This work examines the development of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces as a national institution; explores the historical origins of the political warfare system; and assesses that system's nurturing of military morale, popular support, and ways to weaken enemy resolve.
Rick Jolly was the Senior Medical Officer in the Falklands, setting up and running the field hospital at Ajax Bay, where he and his Royal Marine and Parachute Regiment medical teams treated a total of 580 casualties, of which only 3 died of wounds.
Wellington's Men Remembered is a reference work which has been compiled on behalf of the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee and contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and 1815, together with 150 battlefield and regimental memorials in 24 countries worldwide.
Esta es la crónica nunca contada de un grupo de ex combatientes y familiares de caídos en Malvinas que se propusieron identificar a los soldados sepultados sin nombre en el Cementerio de Darwin, a quienes llevan como esquirlas en la memoria.
Letting ordinary people speak for themselves, this book uses primary documents to highlight daily life among Americans-Union and Confederate, black and white, soldier and civilian-during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
An insightful look into the immediate and long-term impact of the Vietnam War on a wide range of people and social groups, both Americans in the United States and in Vietnam.
This poignant history of the Tuskegee Airmen separates myth and legend from fact, placing them within the context of the growth of American airpower and the early stirrings of the African American Civil Rights Movement.
A thorough and effectively executed study, this biography will appeal to anyone interested in Stonewall Jackson and the military history of the Civil War.
Packed with rich detail and analysis, this exciting tale of war at sea relates the dramatic and moving true story of the sinking of the British liner Laconia and its consequences for the conduct of marine warfare.
A revelatory new account of the Second World War-and how bitter competition between the Allies would shape the postwar world In June 1944, an Allied army of British, American, and Canadian troops sought to open up a Second Front in Normandy.
Firsthand accounts of war in the Pacific theater from an intrepid reporter of World War II combatWar Is Not Just for Heroes rescues the incredible true stories of US Marine Corps.
Holding the small island of Malta, the British Empire's strategic centerpiece in the Mediterranean Sea, was critical to the Allied cause in World War II--and taking it was essential for Axis victory.
Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE GREAT WAR COLLECTION - The Battle of Jutland, The Battle of the Somme & Nelson's History of the War (9 Books in One Volume)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Firsthand accounts of war in the Pacific theater from an intrepid reporter of World War II combatWar Is Not Just for Heroes rescues the incredible true stories of US Marine Corps.
Holding the small island of Malta, the British Empire's strategic centerpiece in the Mediterranean Sea, was critical to the Allied cause in World War II--and taking it was essential for Axis victory.
Im Juni 1941 überschritten mehr als drei Millionen deutsche Soldaten die Grenze zur Sowjetunion und begannen einen Krieg, der als erklärter Rassen- und Vernichtungskrieg geführt wurde.
Im Juni 1941 überschritten mehr als drei Millionen deutsche Soldaten die Grenze zur Sowjetunion und begannen einen Krieg, der als erklärter Rassen- und Vernichtungskrieg geführt wurde.
Das Standardwerk des renommierten Historikers Manfried Rauchensteiner zum Ersten Weltkrieg liegt nach gemeinsamer Überarbeitung mit dem Journalisten Josef Broukal jetzt auch in komprimierter Form vor: für den raschen Überblick, verständlich geschrieben und spannend zu lesen.
Orchestrating Warfighting provides a detailed and wide-ranging examination of the employment of corps and divisions from the First World War through to the early twenty-first century.
Una excepcional y práctica introducción a la primera guerra total de la historia, para conocer las causas, el desarrollo y las consecuencias del conflicto que marcaría el inicio del siglo XX.
This volume offers an unparalleled range of comparative studies considering both persecution and genocide across two thousand years of history from Rome to Nazi Germany, and spanning Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
The enormous loss of life and physical destruction caused by the First World War led people to hope that there would never be another such catastrophe.
Ask an American intelligence officer to tell you when the country started doing modern intelligence and you will probably hear something about the Office of Strategic Services in World War II or the National Security Act of 1947 and the formation of the Central Intelligence Agency.
