Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known. But it is the American commander-in-chief...

Acclaimed scholar Ian Kershaw's analysis of the pivotal years of World War I and World War II profiles the key decision makers and the violent shocks of war as they affected the entire European continent and radically altered the course of European history. Kershaw identifies four major causes for this catastrophe: an explosion of ethnic-racist nationalism, bitter and irreconcilable demands for territorial revisionism, acute class conflict given concrete...

"Describes causes and events leading up to the Revolutionary War"--Provided by publisher.

On June 17, 1775, the entire dynamic of the newborn American Revolution was changed. If the Battle of Lexington and Concord was, in the immortal words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the "shot heard round the world," Bunker Hill was the volley that rocked Britain's Parliament and the ministry of King George III to its core. The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first hostile engagement of the Revolution between two organized armies, and the first time that a...

Presents an illustrated history of the main events of the American Revolution.

Discusses how some of the Europe countries joined the fighting in World War I.

Relying on Brennan's unparalleled scientific abilities and Booth's streetwise instincts, the sexy crime-solving duo and their team face everything from modern-day witches to murdered rock-n-rollers as they scramble for evidence to stop a gruesome serial killer. This spectacular new season brings a wedding, the show's landmark 100th episode, and decisions Bones and Booth must make that could change their lives, forever!

Temperance Brennan is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist in Washington, DC. FBI Agent Seeley Booth calls on her to assist with investigations when the standard methods of identifying a body are useless, when the remains are badly decomposed, burned or destroyed beyond recognition.

Provides a brief introduction to the events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese bombers in December, 1941.

Relates the story of the teenager who changed world history when he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and started the First World War, and discusses the lasting repercussions this event has had on the Balkans over the last century.