War Conflicts

Both the history of the American West and the history of the world contain numerous examples of opposing forces engaged in conflict over religious, economic, or social issues. For example, in the American West, tragedies include the conflict between small farmers and social bandits against wealthy elites, the Indian Wars, and the industrial conflict between wageworkers and big business. In world history, the American Civil War, the serfdom of tsarist Russia, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict all represent tragedies. In the American West, small farmers and social bandits challenged an ...

The Great Northern War, fought from 1700-1721, gets its name from the fact the war focused on the Baltic, but the battlefields extended into Germany and deep into Poland and Ukraine. Sweden was a military power with a small empire in the Baltic, while Russia was still a landlocked place, backward when compared to the rest of Europe, not very powerful, and highly xenophobic. The Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth was still powerful, and the Cossacks were still free.

"Vanished is a scientific, political, environmental, and medical thriller where the action begins from the first line and doesn’t let up until the very end. It’s a page-turning rollercoaster ride and is highly recommended." Readers' Favorite A ship washes ashore in the Philippines without a single crew member aboard. All residents of an alpine village disappear without a trace. Connecting the two events is the appearance of strange, metallic spheres and scorch marks in both locations. An NSA team led by agents Alton and Mallory Blackwell discover a link between the disappearances and a ...

"Invasion Protocol" is a gripping science fiction thriller that follows the journey of Hunter, a former government agent with ties to Area 51, who embarks on a relentless search for his missing daughter. His investigation leads him to a mysterious figure named Jaii, whom he suspects is a shape-shifting alien responsible for his daughter's disappearance. As Hunter delves deeper into the enigmatic world of extraterrestrial conspiracies, he stumbles upon a chilling revelation—a sinister plot for the extinction of humanity. With his daughter's life in peril, Hunter teams up with Jo, a ...

In his timely new audiobook, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putin's autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine? In My Russia: War or Peace? Shishkin traces the roots of Russia's problems, from the 'Kievan Rus' via the Grand Duchy of Moscow, empire, revolution and Cold War, to the now thirty-year-old Russian Federation.

Peace always comes at a cost. The Execution Fleet of the R’armimon has arrived and the annihilation of the Tansian system seems inevitable. Hope rests on Maia finding the artifacts which, if the seer of the R’armimon is to be believed, will give her a chance to save her planet. But her quest seems near impossible. With only her friends to rely on, Maia fights hard, hoping to deliver a miracle to Tansi. Against all odds and in the unlikeliest of places, she finds faith, happiness, and love. But will it lift her up and make her dreams of peace come true? Or will it only leave her broken ...

When a highly sophisticated missile guidance device, developed in US, finds itself in the hands of an unscrupulous group of rebels in Afghanistan and were planning to escalate the tension in the region by targeting cities throughout the middle east. The US President was demanding every resource to be used to find these missiles but without success. Back in the middle of the Indian Ocean, a couple of young sailors find themselves caught up in these world events by just being anchored in the wrong place at the wrong time. There world is turned into a living nightmare as they unwittingly ...

Among all of the conflicts that took place in American history, the War of 1812 is one of the most unique wars that helped to shape many of the important American milestones in the years to come. It was also a battle of surprises and irony, as well. Firstly, the weaknesses of both parties ultimately ended up being their respective strengths in the two years of constant fighting that started off in 1812. Secondly, the War of 1812 was the most pointless series of conflicts for the parties involved, as the geographical borders ultimately reverted to what they were before the war.

Her plans for her Europe trip didn’t include falling in love! When Tiffany Gallagher flies to London to spend the holidays with her family, volunteering at a homeless shelter on Christmas Day isn’t part of her plan. Nor is having to travel to Edinburgh with Mac, the wounded and cynical Scottish photojournalist also volunteering at the shelter, to get the Scottish New Year's Eve she'd dreamed of, a real Hogmanay. Returning to London determined to prove to her family and to herself that she's good at something other than shopping, she sets up an ambitious back-to-work partnership between ...

What if the true impact of the Napoleonic Wars has been misunderstood? Immerse yourself in an era of colossal battles, revolutionary military strategies, and a world forever altered by Napoleon Bonaparte’s relentless ambition. The Napoleonic Wars offers you a front-row seat to a time when the fate of nations hung in the balance.

A short story. A prequel to the Knights of Acre series. In the scorching summer of 1191, as the Third Crusade rages on, Sir Alaric of Normandy finds himself at the heart of a treacherous plot that threatens to unravel everything he holds dear. On the eve of a crucial battle against Saladin's forces near the strategic city of Arsuf, Alaric uncovers a shocking conspiracy led by the ambitious Lord de Marcy and his own mentor, Sir Geoffrey. Torn between loyalty and duty, Alaric must navigate a dangerous web of deceit as he races against time to expose the betrayal and save the Crusader army ...

In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the fourth century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of antiquity’s greatest empire.

The Spanish Civil War: The History and Legacy of the Controversial Conflict That Established Francisco Franco’s Dictatorship in Spain examines one of the 20th century’s most important wars and how it affected the world. You will learn about the Spanish Civil War like never before.

The war between the Human Council of Worlds and their allies against the evil Infinite Empire was rapidly approaching crisis point. The Empire were massing a huge fleet under the command of an accomplished strategist with the aim to smash human military capability into submission, which they reasoned would cause the rebellion of the Empire's rebel races to collapse. Defence of Human space was being organised by the veteran Admiral Ng but with so few resources to call on he could not afford to meet the enemy in open battle and their allies were too embroiled in their own survival to render ...

ADHD as a child, David Egee suffered through many years of reading and writing impairment. "I was ADHD before the expression became a household word.” Egee overcame his learning handicap to become the Director of the American Hospital in Beirut at the age of 35, dealing with such Middle Eastern luminaries as Yasser Arafat and Muammar Gaddafi. Later, he established hospitals throughout the Middle East, just before the region exploded. In the 1980s, he worked for Hospital Corp. of America (HCA) in England, setting up nursing homes. When HCA bowed out of Britain, he founded his own nursing ...

Volume I Battle Fatigue It's hell on Earth in the explosive battlefields of the former North Korea. Two Corps, Chinese and Korean/American, are slugging it out to decide the fate of the Korean Peninsula as World War Three rages on. SSG Denise Ware is in the thick of the battle with her four ground combat drones, screening the Corps from attack from a Chinese Armored Regiment. The action comes quickly to the drone drivers as they fight to keep the massed Chinese armor from attacking the flank of IV Corps. Will the drones win or lose, or will the Chinese overrun IV Corps and destroy Korea’s...

Did you ever wonder what it was like to live 500,000 years ago? Jump into the savannah and join the Logok tribe in a primitive world full of peril in a time when humans were at the mercy of the wrath of nature and fellow humans alike. For all the love, loyalty and courage in the tribe, hatred, wickedness and treachery was on the rise and threatened the lives of all. War, disease, famine, and the vile deeds of villainous traitors abound in the ancient world. Can one man stand against it all? Can the Keeper of the Flame save what is good in humanity before all is lost? Only the tales of the ...

In six days, the 1967 Arab-Israeli War dramatically changed the geopolitical structure of the Middle East, as Israel occupied the Golan Heights, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula. Surrounded by hostile armies, the Israeli Defense Forces launched a preemptive strike that destroyed their adversary’s air power and paved the way for an overwhelming victory on the ground. Today, the region and the world continues to struggle over Israel’s occupation of these areas. Because the Arab states and the United Nations do not acknowledge Israel’s right to ...

A conflict is haunting the East Slavs, the Slavic world, Europe, and the people of European ancestry elsewhere in the world. It is the conflict in Ukraine. How the peoples of Ukraine and Russia, countries that are offshoots of Kievan Rus, took the engineered path that led to the largest military conflict in Europe since World War Two, is presented succinctly by this authoritative account. The author takes the reader through the nature of the grievances, policies, and actions—covert and open—that led the Ukrainian people to the primrose path that culminated in a civil war and a war with ...

What is War? Nobody can really say. “Everybody was in a different War. Nobody's War is quite the same as anyone else's.” These words were from a Vietnam Veteran counselor. Truer words have never been spoken, so in this book we don't try to answer the question. Instead we bring you thoughtful stories not only of War, but the people affected, and the aftermath. In this book you'll find stories of alternative Wars as imagined by 26 authors of speculative fiction. Perhaps some of them will provide some insight into why we keep repeating what simply seems like a really bad idea.