuthorGary W. Moore is the president and managing partner of Covenant Air & Water, LLC, a motivational speaker, and an accomplished musician. Gene Moore was his father. Gary lives in Bourbonnais, Illinois. JimMorris was a pitcher who made it into the Tampa Bay Devil Rayas as a 35-year-old pitcher and was the subject of the film The Rookie.

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The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook is a comprehensive, practical, and easy-to-follow survival guide, written specifically for new or prospective recruits. The author offers step-by-step instructions and solutions, including helpful charts and graphics, showing the recruit how to prepare both physically and mentally for boot camp. It includes a special eight-week fitness programme specifically designed to improve fitness test scores, study guides, a list of what to bring (and not to bring) to basic training, tips for success, and much more. The Ultimate Basic Training Guidebook was written by a soldier for men and women who want to become soldiers. No one should enter boot camp without having read this book.

An exhaustive evaluation of literature published on the Indian Wars. Articles by leading historians include how to research the wars, build a good library, the best books on Custer and the Little Bighorn, the best books overall on the subject, suggested reading, and much more. Index.

A series of outstanding articles by leading scholars on what Native Americans experienced during our Civil War. Articles include" "Nations Asunder: Western American Indians During the Civil War"; "Minnesota Volunteers and the Coming of the 1862 Dakota War"; "The Most Terrible Stories: The Minnesota Dakota War and White Imagination"; "Stand Watie at First and Second Cabin Creek"; and interview with a leading historian, a look at Wisconsin's 1832 Black Hawk War Trail and much more, including book reviews, index.