True war and combat stories

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades' THE TIMES'A hugely important book .

John Strawson describes joining the 4th Hussars in the Middle East in 1942 and serving with them until amalgamation with the 9th Hussars in 1958 as The Queens Royal Irish Hussars.

Alois Siska was born in Czechoslovakia and learnt to fly.

Seit dreißig Jahren ist Friedrich Orter in Krisen- und Kriegsgebieten unterwegs.

Wie fühlt es sich an, als deutscher Soldat in den Straßen von Kabul zu patrouillieren?

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Mujeres en conflictos, es un reconocimiento a seis prestigiosas reporteras de guerra peruanas que pusieron en riesgo sus vidas para que se conozca y entienda la crueldad y la barbarie humana que conllevan las guerras; y dejaron, a través de su trabajo de investigación periodística, un mensaje de razón que resalta la importancia de no olvidar.

A ochenta años del inicio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, descubra cómo los chilenos se enteraron del conflicto bélico que golpeó hasta los rincones más apartados del planeta.

Cirilo Antonio Rivarola es un protagonista de la etapa final del conflicto que enfrentó al Paraguay con la Triple Alianza.

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Fidel Maíz es uno de los más polémicos y controvertidos protagonistas de la Guerra Guasu.

El historiador riojano Víctor Hugo Robledo emprende su tarea más difícil: enfrentarse y disipar la "sombra terrible de Facundo" creada por Sarmiento y construir su propia biografía del caudillo riojano.

Una nueva edición de un documento histórico imprescindible, publicada al cumplirse 35 años de la guerra de Malvinas.

"Había viajado a España con el proyecto de escribir artículos periodísticos, pero ingresé en la milicia casi de inmediato, porque en esa época y en esa atmósfera parecía ser la única actitud concebible".

Este es un libro sobre la breve, pero intensa vida de José Eduvigis Díaz Vera, quien durante la primera etapa de la Guerra Guasu fue un destacado y valiente jefe; siendo el general más victorioso de las armas paraguayas.

Explosive SAS action in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.

The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the recent finding of her wreck.

Leonidas Polk was a graduate of West Point who resigned his commission to enter the Episcopal priesthood as a young man.

Capturing the chaotic nature of the U.

"e;A brilliantly vibrant and compulsively readable one-volume life of one of the giants of the twentieth century.

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'A lyrical investigation .

Vor 300 Jahren wurde mit dem Frieden von Nystad, am 10.

Ein sehr persönliches, menschliches Zeugnis für Versöhnung und Toleranz.

Nosotros morimos solos relata una de las historias de huida más emocionantes que surgieron de los desafíos y las miserias de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

The Iraq Wars only living Medal of Honor recipient reveals the untold story of the remarkable brotherhood behind one of the wars legendary acts of valor In 2004, he stormed an enemy stronghold to save his platoon.

A los diecinueve años, Azad, un joven kurdo iraní, fue reclutado por el Ejército de Irán para luchar contra su propio pueblo.

Marcel Beyer geht der Frage nach, wie sich Schriftsteller:innen heute zur medialen Verarbeitung des Krieges verhalten können.

Marcel Beyer geht der Frage nach, wie sich Schriftsteller:innen heute zur medialen Verarbeitung des Krieges verhalten können.

The debut novel from legendary SAS Survival Guide author Lofty Wiseman.

Among the fiercest opponents of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was journalist James "e;Jimmie"e; Matsumoto Omura.

Black smoke drifted about the scene.

In Across Cultures and Empires author Mahir Ibrahimov invites the reader to share his incredible journey through the world-shaking geopolitical transformations of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Letters from Abu Ghraib, a collection of email messages sent by Joshua Casteel to his friends and family during his service as a US Army interrogator and Arabic linguist in the 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion, is the raw and intimate record of a solider in moral conflict with his duties.

John Gallishaw was born in St Johns, Newfoundland in Canada in 1891.

Among the British troops bound for the Black Sea in May 1854 was a young officer in the 5th Dragoon Guards, Richard Temple Godman, who sent home throughout the entire Crimea campaign many detailed letters to his family at Park Hatch in Surrey.

First published in 1798, this Revolutionary War memoir is one of the few ever written by a senior Continental Army commander.

The Battle of An Loc was one of the bloodiest battles in the Vietnam War and a defining moment in the history of the Republic of South Vietnam.

Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer.

From 1945 to 1973, more than 100,000 members of the U.

From 1861 to 1865, the American Civil War saw numerous technological innovations in warfare--chief among them was the ironclad warship.

This candid memoir recounts the author's nearly four years in the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment--a.

An aggressive and colorful personality, William Barksdale was no stranger to controversy.

As a first lieutenant in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.

On September 25, 1944, Hitler attempted to shore up his faltering forces by creating the Volkssturm or People's Army.

From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C.