Military history

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Men in reserve focuses on working class civilian men who, as a result of working in reserved occupations, were exempt from enlistment in the armed forces.

Covering the period from the re-establishment of the Irish militia during the Crimean War until the disbandment of the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992, this book examines the Irish amateur military tradition within the British Army, distinctive from a British amateur military tradition.

In the first book detailing the social and economic history of Ireland during the Second World War, Bryce Evans reveals the real story of the Irish emergency.

The greatest undersea adventure of the 20th century.

IMAGINE ELIZABETH BETTINA'S SURPRISE when she discovered that her grandmother's village had a secret: over a half century ago, many of Campagna's residents defied the Nazis and risked their lives to shelter and save hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust.

This encyclopaedia titled ';International Encyclopaedia of Chemical and Biological Weapons & Warfares' is designed to serve the purpose of a complete reference book on the subject area of chemical and biological weapons, warfares and laws.

Join New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield as he dives into the incredible story of Abraham Lincoln's spiritual life and draws from it a deeper meaning that's sure to inspire us all.

Del Rio, California, a once-thriving Central Valley farm town, is now filled with run-down Dollar Stores, llanterias, carnicerias, and shabby mini-marts that sell one-way bus tickets straight to Tijuana on the Flecha Amarilla line.

This book is about the transformation of England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, a revolution that destroyed Ireland.

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Drawing on newspaper accounts, college yearbooks and the recollections of veterans, this book examines the impact of World War I on sports in the U.

"e;The finest account I've read on the Selous Scouts .

This study, focusing on the nuclear-politics interface, examines which political party should be given credit, and how much in shaping India's nuclear weapons policy.

The Encyclopaedia on Indian Army covers the evolution, statecraft and warfare from Vedic Period updated to the modem times.

Definitive account of the last great Luftwaffe attack of World War II Gripping stories of Fw 190s and Bf 109s in combat Contains hundreds of eyewitness accounts and rare photos In the early morning of January 1, 1945, as the Battle of the Bulge smoldered to an end, the German Luftwaffe--assumed to be starved of fuel and fighting spirit--launched a massive, surprise, low-level strike on Allied airfields throughout France, Belgium, and Holland, an operation code-named Bodenplatte.

Unique memoir of a Canadian serving in a German armored division What it was like to fight in a tank on the Eastern Front Details on the battlefield performance of the Panzer IV tank Six months before World War II erupted in 1939, Bruno Friesen was sent to Germany by his father in hopes of a better life.

Two gripping memoirs by British night-fighter crewmenAction-adventure tales of aerial combat aboard Beaufighter and Mosquito aircraftAccounts of Pathfinders who flew ahead of bomber formations and marked targets deep inside German territoryHow new technologies like airborne radar, one of World War II's best-kept secrets, were usedHow night-fighters helped save British cities from destruction

Succinct accounts of 21 guerrilla conflicts in the twentieth century Wars covered include the Boer War, the Philippine War, World War I, the Russian Revolution, World War II, Vietnam, the Algerian War, the Afghan-Soviet War, and more The exploits of men like Lawrence of Arabia, Orde Wingate, Mao Zedong, and Che Guevera In war, whenever one side outnumbers and outguns the other, the outnumbered and outgunned side often resorts to guerrilla warfare to address the asymmetry and frequently achieves victory.

The transition from the Soviet to the post-1991 Russian military is a fascinating story of decline and reinvention.

Often neglected by historians, actions in Missouri and Kansas had an important influence on the course of the Civil War, with profound effects for the communities and people in the region.

At the time of the Revolutionary War, a fifth of the Colonial population was African American.

Formed in 1916, the U.

For 50 years, civilians have avoided hearing about the controversial experiences of Vietnam veterans, many of whom suffer through post-traumatic stress alone.

A tough Jewish kid from the Bronx, Dan Altman enlisted in the Army when the U.

For more than a century, the U.

Some of the most dramatic and consequential events of the Civil War era took place in the South Carolina Lowcountry between Charleston and Savannah.

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

In 1988, Scott Cook was a boarding school PE teacher responsible for the proper inflation of dodge balls.

This is the first book to study the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918.

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Attentive to the last detail, rigid in his expectations of drill and execution, and fiercely protective of every man he commanded, General John J.

This book provides a concise set of thirteen essays looking at various aspects of the British left, movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First World War.

Women in an armored division!

A New Naval History brings together the most significant and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary naval history.

The Korean War in Britain explores the social and cultural impact of the Korean War (1950-53) on Britain.

The Encyclopaedia on Indian Army covers the evolution, statecraft and warfare from Vedic Period updated to the modem times.

In May of 1944, American airman Gerald E.

"e;This study goes beyond the military aspects to examine the psychological and emotional impacts on the participants, both military and civilian.

"e;This study goes beyond the military aspects to examine the psychological and emotional impacts on the participants, both military and civilian.

The "e;hair-raising details of the second-by-second events"e; of a Special Forces medic's covert operations during the Vietnam War (On Point: The Journal of Army History Online).

In this "e;great and necessary addition to the canon of Vietnam War memoirs"e; the author "e;is a thoroughly human Virgil guiding us through the hell of combat"e; (New York Journal of Books).

This book is about the transformation of England's trade and government finances in the mid-seventeenth century, a revolution that destroyed Ireland.

This WWII history presents an in-depth study of the Battle of Greece and a provocative new analysis of Nazi military tactics.

The calamity of World War I spawned dozens of liberation movements among ethnic and religious groups throughout the world.

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.

War, to become known as one, must entail some degree of confrontation using weapons and other military technology and equipment by armed forces employing military tactics and operational art within the broad military strategy subject to military logistics.

Naval forces from fifteen colonial territories fought for the British Empire during the Second World War, providing an important new lens for understanding imperial power and colonial relations on the eve of decolonisation.

Recycling the disabled: Army, medicine, and modernity in WWI Germany examines the 'medical organisation' of Imperial Germany for total war.