Military history

Although we often think of friendship today as an indisputable value of human social life, for thinkers and writers across late medieval Christian society friendship raised a number of social and ethical dilemmas that needed to be carefully negotiated.

Published under the auspices of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati, Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution is a narrative history of the War for Independence.

A study of the British Royal Navy's activities in the Indian Ocean during World War II, led by Admiral Sir James Somerville.

A study of the British Royal Navy's activities in the Indian Ocean during World War II, led by Admiral Sir James Somerville.

The post-First World War period was pivotal in global history, international relations and geopolitics.

The post-First World War period was pivotal in global history, international relations and geopolitics.

During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females.

During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females.

A "e;profoundly imaginative, strikingly original, deeply moving"e; antebellum tale of two slave girls who take their white mistress into captivity (Kirkus Reviews).

Wall Street Journal BestsellerIt was the right thing to do.

The definitive account of a tragic episode in U.

Die deutsche Okkupation Nordfrankreichs im Ersten Weltkrieg erstmals anhand militärischer Quellen geschildert und kriegsrechtlich eingeordnet.

This book takes a new approach by synthesizing the work of scholars of military and Indigenous history to provide the first chronologically ordered, region-wide, and long-term narrative history of conflict in the Early American Northeast.

To disentangle the National Socialists' path to power in Germany, one must attend to the discursive strategies and liturgical practices employed by its emocrats, or manipulators of emotions.

This book imagines the ocean as central to understanding the world and its connections in history, literature and the social sciences.

This book takes a new approach by synthesizing the work of scholars of military and Indigenous history to provide the first chronologically ordered, region-wide, and long-term narrative history of conflict in the Early American Northeast.

This book imagines the ocean as central to understanding the world and its connections in history, literature and the social sciences.

To disentangle the National Socialists' path to power in Germany, one must attend to the discursive strategies and liturgical practices employed by its emocrats, or manipulators of emotions.

The Carthaginians are well known as Rome's great enemy of the three Punic wars and Hannibal, their greatest general, is a household name.

The Carthaginians are well known as Rome's great enemy of the three Punic wars and Hannibal, their greatest general, is a household name.

During World War II, Axis prisoners of war received arguably better treatment in the U.

Germany's aristocratic Schulenburg family were irreconcilably divided over Hitler--some followed him devoutly while others joined the Resistance.

The third century AD was one of unprecedented crisis and chaos for the Roman Empire.

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

The third century AD was one of unprecedented crisis and chaos for the Roman Empire.

"e;If the doings of the U.

There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin 'salon' run by Kitty Schmidt under the secret control of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final SolutionSalon Kitty was the most notorious brothel in the decadent Berlin of the Weimar Republic - the city of Cabaret.

An account of the infamous 12th SS Panzer Division Hiterjugend, from Operation Goodwood through to the end of the war.

A fully illustrated account of how the Third Reich's Army Group South was defeated in 1944-forty-five by the Soviet Red Army.

This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War's major belligerents, including colonies, 'lesser' powers, and neutral nation states.

This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of the countries that were not numbered among the Second World War's major belligerents, including colonies, 'lesser' powers, and neutral nation states.

To understand the turnaround in Spain's stance towards Japan during World War II, this book goes beyond mutual contacts and explains through images, representations, and racism why Madrid aimed at declaring war on Japan but not against the III Reich -as London ironically replied when it learned of Spain's warmongering against one of the Axis members.

Much of Civil War history emphasizes generalship (or the lack of it) as the key factor in analyzing why battles were won or lost.

Ensign Charles Paget’s previously unpublished diary of the Peninsular War is an important discovery for two reasons.

In this book you will find the stories of all the men awarded the VC while serving in the Gurkha and Indian regiments of the Indian Army; this also includes British soldiers serving in these regiments.

Just after midnight on 22 April 1916 on the Western Front, a sergeant from the 15th (1st London) Royal Welsh Fusiliers came sliding and stumbling along the dark, mud-filled trench towards the four men, huddled together and soaked-through, in the shallow dugout.

The period covered in this book saw the Roman Republic face its greatest military challenges.

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa.

The period covered in this book saw the Roman Republic face its greatest military challenges.

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa.

In this book you will find the stories of all the men awarded the VC while serving in the Gurkha and Indian regiments of the Indian Army; this also includes British soldiers serving in these regiments.

A soldier with the German Army's Wallonian Legion chronicles his experience as a foreign volunteer for the Nazi war machine during WWII.

A powerful remembrance of the lessons and legacy of Jan Karski, who risked his life to share the truth with the worldand a cautionary tale for our times.

The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is now in its fourth decade and shows no signs of ending.

The captivating story of an influential journalist demonstrates the value of a free press to democratic societyIn the decades between the Great Depression and the advent of cable television, when daily newspapers set the conversational agenda in the United States, the best reporter in the business was a rumpled, hard-drinking figure named Homer Bigart.

An in-depth assessment of innovations in military information technology informs hypothetical outcomes for artificial intelligence adaptationsIn the coming decades, artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionize the way humans wage war.

A powerful remembrance of the lessons and legacy of Jan Karski, who risked his life to share the truth with the worldand a cautionary tale for our times.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States emerged as an economic colossus in command of a new empire.

This book analyzes the evolution of Russian military thought and how Russia's current thinking about war is reflected in recent crises.

Cyber weapons and the possibility of cyber conflictincluding interference in foreign political campaigns, industrial sabotage, attacks on infrastructure, and combined military campaignsrequire policymakers, scholars, and citizens to rethink twenty-first-century warfare.