Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity
J. E. Lendon
480 pages | Yale University Press | June 15, 2005 | Rapidshare | 5.6 MB
From Publishers Weekly
A classical scholar displays formidable scholarship and dense prose in this history of combat in the classical world from the Illiad to the fall of Rome. Because of the comparatively static technology-there was less change in weaponry, Lendon argues, during the whole period than between 1910 and 1940-the individual heroism depicted in the Illiad casts a very long shadow. When the Greeks invented the phalanx, the competition shifted its basis: now individuals competed to see who held his place in the formation best, and whole phalanxes competed to see which one presented the most solid wall of spear points. In other highlights along this difficult journey, we find the Romans also had a tradition, whether Homeric in origin or not, of the individual commander engaging his opposite and stripping him of his armor as a trophy, which led to the future Emperor Titus performing heroic feats of arms in the siege of Jerusalem. The varying arrangements of cohorts (about three times the size of a maniple) involved makes the plethora of illustrations here essential. Witty, erudite and painstaking , this book rewards the serious reader who marches (in whatever formation) to the end.

Jim Bradbury, "The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare"
Routledge | 2004-04-08 | ISBN: 0415221269 | 352 pages | PDF | 5 MB

This comprehensive volume provides easily accessible factual material on all major areas of warfare in the medieval west. The whole geographical area of medieval Europe, including eastern Europe, is covered, including essential elements from outside Europe such as Byzantine warfare, nomadic horde invasions and the Crusades. The author examines practical topics including castle architecture, with examinations of specific castles, ship building techniques, improvements in armor, specific weapons, and developments in areas such as arms and armor, fortifications, tactics and supply.

The Fall of Berlin 1945
Viking Adult | 2002-05-13 | ISBN: 0670030414 | 512 pages | rar'd html | 6MB

By December 1944, many of the 3 million citizens of Berlin had stopped giving the Nazi salute, and jokes circulated that the most practical Christmas gift of the season was a coffin. And for good reason, military historian Antony Beevor writes in this richly detailed reconstruction of events in the final days of Adolf Hitler's Berlin. Following savage years of campaigns in Russia, the Nazi regime had not only failed to crush Bolshevism, it had brought the Soviet army to the very gates of the capital. That army, ill-fed and hungry for vengeance, unloosed its fury on Berlin just a month later in a long siege that would cost hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides. But as Beevor recounts, the siege was also marked by remarkable acts of courage and even compassion. Drawing on unexplored Soviet and German archives and dozens of eyewitness accounts, Beevor brings us a harrowing portrait of the battle and its terrible aftermath, which would color world history for years to follow. --Gregory McNamee

P. Rietbergen "Europe: A Cultural History"
Routledge | 1998-12-07 | ISBN: 0415172306 | 512 pages | PDF | 5MB

This major contribution to the idea of Europe sweeps the continent from its Celtic and German origins through the influence of the Greeks and Romans to the fruitful--and sometimes bloody--contacts with other cultures.
Peter Rietbergen portrays Europe's history as a series of four grand phases of continuity and change set in the context of political, social and economic developments. These phases are new forms of: surviving; believing; looking at man and the world; and consumption and communication. Rietbergen's descriptions are supported by a selection of illuminating excerpts such as: Chaucer's description of London in 1378; Michelangelo on Italian art; and popular music lyrics of Iron Maiden and Sting.

Samuel Willard Crompton " Cyrus the Great"
Chelsea House Publications | 2008-06-30 | ISBN: 079109636X | 112 pages | PDF | 5,1 MB

University of Nebraska Press | 2007-07-01 | 298 pages | PDF | 1 MB

In this groundbreaking work, David Raub Snyder offers a nuanced investigation into the German army’s prosecution and punishment of sex offenders during the Second World War. In so doing, Snyder restores balance to the literature regarding the military administration of justice under Hitler and to the historiography of sexuality and the Third Reich. Although scholars have devoted considerable attention to military offenses, the literature is largely silent about crimes punishable under civilian law.

Routledge | 2009-01-23 | 416 pages | PDF | 3,1 MB

"Themes in Modern European History 1890-1945" brings together an international team of scholars to address an eclectic range of developments and issues in European history in the period between 1890 and the end of the Second World War. This lively collection of essays adopts a thematic approach, in order to explore comprehensively a period of great change and upheaval in Europe. Concentrating on the main powers in Europe, from Germany, Italy and Russia, to the UK and France, the book links together developments in society, the economy, politics and culture, and establishes them in their political framework.Specially commissioned chapters discuss key issues such as: popular culture, the relationship between East and West, intellectual and cultural trends, the origins and impact of two world wars, communism, dictatorship and liberal democracy, and the relationship of Europe with the wider world. Including a chronology, maps and a glossary, as well as suggestions for further reading, this comprehensive volume is an invaluable and authoritative resource for students of modern European history.

Debolsillo | 2005-10 | 240 pages | PDF | 6MB

A XIX century secret society of superfamilies, currently led by the Bush clan, rules the world through an intricate plan that has masterminded everything from WWII, Kennedy's assasination and the Vietnam War, to international drug smuggling, high oil prices and the september 11th attacks, their most recent plot, hatched to justify the current Iraq War. WOW! Hilarious
This book is very interesting from every point of view, it opens the reader's eyes and takes him to several unthinkable points of view. The author saturates the reader with material, references and facts that should not be taken lightly, this book os for the smart reader, for the reader who searches for contemporary and unmanipulated information.