Riverbend, the young Iraqi woman whose “articulate, even poetic prose packs an emotional punch,” continues her blog from her hometown of Baghdad (The New York Times).
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery had a dynamic personality that often led to difficulties with political or military superiors but made him an immensely effective leader of men.
The official volume marking the centenary of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, known as the 'Wavy Navy' because of the distinctive wavy gold stripes on the reservists' uniforms, from its formation in 1903 through its unification with the mercantile Royal Reserve in 1958, and on to its present complete integration with the Royal Navy as 'the part-time element of a single naval service'.
The book "e;The Hero and Conqueror Ibrahim and His Conquest of the Levant in 1832"e; takes us to one of the most brilliant pages in modern Arab history.
Since the Venerable Bede wrote his iconic Ecclesiastic History of England in the eighth century, King Penda has been relegated to the role of villain and treated as a barrier to advancement in a battle between new ideas and a new culture.
Considere par Eisenhower et les Allies comme un front secondaire a contenir et confiner jusqu'a la capitulation generale de l'Allemagne, le front de l'Ouest prit une tout autre dimension pour le general de Gaulle.
Migration ist in aller Munde, und schnell wird vergessen, dass auch viele Deutsche und Osterreicher einst gezwungen waren, ihr Heimatland zu verlassen.
This volume is designed to be an in-depth and nuanced philosophical treatment of the virtue of obedience in the context of the professional military and the broader civilian political community, including the general citizenry.
This volume is designed to be an in-depth and nuanced philosophical treatment of the virtue of obedience in the context of the professional military and the broader civilian political community, including the general citizenry.
From the moment that Prussia entered the world of the crusade movement and the zone of Western European external expansion in the thirteenth century, and was quickly dominated by the Teutonic Order, the new Prussian land created by the Order became a transitional area and a frontier country.
Ancient Warfare: The Basics offers an engaging introduction to warfare in the ancient Mediterranean World from the mythical Trojan War, through the rise of hoplites and conquests of Alexander the Great to Roman hegemony and the Arab conquests of western Asia.
Ancient Warfare: The Basics offers an engaging introduction to warfare in the ancient Mediterranean World from the mythical Trojan War, through the rise of hoplites and conquests of Alexander the Great to Roman hegemony and the Arab conquests of western Asia.
Understanding the context of terrorism requires a trek through history, in this case the history of terrorist activity in the United States since the Civil War.
The British Army''s devastating effectiveness against colonial rebellion is exposed in this military history of Britain''s pacification of the Arab revolt in Palestine.
Challenges the persistent orthodoxies of the Tokyo tribunal and provides a new framework for evaluating the trial, revealing its importance to international jurisprudence.
