This visual guide to the first World War features illustrated timelines, maps, and first-hand accounts of the action to bring to life the world leaders, key players and soldiers who fought the battles with the weapons and new technologies that changed history.

From the Wright brothers' first powered flight to Concorde's final voyage, Flight takes you sky-high, swooping you through world aviation history. Featuring spectacular photography of iconic aircraft, this book also recounts the feats of pioneers, trailblazers, and jet test pilots, and traces the technological developments so important to aviation's progress. Memorable moments of aerial warfare and record-breaking flights are recalled alongside more...

From Alexander the Great's conquest of the known world to the generals leading today's campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, "Commanders" casts new light on the leaders who are forging history on the battlefield.

Chronicles five millennia of military engagements, including the causes and repercussions of major conflicts, along with profiles of leaders, analyses of key developments in weaponry and technology, and eyewitness battlefield accounts.

From the early pioneers to the latest spaceflight technology, this groundbreaking book charts the inspirational story behind humankind's conquest of the skies. this volume of capsule histories and archival images traces the history of flight with all the sepia-toned authority of a public broadcasting documentary. Sections on space travel, commercial flight and early daredevilry fascinate, but take second stage to the story of flight.

Describes the causes and horrible effects of the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Describes the events that led to the American Revolution, what happened during the war, and how the Americans won the war.

Explains the events that precipitated this war, describes what happened, and analyzes how the results changed our world.

Features primary source material from speeches, letters, and diaries, as well as first-hand experiences of those who experienced the bombing of Hiroshima, and describes the Manhattan Project and the decision to drop the bomb, the extensive destruction, end of the Pacific War, and more.

Examines a system of government that was perhaps the most experimental and risky that the world has known.