Pictorial category: 1048 books
Fort Lewis
Cold War to the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Camp Lewis was established in 1917 as a training camp for the US Army in World War I. Made a permanent post in 1927, Fort Lewis became an important base for training and sending soldiers to combat in World War II and the Korean War. In 1956, the 4th Infantry Division arrived at Fort Lewis while America...
Kansas Forts & Bases
Sentinels on the Prairie
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
The relationship between Kansas and the science of war is ingrained, consistent and evident, yet it seems antithetical to the quiet, conservative farmer who is the quintessential image of the state. It is not. The same values created both, and both created Kansas. From early exploration of America, Bleeding...
Samurai Armour
Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
For beauty, precision and strength, nothing has ever matched the combination of form and function found in the armour of the samurai. For a samurai, the consummate warrior, his suit of armour was so much more than 'just' protective equipment that could save his life in the heat of battle – it was...
Stranded
Alaska’s Worst Maritime Disaster Nearly Happened Twice
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2015
The sinking of the Canadian Pacific steamship Princess Sophia was Alaska’s worst maritime disaster — until it nearly happened again.
In 1918, the Canadian Pacific steamship Princess Sophia left Skagway, Alaska, on her last trip of the season to Vancouver. She never made it. Battered by...
Snapdragon
The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Prior to Phil Stern's death on December 13, 2014, his original, unfinished, tattered wartime memoir was discovered, stashed away in an old folio box in his cluttered Hollywood bungalow. Best remembered for his iconic images of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and JFK's inauguration, his remarkable service...
Dublin and the Tri-Valley
The World War II Years
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2014
In 1941, the Navy sought West Coast locations for bases to ship men, material, and equipment into World War II�s Pacific theater. The Dublin and Livermore area offered wide-open spaces with good transportation routes to the San Francisco Bay area. Near Dublin, the Navy built Camp Parks, Camp Shoemaker,...
by Ed Langlo, Tony Baker
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Starting in the early 1900s, Santa Barbara County became home to over a dozen motorcycle racecourses. Not one of those battlegrounds survives today. Pershing Park once had a stadium, Elings Park on Las Positas Road was Veronica Springs Hill Climb Course, and before that, La Conchita was home to hill...
Chevrolet
1960-2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Images of America: Chevrolet: 1960�2012 is the second of a two-volume photographic history of Chevrolet, one of the world�s best-known automotive brands, symbolized by the bow tie emblem. From 1960 to 2012, the US auto industry and Chevrolet experienced fundamental changes in their products and business...
Chevrolet
1911-1960
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
The Chevrolet car and truck business traces its roots back to Michigan�s lumber industry in the middle of the 19th century. Lumber mills gave way to carriage and wagon manufacturing and the claim, before motorcars burst on the scene, that Flint was the �vehicle capital of the world.� This is the...
James Garfield and the Civil War
For Ohio and the Union
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
When the United States was divided by war, future president James Abram Garfield was one of many who stepped forward to defend the Union. While his presidency was tragically cut short by his assassination, Garfield's historic life covered some of the most consequential years of American history. From...
Kustenflieger
The Operational History of the German Naval Air Service 1935-1944
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
From its very inception, the little-known Küstenfliegergruppen, the German coastal air service, was hindered by restrictions imposed at the Treaty of Versailles and the rising dominance of Hermann Göring s Luftwaffe. Its size, capability and mandate were suppressed, and in 1944, the last Küstenfliegerstaffeln...
by Aleksandr Vasilevich Viskovatov
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries . There is various...
by Aleksandr Vasilevich Viskovatov
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries . There is various...
by Nigel Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
In August 1914 the mobilization of Imperial Germany's 800,000-strong army ushered in the first great war of the modern age a war which still stands as the greatest slaughter of soldiers in history. That German Army is also the best example of a particular period of military thought, when virtually...