Asian history

Includes The Bombing Of Japan During World War II illustrations pack with 120 maps, plans, and photosThe calculations for bringing large-scale hostilities to an end and for establishing a favorable environment in which post-combat operations, including the occupation of the enemy's homeland, can take place involve high-level military officers in the analysis of a wide range of considerations, many of which fall well beyond what would be traditionally recognized as strictly military in nature.

Field Marshall Viscount Slim holds a special place in modern military history.

On 15 January 1942 the Japanese invaded Burma.

This study analyzes the career of General Earle Everard "e;Pat"e; Partridge, USAF, with a focus on the airpower lessons that inspired his craftsmanship of the first air campaign of the United States Air Force.

In May 1942, the Japanese found themselves in a favorable military situation.

Illustrated with more than 30 maps plans and photos.

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]The Letters and memoirs of the ferocious leader of cavalry Major William Hodson, whose exploits, deeds and misdeeds during the Indian Mutiny have remained the stuff of legend.

The German General Staff launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 assuming the eastern campaign would last only three months.

This monograph examines Claire Lee Chennault as a military theorist and campaign planner.

The War in Burma is all too frequently forgotten as a source of relevant military experience.

The author, Roger Annett, experienced first-hand the events detailed here.

The short but heroic narrative of a member of the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division in the bloody bitter battle at Kunu-ri during the Korean War.

Just as many football players have failed to become great coaches, so too have many governmental leaders, leaders of industry and military officers failed to succeed when placed at higher levels of responsibility.

Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny.

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]The brilliant two-volume account of the Indian Mutiny written by the eminent military historian Colonel George Malleson, richly illustrated with maps, plans and portraits.

Now sorrowful, now joking, but always in deadly earnest, the Chinese philosopher faces the grim facts of war and the grimmer prospects of peace.

Illustrated with 16 maps and 39 IllustrationsThe Admiralty Islands campaign (Operation Brewer) was a series of battles in the New Guinea campaign of World War II in which the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Division occupied the Japanese-held Admiralty Islands.

This monograph addresses operational art during a specific period of the Korean War.

"e;A ferocious conflict between Mongol and Samurai.

Japan's December 1941-February 1942 invasion of Malaya and culminating conquest of Singapore is analyzed from an operational perspective.

Stalingrad is often described as the turning point of the German war with the Soviet Union, or perhaps even the entire European war.

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles of the Indian Mutiny]By 1857, British power in India had been largely undisputed for almost fifty years, however, the armies of the East India Company were largely recruited from the native people of India.

The Japanese defeat at Midway and the U.

Although the resistance effort maintained its strength ideologically, the Lithuanian partisan movement never recovered from the culminating point in 1945 because of a shortfall in resources, a lack of external support, and the inability of resistance leadership to adapt rapidly enough against a comprehensive Soviet assimilation campaign.

First published in 1958, A Marine Division in Nightmare Alley is a brief but gripping narrative of the author's experiences as a young U.

Admiral Chester W.

Many military professionals regard General of the Army Douglas MacArthur as a very polarizing figure in military history, from his strategic use of maneuver to defeat the Japanese at Leyte to his public defiance of the Commander in Chief, President Truman on his policy towards the Korean War.

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]The siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8 was one of the focal points of the conflict that engulfed the sub-continent and threatened to bring the British Raj to its knees.

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]"e;John Ruggles was born at Lewisham, Kent, on 21 July 1827, the son of William Henry Ruggles, a local schoolmaster.

This study addresses Henry L.

As the United States enters into the 21st century, it will face new and different challenges that will be more complex than those encountered in the past.

Five years after emerging victorious from World War II, the United States became embroiled in the Korean War.

Originally published shortly after the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1881, this book by a British veteran, Lt.

Illustrated with more than 20 maps plans and photos.

In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Husband Kimmel was relieved of command of the United States Pacific Fleet and forced into retirement.

The combination of fiscal constraints, expanding technology and globalization is causing the nature of warfare to rapidly evolve.

During the final stages of World War II, Japan was finally defeated through the strategic use of the Marianas Islands as a jumping-off point for power projection into the heart of Japan.

This study undertakes to examine the aerial interdiction activities conducted against the enemy railway system by United Nations' forces during the Korean War, June 1950-July 1953.

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]The fascinating diary of an officer of the 1st Madras Fusiliers who fought with General Havelock's column to the relief of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny.

This research paper focuses on oil and its importance to operations in the Pacific during World War II.

The Fall of Singapore was the largest military blow to the British war effort in the Second World War, underequipped, without adequate air-cover; the embattled defenders made a valiant stand against the invading Japanese army to no avail.

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]Letters From an Officer of the "e;Delhi Spearmen"e; on Campaign in India, 1857-58"e;The letters in this book were written by Brevet-Major Anson, of H.

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]The Indian Mutiny, or Sepoy Revolt, flared up in many areas around the British controlled Raj in 1857.

As America's collective memory of the Second World War fades, popular history books and the entertainment industry have filled the knowledge gap with accounts from the European Theater.

General-of-the-Army Douglas MacArthur was a complex man whose behaviors seem contradictory on the surface.

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The true story of the lead pilot of the Pearl Harbor attack and his conversion to Christianity.