Investigative account of the cause of Napoleon's health decline and death. Includes details and facts taken directly from Napoleon's doctors' notes. Explores the mysteries and intrigue surrounding the emperor's demise.

History of cavalry from horses to tanks and helicopters.

Required reading for anyone who wishes to come to an understanding of medicine's past. Medical history as a continuous progression.

Ralph Peter's Lines of Fire is a career-capping and indispensible work for understanding today's crises--and tomorrow's.

For three decades, Ralph Peters has been the most provocative and visionary American writer on strategy, security, intelligence, and military affairs, predicting every major trend that has plagued the post-Cold-War world.

A full-color, revised edition.

A novel by the flamboyant Kingfish, one of Franklin Roosevelt's political rivals during the Great Depression.

A new theory on the cause of Napoleon's death. Untangles the medical evidence and knowledge of the day. Other chapters cover a wide variety of medico-historical topics, from the cultural aspects of aging to the health of Marcus Aurelius.

Provocative and entertaining study of sieges in history. Commentary on the nature and evolution of combat across the centuries.