Cold wars and proxy conflicts

The Routledge History of the First World War is a work which, in a single volume, covers a range of major themes and issues relating to that conflict.

Women from the state socialist countries in Eastern Europe-what used to be called the Second World-once dominated women's activism at the United Nations, but their contributions have been largely forgotten or deemed insignificant in comparison with those of Western feminists.

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During World War I, the American Expeditionary Force Second Division saw more action and captured more ground and enemy combatants than any other, including the vaunted First Division.

The beginning of World War I saw thousands of army and navy aviators who needed specialized clothing that could not be purchased off-the-shelf.

Most histories of World War I revolve around gruesome battles, ribboned generals and feats of military heroism.

In April 1917, the United States ended its nonintervention policy and entered World War I as an "e;Associated Power"e; to aid the Allies in their fight against the Central Powers.

THE PORTLAND SPY RING was one of the most infamous espionage cases from the Cold War.

This book examines the radicalization of beliefs, tactics, and oppression by a dominant governing group when faced with a subordinate group's historic quest for basic human rights dating back for five centuries.

The Somme sector of the Western Front was held by French forces until early 1916, when the British and Dominions Third and Fourth Armies moved into the northern part, before the joint First Battle of the Somme from July to November 1916.

The Somme sector of the Western Front was held by French forces until early 1916, when the British and Dominions Third and Fourth Armies moved into the northern part, before the joint First Battle of the Somme from July to November 1916.

The noted military historian presents an illuminating study of trench warfare during WWI-and how it influenced the French Army's evolution.

The noted military historian presents an illuminating study of trench warfare during WWI-and how it influenced the French Army's evolution.

Nearly a century of Japanese Imperial rule, from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to the end of WWII, is explored in this sweeping history.

In a series of concise, thought-provoking chapters the authors summarize and make accessible the latest scholarship on the middle years of the Great War 1915 and 1916 and cover fundamental issues that are rarely explored outside the specialist journals.

This edited volume studies the logic of community formation and the common view of the past to show how various social bonds of communities functioned during the modern national era of East-Central Europe from the late eighteenth century until today and how multifaceted this group-building really was.

William Watson was a young Oxford post-graduate at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.

William Noel Hodgson never intended to be a soldier; he wanted to write.

William Noel Hodgson never intended to be a soldier; he wanted to write.

The five volumes that constitute Arthur Marder's From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow represented arguably the finest contribution to the literature of naval history since Alfred Mahan.

Second in the five-volume series of Great Britain's politics, naval strategies, and seacraft during World War I from a Royal Navy historian.

The 1914 Battle of the Aisne, officially from 12 15 September, came about as a result of the German retirement from the Battle of the Marne, which took place further south as the huge conscript armies of France and Germany jostled for position almost within sight of Paris.

This groundbreaking work of military history reveals the unsettling truth about British Army executions during WWI.

Benjamin Clouting was just sixteen years old when he embarked with the British Expeditionary Force for France in August 1914.

Eighth Army, Britain's most famous field army of the twentieth century, landed in Italy in September 1943 and fought continously until the defeat of the Germans in early-May 1945.

Many heroes emerged during the First World War, but only one man was twice awarded the Victoria Cross during that conflict.

'Riveting and vivid .

'Rich, densely plotted.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit meets Goodbye Lenin.

This engaging survey of the Space Age links science and technology with politics and popular culture, war and peace, and crises and controversies.

Spring 1958: a mysterious individual believed to be high up in the Polish secret service began passing Soviet secrets to the West.

'Fascinating.

'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning debut thriller .

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** Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham is out now **THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Superb, enthralling and necessarily terrifying .

It is 1988 and Florida-based FBI agent Joe Navarro divides his time between SWAT assignments, flying air reconnaissance, and working counter-intelligence.

The Cold War is one of the furthest-reaching and longest-lasting conflicts in modern history.

Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2018The beautifully illustrated, heartbreaking story of an innocent man in a Soviet gulag, told for the first time in English.

Doing Harm pries open the black box on a critical chapter in the recent history of psychology: the field's enmeshment in the so-called war on terror and the ensuing reckoning over do-no-harm ethics during times of threat.

From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the aerial fighting in the flashpoints of the Cold War.

A highly illustrated study of the T-62 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War.

A highly illustrated study of the T-54 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War.

A highly illustrated study of the T-55 Main Battle Tank and its variants that formed the backbone of the Soviet Army during the years of the Cold War.

Flashpoint Trieste is the story of one year in one city as the Cold War begins.

A highly illustrated study of the T-10 Heavy Tank that served from the 1950s through to the end of the Soviet Union.

Authoritative illustrated analysis of the history of the military Special Forces units of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation.

What can the lived experiences of Czechoslovak Cold War refugee children tell us about the lifetime impact of childhood forced migration?

Fascinating analysis Nigel West; Grippingly told, authoritative Mail on Sunday; Meticulously researched.

In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Lhasa, leaving the People's Republic of China with a crisis on its Tibetan frontier.

Concentrating on the formative years of the Cold War from 1943 to 1957, Patryk Babiracki reveals little-known Soviet efforts to build a postwar East European empire through culture.