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Free Download Adolfo Ovies, Al Kessel (Narrator), "The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac: From the Gettysburg Retreat Through the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864"
English | ASIN: B0D5FCHQ4K | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~13:33:00 | 372 MB
Once below the Potomac River, the Union troopers raced down the east side of the Blue Ridge Mountains but were unable to prevent General Lee’s wounded Army of Northern Virginia from reaching Culpeper. The balance of 1863 was a series of maneuvers, raids, and fighting that witnessed the near-destruction of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade at Buckland Mills and the indecisive and frustrating efforts of the Bristoe Station and Mine Run campaigns. Alfred Pleasonton’s controversial command of the mounted arm ended abruptly, only to be replaced by the more controversial Philip H. Sheridan, whose combustible personality intensified the animosity burning between George Custer and Wesley Merritt.
Victory and glory followed the Cavalry Corps during the early days of the Overland Campaign. The spirited rivalry between Custer and Merritt took a turn for the worse and at Trevilian Station, the bitterness and rancor permeating their relationship broke into the open and made it into their official reports.
This well-researched and meticulously detailed account of the increasingly dysfunctional relationship between Custer and Merritt follows the same entertaining style as Ovies’s first installment. The Boy Generals will change the way Civil War enthusiasts understand and judge the actions of the Union’s bold riders.

Free Download Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks: Dishonorable Leadership in the U.S. Military by Jeffrey J. Matthews
English | October 1st, 2023 | ISBN: 026820652X | 432 pages | True EPUB | 0.64 MB
U.S. flag officers are intended to be exemplary defenders of duty, honor, and country-but what can we learn by exposing the bad leaders lurking within these venerable ranks?

Free Download Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: For Country or Fuehrer: Volume 2: H-O (Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: for Country or Fuhrer, 2)
by James "Jack" Webb
English | July 31, 2024 | ISBN: 1952715164 | 360 pages | EPUB | 27 Mb
A reference work providing brief, scholarly biographical summaries for senior officers of the Third Reich, covering surnames H-O.

Free Download Trina Beckett, "Deadlier than the Male: Wives of the Generals 1677-1937"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1781590133 | EPUB | pages: 192 | 2.8 mb
How much influence did notable wives have on the leading commanders in British military history? These women tend to be disregarded but, as Trina Beckett demonstrates in this revealing and thought-provoking study, their influence has often been profound. Taking examples from the eighteenth century to the Second World War, she uncovers a hidden dimension in the rise to prominence of some of Britain’s most famous soldiers and documents a series of fascinating relationships between powerful men and equally powerful women.

Free Download Generals at War: Montgomery’s Chief of Staff Assesses World War Two Leadership and Strategy
English | 2024 | ASIN : B0D41XM6VN | 276 Pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This first-hand assessment of the careers and characters of the Allied leaders in victory and defeat is the perfect read for fans of Stephen E. Ambrose, Philip Warner, John Keegan, and Alan Moorehead.

Free Download Charles River Editors, Michelle Humphries (Narrator), "Hamilcar and Hannibal: The History of the Carthaginian Generals Who Brought Rome to Its Knees"
English | ISBN: 9798868600982 | 2024 | M4B@64 kbps | ~02:54:00 | 85 MB
One overlooked figure in the Punic Wars is Hamilcar Barca, who is now best remembered for being Hannibal’s father. However, before Hannibal marched out of Spain, it was Hamilcar who had positioned forces there, and he was already a significant historical figure in his own right. Indeed, had it not been for his death, his legacy likely would have been more important than that of his illustrious son, who is now remembered as one of history’s greatest generals.
In the history of war, only a select few men always make the list of greatest generals. Napoleon. Caesar. Alexander. They are always joined by Hannibal, who has the distinction of being the only man who nearly brought Rome to its knees before its decline almost 700 years later. Rome never suffered a more horrifying defeat in its history than at Cannae, and indeed, Hannibal nearly rewrote the course of Western history during the Second Punic War. Even today there remains great debate on just how he accomplished his masterful invasion of Italy across the Alps. Since his army included war elephants, historians still argue over exactly where and how he crossed over 2,000 years after he managed that incredible feat.
Although the Romans gained the upper hand in the wake of the First Punic War, Hannibal brought the Romans to their knees for over a decade during the Second Punic War. While military historians are still amazed that he was able to maintain his army in Italy near Rome for nearly 15 years, scholars are still puzzled over some of his decisions, including why he never attempted to march on Rome in the first place. Hannibal will always be listed among history’s greatest generals, and his military campaign in Italy during the Second Punic War will always be studied, but part of the aura and mystique surrounding the Carthaginian legend is that there is still a lot of mystery.

Free Download David Stahel, Julian Elfer (Narrator), "Hitler’s Panzer Generals: Guderian, Hoepner, Reinhardt and Schmidt Unguarded"
English | ASIN: B0CRM89XHJ | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~09:50:00 | 279 MB
Germany’s success in the Second World War was built upon its tank forces; however, many of its leading generals, with the notable exception of Heinz Guderian, are largely unknown. This biographical study of four German panzer army commanders serving on the Eastern Front is based upon their unpublished wartime letters to their wives. David Stahel offers a complete picture of the men conducting Hitler’s war in the East, with an emphasis on the private fears and public pressures they operated under. He also illuminates their response to the criminal dimension of the war as well as their role as leading military commanders conducting large-scale operations. While the focus is on four of Germany’s most important panzer generals-Guderian, Hoepner, Reinhardt, and Schmidt-the evidence from their private correspondence sheds new light on the broader institutional norms and cultural ethos of the Wehrmacht’s Panzertruppe.

Free Download Civil War "Political Generals" of the Blue and Grey: 50 citizen generals in the first modern war By Gene Schmiel
2020 | 236 Pages | ISBN: 8671384373 | EPUB | 37 MB
When the Civil War began, the North and the South took different approaches to creating their armies. In the Union, General-in-Chief Winfield Scott decided to create what would be called the "U.S. Volunteers." Having experienced difficulties in the Mexican War with volunteers at all levels, Scott did not want to repeat the experience. He reasoned that the war would not last long and that an additional 25,000 men added to the regular army would suffice to do all the fighting. Volunteers could guard the rivers and facilities, but little else. The Confederacy, having benefited from the resignation from the army of hundreds of officers and men, created a unified army from whole cloth. President Jefferson Davis used his military background and experience to form an army almost entirely of volunteers. No formal distinction was made between "regulars" and "volunteers," although the several private military academies of the South, e.g. VMI, as well as West Point, supplied a well-trained military leadership. But West Pointers would be given all major commands. By the end of the war, over 3 million men wore the two uniforms, the Blue and the Grey. Hundreds of those men were general officers, men who had responsibility for commanding thousands of men in combat. The great generals on both sides, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Lee, Longstreet, Johnston, are well known. They were all West Point graduates and professional soldiers. There were also many near-great generals who were not professional soldiers. They were the so-called "Political Generals." But few other than Joshua Chamberlain, Patrick Cleburne, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and John Logan are well-remembered. That is partly due to the fact that few non-West Pointers ever had major commands. Also, the stereotypical image of bumbling "Political Generals" remains strong in Civil War circles. This book will introduce (or re-introduce) the reader to 50 of these "Political Generals," men who did not graduate from West Point. I have chosen 25 from each side and given the reader an introduction to their achievements, successes, and failures. After reading my short essays and following up with the "further reading" I have included with each item, the reader can then make up his own mind about these men., Further, I hope and trust you the reader will gain a fuller understanding of the nature and abilities of the more aptly-named "Citizen-Generals" in the American Civil War.

Free Download Netanyahu vs The Generals: The Battle for Israel’s Future
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1009425692 | 265 Pages | PDF | 1.3 MB
Benjamin Netanyahu has carefully cultivated a self-image as Israel’s ‘Mr. Security’ during his decades of political activity. His reputation as a security-minded leader has resonated with large swathes of the Israeli public, enabling him to become Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. Yet the Israeli security community has long questioned Netanyahu’s approach to national security. The Netanyahu era has seen unprecedented civil-military tensions, while retired generals and former heads of the Mossad and Shin Bet intelligence agencies, some of whom were appointed by Netanyahu, have publicly rejected both his leadership and his policies. Drawing on interviews with dozens of senior veterans of the Israeli security establishment, this book addresses this intriguing paradox. It sets out to explain the mutual distrust and intense disagreements between Netanyahu and the security community, as well as the underlying reasons behind the Israeli public’s inattention to the collective judgment of hundreds of ex-generals and former spymasters.

Free Download Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals by Doug Melville
English | November 7, 2023 | ISBN: 1668005131 | True EPUB | 256 pages | 34.4 MB
The amazing true story of America’s first Black generals, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. and Jr., a father and son who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen. Perfect for fans of Devotion and Hidden Figures.