In this book, a follow-up to the same author's well-received study of British web equipment, Martin Brayley gives a detailed illustrated overview of the webbing straps, holsters, carriers and haversacks used by American combat troops from before World War One to the Vietnam War.
An epistolary chronicle of love and reflection from the Civil War front More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, West Point engineer and Brevet Brigadier General Orlando M.
An epistolary chronicle of love and reflection from the Civil War front More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, West Point engineer and Brevet Brigadier General Orlando M.
Among collections of letters written between American soldiers and their spouses, the Civil War correspondence of William and Jane Standard stands out for conveying the complexity of the motives and experiences of Union soldiers and their families.
Among collections of letters written between American soldiers and their spouses, the Civil War correspondence of William and Jane Standard stands out for conveying the complexity of the motives and experiences of Union soldiers and their families.
The Remaking of the Medieval World, 1204 allows students to understand and experience one of the greatest medieval atrocities, the sack of the Constantinople by a crusader army, and the subsequent reshaping of the Byzantine Empire.
From the private papers of Winston Churchill to the tender notes of an unknown Tommy in the trenches, Love Letters of the Great War brings together some of the most romantic correspondence ever written.
One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire stridently confronting, in 1941, the world's most powerful nation.
A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss.
Ravaged by civil war and pressure from the Huns to the east, in late summer AD 376 the Gothic tribe of the Theruingi up to 200,000 people under their leader Fritigern gathered on the northern bank of the River Danube and asked the Eastern Roman emperor, Valens, for asylum within the empire.
At the start of the twentieth century the United States led the world in advances in aviation, with the first successful engine-powered flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Dayton, Ohio, beginning in 1903.
At the start of the twentieth century the United States led the world in advances in aviation, with the first successful engine-powered flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Dayton, Ohio, beginning in 1903.
This fascinating study sheds new light on antebellum Americas notorious filibusters the freebooters and adventurers who organized or participated in armed invasions of nations with whom the United States was formally at peace.
Challenging assumptions about the separation of high politics and everyday life, Belinda Davis uncovers the important influence of the broad civilian populace particularly poorer women on German domestic and even military policy during World War I.
In this brilliant narrative of the Warsaw Uprising, British historian Norman Davies offers a stirring account of one of the defining moments of the 20th century.
From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen.
An exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen 'warriors' from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir Max Hastings.
Ravaged by civil war and pressure from the Huns to the east, in late summer AD 376 the Gothic tribe of the Theruingi up to 200,000 people under their leader Fritigern gathered on the northern bank of the River Danube and asked the Eastern Roman emperor, Valens, for asylum within the empire.
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo secreto de hombres fue lanzado tras las líneas enemigas para encender la chispa de la resistencia en la Europa ocupada.
From Reagan to the Twenty-First Century explores one of the most transformative periods in modern American history, tracing the United States from the conservative resurgence of the 1980s to the political, economic, technological, and cultural conflicts of the modern era.
Alors que l’Europe s’embrase en août 1914 sans que personne n’imagine encore l’ampleur du conflit, les débats sont déjà nombreux sur la pertinence de l’engagement qu’il soit politique, idéologique, économique ou religieux.
Alors que l’Europe s’embrase en août 1914 sans que personne n’imagine encore l’ampleur du conflit, les débats sont déjà nombreux sur la pertinence de l’engagement qu’il soit politique, idéologique, économique ou religieux.
