Military history

This history of the US's British aircraft acquisition "e;examin[es] the role [the USSAF] played in reconnaissance, special operations, and night fighting.

Noah Lewis challenges misconceptions about Black colonial soldiers, emphasizing Hector's vital role in the American Revolution.

The Gesta Francorum Ierusalem expugnantium is a history of the First Crusade and the first years of Latin rule in the kingdom of Jerusalem (1095-1106) written before 1120, probably in Flanders.

An estimated 200,000 Latvian soldiers-ten percent of the total prewar population of Latvia- served on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.

Um manifesto arrepiante no coracao do Terceiro Reich: descubra as raizes do antissemitismo, do totalitarismo e da propaganda que abalaram a historia do seculo XX.

Nee le 26 mars 1888, Elsa Brandstrom etait la fille de l'ambassadeur de Suede a Saint-Petersbourg.

Uncover the compelling true story behind a mysterious WWII plane crash and the Frozen Airmen found in the High Sierra.

The powerful German battlecruiser Scharnhorst was stalked and engaged on 26 December 1943 by a superior Allied naval task force off the North Cape of Norway.

An estimated 200,000 Latvian soldiers-ten percent of the total prewar population of Latvia- served on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.

The development of rocket and jet aircraft by the Germans before and during the Second World War is something that intrigues all those interested in the history of aviation.

Throughout the reign of Sultan Selim III (1789-1807), Ottoman officials complained about the destruction of a notorious criminal named Kara Feyzi and thousands of his followers: they pillaged, slaughtered, and burned down communities throughout the Balkans.

Uncover the compelling true story behind a mysterious WWII plane crash and the Frozen Airmen found in the High Sierra.

Almost 200,000 African Americans fought to save the Union, many believing that military service was the pathway to freedom.

Summer 1940.

The campaign in North Africa during World War Two was one of the most important of the conflict.

Winner of the 2019 RUSI Duke of Wellington Medal for Military HistoryWinner of the 2017 Society for Army Historical Research Templer MedalShortlisted for Military History Monthly's "e;Book of the Year"e; AwardThe first of two groundbreaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this book is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages.

WINNER OF THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWNA TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR'Britain's wartime story has been told many times, but never as cleverly as this.

Waged from June 26 to September 1, 1862, the Second Manassas campaign pitted the US Armies of Virginia and the Potomac against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and its new commander, Robert E.

The revised and updated groundbreaking study of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War-from the author of Bloody Roads South.

At the peak of Rome's might, a dragon is born among eagles, an heir to a line both blessed and cursed by the Gods for ages.

The revised and updated groundbreaking study of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War-from the author of Bloody Roads South.

In this companion to his celebrated earlier book, Gettysburg The Second Day, Harry Pfanz provides the first definitive account of the fighting between the Army of the Potomac and Robert E.

In the spring of 1864, in the vast Virginia scrub forest known as the Wilderness, Ulysses S.

Een huiveringwekkend manifest uit het hart van het Derde Rijk: ontdek de wortels van het antisemitisme, het totalitarisme en de propaganda die de geschiedenis van de twintigste eeuw ingrijpend hebben veranderd.

The Arab-Israeli conflict goes far beyond the wars waged on Middle Eastern battlefields.

First published in 1980, shortly after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, The Afghan Wars 1839-1919 speedily became a standard work of reference at military academies and staff colleges in the UK and overseas.

Noah Lewis challenges misconceptions about Black colonial soldiers, emphasizing Hector's vital role in the American Revolution.

Published for the first time, this illuminating and poignant correspondence offers a rare insight into the workings of the Cabinet War Rooms towards the end of the Second World War, and documents the rich wartime experiences of a woman with exclusive access to the closed world of Churchill's inner circle.

Most of the Germans and Austrians who fought with the British were Jews but a significant number were political opponents of the Nazi regime and so-called 'degenerate artists'.

During the Second World War all British citizens were called upon to do their part for their country.

The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most famous - and bestselling - books of all time.

The long-standing parliamentary convention known as the 'Royal Prerogative' has always allowed Prime Ministers to take the country to war without any formal approval by Parliament.

Medieval Europe is a dark and dangerous place.

The relationship between Britain and Cyprus over the course of the past 100 years has been a constantly evolving one.

Joyce Ffoulkes Parry was an Australian nurse who came to Britain in 1937 to rediscover her Welsh roots.

Waterloo has, perhaps, a greater claim to have left its mark on Europe than any single battle before it, yet, even after two hundred years, there is confusion about how the battle ended.

On 22 January 1879 a 20,000-strong Zulu army decimated the British camp at Isandlwana.

'This is a marvellous book.

In the aftermath of civil war, often the most daunting task is to reconcile former opponents who continue to demand justice--or even vengeance--for wartime suffering.

The Comet Escape Line tells the story of the most successful escape line of the Second World War.

'Excellent' - Financial Times'Stirring, impressively detailed' - Time magazineThe Battle for the Falklands is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and political editor Simon Jenkins.

Waged from June 26 to September 1, 1862, the Second Manassas campaign pitted the US Armies of Virginia and the Potomac against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and its new commander, Robert E.

Stalin is quoted as saying 'One man's death is a tragedy, a thousand deaths is a statistic'.

'A FINE ENGROSSING, SYMPATHETIC STUDY OF SASSOON' - THE TIMESWith two collections of his verse written during the First World War, Siegfried Sassoon established himself as among the greatest of the war poets.

On May 16, 1861, the Kentucky state legislature passed an ordinance declaring its neutrality, which the state's governor, Beriah Magoffin, confirmed four days later.

"e;Emphasize[s] the role of Winfield Scott Hancock .

"e;Emphasize[s] the role of Winfield Scott Hancock .

The book Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Vol.

"e;Foy's Superspy succeeds not because it uncovers explosive revelations, but because it makes a complex man legible.

"e;Foy's Superspy succeeds not because it uncovers explosive revelations, but because it makes a complex man legible.