Military history

From Topgun to Squadron Command You're in the cockpit of the legendary F-14 Tomcat fighter, blazing along at twice the speed of sound seven miles above the ocean and the carrier that hurled you off its deck.

It has been said that during times of war, the Muses fall silent.

In Great Hunting Rifles, firearms expert Terry Wieland leads the reader on a journey through the history of some of the most exquisite rifles made in the twentieth century.

An in-depth look at the decades-long effort to escalate hostilities with Russia and what it portends for the future.

An intersection of three inseparable features of military life: stories, family, and food.

An indispensable guide to right living from a Founding Father.

A new edition of the seminal text by the father of modern economics.

Kenneth ODonnell was JFKs Chief of Staff, among the group known as Kennedys Irish Mafia.

"e;This book is a slice of intensified historyhistory as I saw it.

The market's most comprehensive guide to German combat vehicles.

In 1918, as the First World War ravaged the European continent, young American journalist Lowell Thomas traveled to the Ottoman Empire to report on the revolts breaking out as an indirect result of the savage European conflict.

A thorough history of the weapons and tools our prehistoric ancestors used to survive, this book reveals a world that will fascinate anyone interested in outdoor skills, ancient weapons, or anthropology.

A classic of historical literature, Boys Book of Frontier Fighters is a thrilling collection of stories that cover the legacy of American fighters and their successes in defending themselves and their country.

The Civil War changed the United States in many wayseconomic, political, and social.

The reputation of Confederate General James Longstreetsecond-in-command to and intimate friend of Robert E.

First published in Great Britain in 1881 and subsequently revised nine times between then and 1910, The Gun and Its Development traces the fascinating history of weaponry: the obscure, ancient origins of the slingshot and the bow, the invention of the crossbow, possibly around 1000 AD; the introduction of gunpowder into Europe in the fourteenth century; the development of sporting and military guns over the centuries thereafter; and the rise of modern, mass-produced firearms in the early twentieth century.

Written by one of the foremost firearms experts of the twentieth century, Charles Edward Chapels Guns of the Old West is an exhaustively researched document that not only boasts a significant collection of antique Western guns, but also categorizes the firearms into easy-to-reference sections.

This historical western was written before Custer was known as General, a time when those who knew and marched with Custer were still alive.

Developed to help Navy SEAL trainees meet the rigorous demands of the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community, this comprehensive guide covers all the basics of physical well-being as well as advice for the specific challenges encountered in extreme conditions and mission-related activities.

Death Ride of the Panzers is a unique guide to the Nazi tanks, vehicles, and crews of World War II.

How Churchill Saved Civilization resolves the lingering mysteries surrounding the causes of the Second World War, and what transpired during the war to bring its end result.

How competing visions of world order in the 1940s gave rise to the modern concept of globalismDuring and after the Second World War, public intellectuals in Britain and the United States grappled with concerns about the future of democracy, the prospects of liberty, and the decline of the imperial system.

The legendary Douglas DC-3 airliner was a technological breakthrough that changed the course of both civilian and military aviation.

There were two kinds of pilots involved in the action during the Second World War: those who took the lead, and the others who went along for the ride.

A history of Americas military on horseback.

Popular history of the finest sort .

In Kremlin Winter, Robert Service, acclaimed biographer of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky and one of the finest historians of modern Russia, brings his deep understanding of that country to bear on the man who leads it.

'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.

Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, and regicide, and moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris and the Low Countries, Jerry Brotton's colourful and critically acclaimed book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods, explores the formation and dispersal of King Charles I's art collection.

Now updated with a new chapter on the 7 October attacks and more.

Meticulously researched and vividly written, Eight Days at Yalta is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.

'I was on a train, and a German soldier began shouting at me and poking me in the ribs with his machine gun.

Winner of 1954 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.

A special edition of The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary.

Transporting the reader to the heart-wrenching times of World War II, Some Sunny Day is an evocative memoir of love and courage in war-torn Asia by Madge Lambert.

'Taylor has done us a great service in making the personal stories of what it was actually like to live through the most crucial year of the twentieth century vivid, compelling and salutary.

From 1942 Speer was the second most powerful man in the Reich and Hitler's right-hand man.

The First World War was one of the deadliest conflicts in modern history and produced horrors undreamed of by the young men who cheerfully volunteered for a war that was supposed to be over by Christmas.

Autumn 1944.

'Alive with human detail and acute political judgement, this book marks the arrival of a formidably gifted historian.

A powerful and intensely moving memoir by an NHS surgeon who volunteered in war zones, operating under the most extreme circumstances.

A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram by David M.

November 9th 1938 is widely seen as a violent turning point in Nazi Germany s assault on the Jews.

From the moment it began in 1936, the Spanish Civil War became the political question of the age.

Hawaii, 7th December 1941, shortly before 8 in the morning: Japanese torpedo bombers launch a surprise attack on the US Pacific fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor.

The third edition of What is Military History?

Few countries can claim to have endured such a difficult and tortuous history as that of Iraq.

This book recounts one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century: the siege of Leningrad.

In this latest addition to the War & Conflict Through the Ages series, Brian Sandberg offers a truly global examination of the intersections between war, culture, and society in the early modern period.