Military history

The second century BCE was a time of prolonged debate at Rome about the changing nature of warfare.

For the last sixty years, American foreign and defense policymaking has been dominated by a network of institutions created by one piece of legislation--the 1947 National Security Act.

The poet's "e;account of trench life .

Brigadier General James L.

David Lesch is a modern-day Renaissance man whose work has spanned continents and allowed him to explore cultures near and far.

At the end of the tenth-century English manuscript the Exeter Book, there is a collection of almost one hundred riddles.

While the First, or 'Great', English Civil War of 1642-6 was largely contested at regional and county level, in often hard-fought and long-lasting local campaigns, historians often still continue to dwell on the well-known major battles, such as Edgehill and Naseby, and the prominent national leaders.

In 'Kriegsgefangen - Erlebtes 1870 & Reisebriefe vom Kriegsschauplatz' präsentiert Theodor Fontane eine Sammlung von Berichten über seine Erlebnisse als Kriegskorrespondent während des deutsch-französischen Krieges von 1870.

2024 Christy Award FinalistBased on true World War II stories of life in the USO variety shows, worlds collide when performers from around the United States come together to tour North Africa.

Executive editor: Klaus-Peter Friedrich; English-language edition prepared by: Elizabeth Harvey, Russell Alt-Haaker, Johannes Gamm, Georg Felix Harsch, Dorothy Mas, and Caroline Pearce This source edition on the persecution and murder of the European Jews by Nazi Germany presents in a total of 16 volumes a thematically comprehensive selection of documents on the Holocaust.

In this account of the bloodiest war fought on American soil, Brooks Simpson recounts the events of the war from the opening salvo at Fort Sumter through the battlefields of Gettysburg and Shiloh to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House.

The focus of this volume is the rise and fall of the Indian maritime merchant in the early modern period: the heyday of Moghul Surat, the appearance of a group of independent merchant shipowners, and their eclipse at the end of the period in the face of European competition and monopolies.

In Daniel Defoe's 'THE STORM - Unabridged,' readers are immersed in a tale of survival in the face of natural disaster.

This book examines the particular experience of ethnic, religious and national minorities who participated in the First World War as members of the main belligerent powers: Britain, France, Germany and Russia.

Este ebook presenta "El arte de la guerra" con un sumario dinámico y detallado.

The three decades between 1865 and 1895 marked a particularly contentious period in the relationship between Britain and Russia in Central Asia, which more than once brought them to the verge of war.

This book is a continuation of the special series devoted to the Swedish Army from the time of Charles XII.

Gerald McCarthy enlisted in the Marines at 17 and volunteered for Vietnam.

This book enables Western scholars and educators to recognize the roles and contributions of shadow education/hakwon education in an international context.

China has evolved from a nation with local and regional security interests to a major economic and political power with global interests, investments, and political commitments.

This monograph examines the potential utility of history as a source of education and possible guidance for the U.

This edited volume offers an original exploration into the ways in which Soviet culture and experience of time were unique, examining the temporalities expressed in the world of socialist things: from the objects of everyday life to urban architecture.

Dieses eBook: "Ravensnest oder die Rothäute" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

"e;Benjamin Tallmadge narrates his time spent as a military officer during the American Revolutionary War, detailing his roles as both commander and intelligence gatherer.

From Afghanistan to Angola, Indonesia to Iran, and Colombia to Congo, violent reactions erupt, states collapse, and militaries relentlessly pursue operations doomed to fail.

Amid the thunderous chaos of World War I, one man stood as a beacon of hope and reconciliation: Pope Benedict XV.

Winner: Templer Medal Book PrizeIn 1945, the Indian British XIV Army inflicted on the Imperial Japanese Army in Burma the worst defeat in its history.

This book offers a broad comparative perspective on regime building under Axis rule during the Second World War, exploring case studies in Europe and Asia.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Von Sarajevo nach Versailles" verfügbar.

During the first 18 months of World War I, Woodrow Wilson sought to maintain American neutrality, but as this carefully argued study shows, it was ultimately an unsustainable stance.

In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey together, one that would bind them for the rest of their lives.

This is a study of sea power and maritime strategy in the Classical Greek world.

Executive editors: Katja Happe, Barbara Lambauer, and Clemens Maier-Wolthausen, with Maja Peers; English-language edition prepared by: Elizabeth Harvey, Johannes Gamm, Georg Felix Harsch, Dorothy Mas, and Caroline Pearce In summer 1942 the Germans escalated the systematic deportations of Jews from Western and Northern Europe to the extermination camps.

There are currently between twenty and thirty civil wars worldwide, while at a global level the Cold War has been succeeded by a "e;war on drugs"e; and a "e;war on terror"e; that continues to rage a decade after 9/11.

Shortlisted for the 2021 Wolfson History Prize and a finalist for the 2021 Cundill History Prize Told for the first time from their perspective, the story of children who survived the chaos and trauma of the Holocaust-named a best history book of 2020 by the Daily Telegraph ?

Roughly ten million children were victims of political repression in the Soviet Union during the Stalinist era.

First published in 1942,A Sun ChiefA is the autobiography of Hopi Chief Don C.

This book, the first of its kind, comprehensively explores Native American claims against the United States government over the past two centuries.

A groundbreaking account of the Nazi-Islamist alliance that changed the course of World War II and influences the Arab world to this day.

In his memoir, Alvin Ziontz reflects on his more than thirty years representing Indian tribes, from a time when Indian law was little known through landmark battles that upheld tribal sovereignty.

An exceptional storyteller with an analytical eye, Merrel Clubb has gathered the letters he sent his parents from the Pacific Theater of World War II and his subsequent reflections on that war and on his life into a kind of then-and-now memoir.

This "e;riveting account of one of history's greatest blunders"e; chronicles Russia's tragic mishandling of Nazi Germany's invasion during WWII (William L.

Militarism has traditionally been regarded as a phenomenon of the political right.

How have navies contemplated possible enemies?

During World War II, the Luftwaffe's Nachtjagd evolved from chaos to effective night fighter units in response to RAF Bomber Command raids.

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