Alan Axelrod

George S. Patton was a general who achieved greatness in his field by contradicting his own nature....

Calling all Dapper Dans and Oomph Girls - take a ride through the American lexicon at its most inventive....

Known by his troops in World War II as "The GI General" because of his close identification with the men under his command, Omar Bradley commanded the U. S. Twelfth Army Group in Europe....

The typical military history presents a chronicle of battles and wars and the commanders and troops who fought them. This book takes a different approach. It presents battles and wars and people aplenty, but they are not its ultimate subjects....

“History is just one damn thing after another.” This book argues that history is not about “things” at all but is all about turning points—the decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes, and failures on which the shape of a nation’s life—our lives—depends....