The monumental Russian classic reflects the life and times of Russian society during the Napoleonic War.

Es una de las obras cumbres de la literatura rusa y sin lugar a dudas de la literatura universal. Se considera uno de los mejores logros literarios de Tolstói y sigue siendo un clásico de la literatura mundial alabado internacionalmente.

When Hitler's Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the world was stunned by the use of a new and fast-moving form of warfare - Blitzkrieg, or lightning war. Follow the story of Blitzkrieg's initial successes in campaigns in France and Poland, and discover the weapons and tactics employed in these early victories.

Describes the protracted World War II campaign in Burma, discussing how the clash of the multiple personalities and strategies of the American and British generals contributed to early defeats and eventual victory for the allied powers.

A WW II drama about a submarine mission to Tokyo Bay and the lives of the sailors on board.

"1943. Private Clay Paxton trains hard with the U.S. Army Rangers at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, determined to do his best in the upcoming Allied invasion of France. With his future stolen by his brothers' betrayal, Clay has only one thing to live for-- fulfilling the recurring dream of his death. Leah Jones works as a librarian at Camp Forrest, longing to rise above her orphanage upbringing and belong to the community, even as she searches for her real...

They were expendable: In the early days of World War II, the Japanese navy pressed relentlessly into the Philippines. Two American skippers are determined to prove that their small PT boats can be shaped into an effective battle fleet against the larger Japanese cruisers. Flying leathernecks: It's World War II. Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) is hard on his marines. His subordinate Captain Carl Griffin thinks the Major is overdoing it, but Kirby proves...

This is the Iraq War you won't see on the evening news. Former Marine and television news producer J.D. Johannes traveled to Iraq with his old Marine Corps unit to produce syndicated TV news reports for local stations. From those reports comes a view of the war that only the grunts who operate outside the wire experience. From a dust-up with Al Qaida outside Abu Ghraib, to a night raid on the home of an insurgent leader, you will see what the Marines...

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin served together in SEAL Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit from the war in Iraq. Through difficult months of sustained combat, Jocko, Leif and their SEAL brothers learned that leadership -- at every level -- is the most important thing on the battlefield. They started Echelon Front to teach these same leadership principles to companies across industries throughout the business world that...

Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes listeners to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made...