Books with author David Croll

The extraordinary career of General George C. Marshall—America’s most distinguished soldier–statesman since George Washington—whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century Winston Churchill called him World War II's "organizer of victory." Harry Truman said he was "the greatest military man that this country ever produced." Today, in our era of failed leadership, few lives are more worthy of renewed examination than Marshall and his fifty years of loyal service to the defense of his nation and its values. Even as a young officer Marshall was heralded as a genius, a reputation that grew when in WWI he planned and executed a nighttime movement of more than a half million troops from one battlefield to another that led to the armistice. Between the wars he helped modernize combat training and re-staffed the U.S. Army's officer corps with the men who would lead in the next decades. But as WWII loomed, it was the role of army chief of staff in which Marshall's intellect and backbone were put to the test, when his blind commitment to duty would run up against the realities of Washington politics. Long seen as a stoic, almost statuesque figure, he emerges in these pages as a man both remarkable and human thanks to newly discovered sources. Set against the backdrop of five major conflicts—two world wars, Palestine, Korea, and the Cold War—Marshall's education in military, diplomatic, and political power, replete with their nuances and ambiguities, runs parallel with America's emergence as a global superpower. The result is a defining account of one of our most consequential leaders.

Most people will try and tell you how you can improve your running technique, but that's no help at all if you're not able to first get out running consistently. So what is the "magic formula" to creating a habit out of running?In this book, amongst other things, you will find the secret to forming that habit and running consistently, and who your biggest motivator is. So dive in and find the secret to running consistently.

Spy, businessman, bon vivant, Nazi Party member, Righteous Gentile. This was Oskar Schindler, the controversial savior of almost 12,000 Jews during the Holocaust who struggled afterwards to rebuild his life and gain international recognition for his wartime deeds. Author David Crowe examines every phase of the subject’s life in this landmark biography, presenting a figure of mythic proportions that one prominent Schindler Jew described as “an extraordinary man in extraordinary times.”

"I immediately turned and dived down on him - he was a sitting target, but before I got to him a Hurricane appeared and shot him down in flames." In 1940 the RAF faced a highly efficient German Air Force. Three thousand airmen stood between England and the might of Hitler's Third Reich. *Spitfire Pilot* is a first-hand account of the Battle of Britain, seen through the eyes of a member of the famous 609 Squadron, which shot down more than 100 planes. The journal begins with David Crook's training at Church Fenton. However, Crook and the pilots of 609 Squadron soon found themselves facing the formidable Luftwaffe, often hopelessly outnumbered against the Messerschmidts and Junkers. Many airmen did not make it back alive.