The World Turns to War weaves stories of combat veterans into an event-by-event history of the war. Includes the words of veterans of all forces — in all theaters of operation. Illustrated by high-quality photographs, full-color images and detailed maps,War Stories: World War II Firsthand™ is the only multi-volume history of the war to include hundreds of first-person interviews and oral history recollections of the soldiers on the ground, the sailors on the high seas and the airme...

Starting with the background of Japan’s rise to military prominence and the Asian country’s aggressive behavior against its neighbors, this graphic history covers all the significant events leading up to that fateful aerial attack on December 7, 1941. Japan’s simultaneous surprise attacks in the Philippines and elsewhere in Asia and the Pacific are included, as is America’s reaction to the bombing of Hawaii. Also includes the introduction to a serialized adventure graphic novel set during ...

This fully-illustrated account details all the major battles, decisions, and outcomes as the Japanese military sought to collapse the United States' principal military enclave in East Asia and seize a country rich in natural and human resources for their Greater East Asia Prosperity Sphere. The planned 50-day campaign took 133 days because they underestimated the grit of their foes. Despite horrendous conditions, lack of air support, food, and medicine, sheer grit compelled the Americans a...

El político pertenece al género literario denominado «espejo de príncipes» o «instrucción de príncipes y caballeros», que se cultivó en Oriente y Occidente. Su fin era ilustrar a quienes iban a ser gobernantes para que administrasen bien la autoridad y el poder en los territorios bajo su soberanía.Tal vez la obra más conocida en este género sea El Príncipe de Maquiavelo, escrita en 1513. Sin embargo, también El político de Baltasar Gracián, escrita en 1640, es uno de los ejemplos más notab...