When Gettysburg came to a close, over 21,000 Confederate and Union wounded were left to the care of the local community. Patterson examines the impact of the battle on civilians, and looks at the medical treatment available for Civil War wounded.

Each book in this series discusses the stategies, tactics and weapons of the two World Wars, and brings to life how these were deployed. This volume examines the progress of a conflict involving more combatants across a wide range of battlefields that any other in history.

Each volume in this series provides a history of war seen from political, strategic, tactical, cultural and individual perspectives. This book covers one of the most dramatic and colourful periods of British and African history including the Zulu's gallant victory at Isandlwana.

This is an evaluation of Cromwell's 1649 campaign in Ireland. Thousands of defenceless men, women and children are alleged to have lost their lives as a result of the scorched earth policy of Oliver Cromwell, yet there is no solid evidence.

Rick Atkinson follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north towards Rome.

The most terrible emergency in Britain's history, the Second World War, required an unprecedented national effort. An exhausted country had to fight an unexpectedly long war and found itself much diminished amongst the victors. The outcome of the war was nonetheless a triumph, not least for a political system that proved well adapted to the demands of a total conflict and for a population who had to make many sacrifices but who were spared most of...

This text tells the story of Russia's role in the Napoleonic Wars. Dominic Lieven conveys the savagery and valour of the battles, describes the diplomacy which held the Allied coalition together, and also views the Napoleonic Wars as a starting point for Russia's prominent role in European affairs.

The history of any war is more than a list of key battles and Saul David shows vividly how the First World War reached beyond the battlefield, touching upon events and lives which shaped the conduct and outcome of the conflict. Ranging from the young Adolf Hitler's reaction to the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, through a Zeppelin raid on Scarborough, the tragic dramas of Gallipoli and the battlefields of the Western Front to the individual bravery...

The story of the struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union - the ultimate confrontation between the two great totalitarian ideologies of the twentieth century, and a conflict without precedent in human history in its destructive impact.

In August 1814 the United States' army is defeated in battle by an invading force just outside Washington DC. The US president and his wife have just enough time to pack their belongings and escape from the White House before the enemy enters. The invaders tuck into the dinner they find still sitting on the dining-room table and then set fire to the place. Peter Snow recounts the fast-changing fortunes of both sides of this extraordinary confrontation,...