A war orphan rises from her humble beginnings to become a powerful military commander, and perhaps her country's only hope for survival. "When Rin aced the Keju--the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to study at the academies--it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn't believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin's guardians, who always thought they'd be able to marry Rin off to...

What does it take to become one of the finest soldiers in the world? Find out in this exciting look inside the U.S. Army's basic combat training.

he Time of the Hero, translated to more than thirty languages, is set in the Leoncio Prado Military School. The protagonists of the novel, a group of young people who are "educated" in a ruthless, violent military discipline, learn to survive in an atmosphere in which racial, social, and economic prejudice is deeply rooted; where everyone shows a false fa?ade, and the transgression of established norms seems to be the only out. The edition is completed...

What does it take to become a member of the United States Navy? Find out in this exciting look inside the U.S. Navy's training program.

"Based on the novel series An ember in the ashes by Sabbaa Tahir."

Over the past several years Zakhar Prilepin has emerged as a discovery in the world of prose fiction. Drawing on his experiences of peacetime labor in Putin's Russia, as well as his service with the Russian Special Forces in Chechnya, Zakhar Prilepin creates in the novel "Sin" an outstanding and controversial piece of work. In the episodes of Zakharka's happy life, in non-chronological order, the reader sees him as a little boy, a bitterly drinking...

This eBook examines the top 10 bloodiest conflicts in human history. It provides an analysis of each war's origins, overall deaths, and their impact on history.

The three decades spanning the 1940's through the 1960's were influential in creating present day America. Beginning with the Manhattan Project and continuing to the Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon, the country experienced change on an unparalleled basis: the G.I. Bills in the 1940's, the development of suburbia and the supermarket in the 1950's, the emergence of television and fast food franchises in the 1960's, all led to vast changes in how Americans...

The Vietnam War represented a watershed not only in American and Vietnamese history but also internationally. It wasn't just a battle between two nations, but between two ideologies, two military strategies and a fight for the hearts and minds of two vastly different national populations. Few conflicts in global history symbolize as much as Vietnam. From the civil rights movement to the role of the media in warfare, the Vietnam War was unique in...

Accidental Soldier depicts Richard B. Schwartz's military experiences, first as an ROTC cadet at the University of Notre Dame and finally as an Army veteran teaching in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1959, Vietnam was little more than a word on a map; within ten years, Americans saw the Tet Offensive and their campuses in flames. Schwartz was at the ground zeroes of that time, teaching at the United States Military Academy from 1967-69 and then going to the...