World's War Events Volume 3, compiled by Various, offers a comprehensive account of global conflicts from a variety of perspectives. The book presents a detailed analysis of significant war events, exploring the political, social, and economic implications of each conflict. Written in a journalistic style, the narrative immerses the reader in the intensity and complexity of warfare, shedding light on both the triumphs and tragedies of history. The vivid descriptions and eyewitness accounts provide a firsthand look at the realities of war, making this volume a valuable resource for researchers and history enthusiasts alike. The book's inclusion of maps, photographs, and primary sources enhances its scholarly appeal, offering a well-rounded examination of the events covered. Readers will appreciate the depth of information and the engaging storytelling that brings each war event to life, making it a must-read for anyone interested in the intricacies of international conflict.

This book features a collection of articles and official accounts and records on events of the First World War (1914-1918), contemporaneously known as the Great War or "the war to end all wars", which was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the related 1918 Spanish flu pandemic caused another 17-100 million deaths worldwide._x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ What Caused the War_x000D_ The Defense of Liège_x000D_ The Great Retreat_x000D_ The Battle of the Marne_x000D_ How the French Fought_x000D_ The Race for the Channel_x000D_ The Last Ditch in Belgium_x000D_ Why Turkey Entered the War_x000D_ The Falkland Sea Fight_x000D_ Cruise of the Emden_x000D_ Capture of Tsing-Tao_x000D_ Gallipoli_x000D_ Gas: Second Battle of Ypres_x000D_ The Canadians at Ypres_x000D_ Sinking of the Lusitania_x000D_ Mountain Warfare_x000D_ The Great Champagne Offensive of 1915_x000D_ The Tragedy of Edith Cavell_x000D_ Gallipoli Abandoned_x000D_ The Death-Ship in the Sky_x000D_ The Battle of Verdun_x000D_ The Battle of Jutland Bank_x000D_ Taking the Col di Lana_x000D_ The Battle of the Somme_x000D_ Russia's Refugees_x000D_ The Tragedy of Rumania_x000D_ Sixteen Months a War Prisoner_x000D_ Under German Rule in France and Belgium_x000D_ The Anglo-Russian Campaign in Turkey_x000D_ Kitchener_x000D_ Why America Broke with Germany_x000D_ How the War Came to America_x000D_ The War Message_x000D_ British Operations at Saloniki_x000D_ In Petrograd During the Seven Days_x000D_ America's First Shot_x000D_ German Activities in the United States_x000D_ Preparing for War_x000D_ The Capture of Jerusalem_x000D_ American Ships and German Submarines_x000D_ A Destroyer in Active Service_x000D_ East Africa_x000D_ Greece's Atonement_x000D_ The Italians at Bay_x000D_ Bottling up Zeebrugge and Ostend_x000D_ With the American Submarines_x000D_ Wounded Heroes of France_x000D_ The Battle of Picardy_x000D_ Bulgaria Quits_x000D_ The Fighting Czecho-Slovaks_x000D_ Six Days on the American Firing Line_x000D_ An American Battlefield_x000D_ Night Raids from the Air_x000D_ The American Army in Europe_x000D_ The American Navy In Europe_x000D_ Armistice Terms Signed by Germany_x000D_ Covenant of the League of Nations_x000D_ Treaty of Peace with Germany_x000D_ Treaty of Peace with Austria

The Internet Revolution, like all great industrial changes, has made the world's elephantine media companies tremble that their competitors-whether small and nimble mice or fellow elephants-will get to new terrain first and seize its commanding heights. In a climate in which fear and insecurity are considered healthy emotions, corporate violence becomes commonplace. In the blink of an eye-or the time it has taken slogans such as "The Internet changes everything" to go from hyperbole to banality-"creative destruction" has wracked the global economy on an epic scale. No one has been more powerful or felt more fear or reacted more violently than Bill Gates and Microsoft. Afraid that any number of competitors might outflank them-whether Netscape or Sony or AOL Time Warner or Sun or AT&T or Linux-based companies that champion the open-source movement or some college student hacking in his dorm room-Microsoft has waged holy war on all foes, leveraging its imposing strengths. In World War 3.0, Ken Auletta chronicles this fierce conflict from the vantage of its most important theater of operations: the devastating second front opened up against Bill Gates's empire by the United States government. The book's narrative spine is United States v. Microsoft, the government's massive civil suit against Microsoft for allegedly stifling competition and innovation on a broad scale. With his superb writerly gifts and extraordinary access to all the principal parties, Ken Auletta crafts this landmark confrontation into a tight, character- and incident-filled courtroom drama featuring the best legal minds of our time, including David Boies and Judge Richard Posner. And with the wisdom gleaned from covering the converging media, software, and communications industries for The New Yorker for the better part of a decade, Auletta uses this pivotal battle to shape a magisterial reckoning with the larger war and the agendas, personalities, and prospects of its many combatants.

Spotlights the important events and people of World War II.

This is the first truly definitive history of the First World War, the war that has done most to shape the twentieth century. The first generation of its historians had access to only a limited range of sources, and their focus was primarily on military events. More recent approaches have embraced cultural, diplomatic, economic, and social history. In Hew Strachan's authoritative and readable history these fresh perspectives are incorporated with the military and strategicnarrative. The result is an account that breaks the bounds of national preoccupations to become both global and comparative.To Arms, the first of three volumes in this magisterial study, examines not only the causes of the war and its opening clashes on land and sea, but also the ideas that underpinned it, and the motivations of the people who supported it. It provides full and pioneering accounts of the war's finances, of the war in Africa, and of the Central Powers' bid to widen the war outside Europe.

The definitive, must-have military history of World War II—spanning 1942 until the end of the war—packed with the same expert analysis, exclusive tactical maps, unique graphics, and historical images used by The United States Military Academy at West Point to teach the art of war to its own cadets. Since its founding, West Point has taught its cadets the history of warfare, and since 1847 it has done so through a singular text, The West Point History of Warfare. That text has been updated repeatedly, and now through a unique partnership with West Point graduates, The West Point History of Warfare has been completely rewritten. Volume 1 concluded with the midpoint of World War II in 1942, which is where this latest edition begins, covering all aspects of the war in chapters such as “Strategic Seapower and Airpower” by Richard J. Overy, “The Defeat of Japan” by Robert W. Love, Jr., “The Allies Turn the Tide” by Robert M. Citino, and “Occupation, Demobilization, and Assessing Victory” by Steve R. Waddell. As with previous volumes, The West Point History of World War II, Volume 2 boasts rich, full-color illustrations with unique tactical maps created by expert cartographers in collaboration with West Point’s military historians, as well as dozens of graphics uniquely created for this volume and hundreds of historical images, many of which are from the West Point archives. Authoritative, compelling, a goldmine for history lovers, this essential resource belongs in the library of every serious student of World War II.