Following the success of his recent book on Navy SEALs in Iraq, The Sheriff of Ramadi, bestselling author and combat veteran Dick Couch now examines the importance of battlefield ethics in effectively combating terrorists without losing the battle for the hearts of the local population.
When the first Harrier strike fighter was introduced by the Royal Air Force in the late 1960s, it was hailed as a technological breakthrough with its speed, vertical, short takeoff and landing capability (V/STOL).
Operation Husky, the combined American and British air and sea invasion of Sicily in July 1943, was one of World War II's most critical campaigns with General George S.
A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on the fruits of modern research.
On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain and France in the west and Russia in the east.
Following the success of his recent book on Navy SEALs in Iraq, The Sheriff of Ramadi, bestselling author and combat veteran Dick Couch now examines the importance of battlefield ethics in effectively combating terrorists without losing the battle for the hearts of the local population.
La apertura de los archivos a partir de la desaparición de la URSS (1991) animó a los autores de esta obra a abordar una investigación sobre la influencia de la Comintern en el Partido Comunista de España, y cómo el poder soviético actuó en nuestro país.
Mención de honor en el PremioKatherine Singer Kovacs de la MLA, 2022«Patricios en contienda es una visión original del patriciado posindenpendentista, que ha sido eternizado en bustos, galerías de hombres ilustres y panteones.
« Ten Myths about the First World War » is a book that meets an essential need: moving beyond clichés and simplifications that blur our understanding of the Great War.
C'est l'histoire d'une enquete obstinee conduite par deux s urs a travers les archives et les temoignages, prenant parfois le cours d'une deambulation aussi infondee qu'improbable.
Here at last is the true story of the merchant fleet during World War II, the non-fighting service in which 32,000 men died yet whose essential role has never been fully appreciated.
La memoire de ces sombres periodes illustrees par des morceaux de vie, concrets, irrefutables, inseres dans une contextualisation historique rigoureuse, extremement bien documentee et bien ecrite, est plus qu'un temoignage.
EDITORIAL REVIEW:*The All-American Boys* is a no-holds-barred candid memoir by a former Marine jet jockey and physicist who became NASA's second civilian astronaut.
How Wars EndSettlements, Stalemates, and the Politics of the ExitDr Naim Tahir Baig,About the BookIn the spring of 2026, the world confronts a constellation of unended wars unlike any since 1945.
The last great battle of the Second World War was fought on the island of Okinawa; situated about three-hundred miles south-west of the Japanese mainland it is bordered by the China Sea on the west and the vast Pacific Ocean to the east.
This volume presents twelve studies, written between 2007 and 2023, which examine the conduct of war in Carolingian East Francia and Ottonian Germany from the mid-ninth to the early eleventh century.
This volume presents twelve studies, written between 2007 and 2023, which examine the conduct of war in Carolingian East Francia and Ottonian Germany from the mid-ninth to the early eleventh century.
Brecon's Hidden Theatre History, 1699-1870 uncovers how the Welsh market town of Brecon became a key centre for theatrical innovation and women's cultural leadership over nearly two centuries.
Brecon's Hidden Theatre History, 1699-1870 uncovers how the Welsh market town of Brecon became a key centre for theatrical innovation and women's cultural leadership over nearly two centuries.
The Empire Rome Could Not Break: A History of the Parthian EmpireFor five centuries, one empire stood between Rome and the East - and Rome never broke it.
Perfect for readers of Seabiscuit, The Boys in the Boat, and Unbroken "e;Electrifying and elegant… told with journalistic precision and pulse-quickening action.
Shortlisted for the 2018 Lincoln PrizePrevious biographies of Abraham Lincoln-universally acknowledged as one of America's greatest presidents-have typically focused on his experiences in the White House.
This book is a comprehensive study of more than 200 years of the shared and interconnected histories of Greek-Albanian relations, a field of inquiry that has not attracted the international scholarly attention it deserves.
Shortlisted for the 2018 Lincoln PrizePrevious biographies of Abraham Lincoln-universally acknowledged as one of America's greatest presidents-have typically focused on his experiences in the White House.
In The Road to Guilford Courthouse, one of the most acclaimed military histories of the Revolutionary War ever written, John Buchanan explored the first half of the critical Southern Campaign and introduced readers to its brilliant architect, Major General Nathanael Greene.
In The Road to Guilford Courthouse, one of the most acclaimed military histories of the Revolutionary War ever written, John Buchanan explored the first half of the critical Southern Campaign and introduced readers to its brilliant architect, Major General Nathanael Greene.
This Handbook provides the first comprehensive and global analysis of medieval military strategy, covering the period from the sixth to the seventeenth century.
