Between 1945 and 1970, Canada's Department of National Defence sponsored scientific research into the myriad challenges of military operations in cold regions.
Excerpt: "e;The task of the American Navy in the great conflict was performed exceedingly well, but so very quietly that even now the merits of the achievement are realized only by those who knew how near the German submarine campaign came to winning the war.
The rapid industrialization of Curacao, based on oil refining, resulted in an urgent need for labor which the small community could not provide sufficiently.
A history of the battle from Germany's perspective: "e;An interesting account of a campaign that was decisive, but not as decisive as it could have been.
A compelling account of Australia's intelligence organisations and special forces - from the early days of the commandos during World War II through to the SAS of today and the cyber wars of the future.
The 'American Army in World War I' serves as a profound anthology reflecting diverse perspectives on the myriad roles and impacts of the United States Army during the Great War.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War is a joyful, myth-busting, rebel yell that shatters today's Leftist and demeaning stereotypes about the South and the Civil War.
On July 7, 1944, all remaining Japanese forces on Saipan conducted a massive suicide attack against the American forces that had landed on the island several weeks earlier.
An interdisciplinary excavation of colonoware as a material archive of African, Indigenous, and colonial entanglements across the early American South.
This is the first book-length study into crusading against Christians, examining this complex phenomenon from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries and across numerous regions, from France to Russia and from southern Italy to the Baltic.
A moral compass for the use of limited force that draws on the just war thought of Thomas AquinasOne of the most contentious developments in contemporary international relations has been the increased use of limited force.
This story of a conflict between two commanders amid the struggle to oust the British from South Carolina is "e;great for anyone teaching leadership"e; (Military Review).
It was the Greatest Generation's greatest moment: when heroes at home and abroad, united in common purpose as soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marinesunder the leadership of generals like Patton, Eisenhower, Marshall, and Bradleyrescued Europe from the tyranny and genocide of Adolf Hitler.
Taken collectively, the chapters in New Perspectives on the First World War: Beyond No Man's Land not only illuminate pieces of the Great War that remain in the shadow of the broader narratives, but also, and more importantly, foster new perspectives, pose distinct questions, and suggest fresh directions from which future work might emerge.
This fourth volume in the comprehensive series "e;fills a gap in the existing narrative"e; of WWII's Mediterranean air war (Journal of Military History).
When it comes to sheer savagery endured by the American fighting man, few combat theaters could match the Pacific in WorldWar II: the sodden malarial and Japanese infested jungles of New Guinea and Guadalcanal, the kamikaze pilots for whom death was no deterrent, and the blood-soaked beaches taken by island-hopping Marines.
This detailed biography brings to life one of the greatest military heroes of WWII-and demonstrates why his contributions were crucial to Allied victory.
