Military history

This provocative book seeks to answer a most crucial-and embarrassing-question concerning the U.

This volume is the only current treatment of security issues in Central Asia for the nonspecialist, as well as specialists and policy-makers.

From Army Rangers to Green Berets to the U.

A revelatory new account of the Second World War-and how bitter competition between the Allies would shape the postwar world In June 1944, an Allied army of British, American, and Canadian troops sought to open up a Second Front in Normandy.

The beautiful picture of brothers in arms vanquishing a tyrant.

Firsthand accounts of war in the Pacific theater from an intrepid reporter of World War II combatWar Is Not Just for Heroes rescues the incredible true stories of US Marine Corps.

America's entrance into the wars in Vietnam came as a result of several factors.

Holding the small island of Malta, the British Empire's strategic centerpiece in the Mediterranean Sea, was critical to the Allied cause in World War II--and taking it was essential for Axis victory.

With a unique prewar history as a snagboat and James B.

Extraordinary storytelling about unfathomable horror.

Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy.

"e;As America assesses the value of our intervention in Afghanistan and involvement in future foreign wars, we must always consider the price.

This is the first book to critically and visually explore the spatial practices of refuge in response to conditions of war, violence, and displacement experienced in Iraq from 2003 to 2023.

Gewalt, Gräuel und Verbrechen sind drei Fahnenwörter, mit welchen das Elend des Ersten Weltkrieges beschrieben werden kann.

When looking at the early modern period (c.

Lange wurde den protestantischen Militärgeistlichen Preußens zugeschrieben, mithilfe der Religion die Soldaten diszipliniert zu haben.

Kaum eine Armee galt lange Zeit als derart »diszipliniert« und ausgebildet wie die preußische Armee im frühen 18.

The general field of study of this volume is the history and culture of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517).

The First World War massively changed the scale and nature of the "e;military veteran question"e; in Europe.

While the Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk realm in 1516-17 doubtlessly changed the balance of political power in Egypt and Greater Syria, the changes must be seen as a wide-ranging transition process.

Der Dreißigjährige Krieg gilt vielfach als Zeit der Krise von Staatlichkeit und der Erosion von Herrschaft.

Kriegs- und Wehrmachtpfarrer waren an allen Feldzügen des Zweiten Weltkriegs beteiligt.

Wer die erschreckende Brutalität des russischen Geheimdienstes verstehen will, muss dieses Buch lesen.

Leopold Rosenmayr schildert in diesem Erfahrungsbericht sein Leben als 18-jähriger Dolmetscher der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1943 in Wien und von 1944 bis 1945 in Griechenland.

Auch nach den "Jubiläumsjahren" 2014/18 blieben viele Forschungsfragen zu Aspekten des Ersten Weltkriegs in Graz und der Steiermark offen.

Stralsund nach dem Großen Nordischen Krieg bis zur französischen Besetzung 1807: Hüterin städtischer Freiheiten, Regierungssitz aber auch Festungs- und Garnisonsstadt.

Der Erste Weltkrieg hat Vor- und Nachgeschichten.

Soviet Success (1947) deals with Soviet Russia after the Second World War.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE GREAT WAR COLLECTION - The Battle of Jutland, The Battle of the Somme & Nelson's History of the War (9 Books in One Volume)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

Soviet Communism (1989) contains the full text of the 1986 new and significantly revised foundational documents of Soviet Communism, the Programme and Party Rules - changes agreed following Mikhail Gorbachev's call for the radical and democratic reform of the Party and of the Soviet political system as a whole.

This is the first full-length work devoted to Aedan mac Gabrain, 6th century king of Dal Riata in Scotland.

Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia (1985) examines the progress made in the Soviet Union's attempts to increase desert vegetation without using irrigation or fertilizers.

The compelling story of how American football was used to boost morale and inject camaraderie between the Allied forces in wartime London In December 1943, as London faced a fifth Christmas of blackouts and no sign of World War Two ending, a chance encounter at an English pub between a Canadian and an American officer led to the staging of a football game: the Tea Bowl.

The Soviet Far East (1957) examines the Soviet economic and political development of the Russian Far East between Lake Baikal and the Pacific, as it gained importance as the geographic base of Soviet power in the Far Eastern theatre of international politics and strategy.

Firsthand accounts of war in the Pacific theater from an intrepid reporter of World War II combatWar Is Not Just for Heroes rescues the incredible true stories of US Marine Corps.

Soviet Success (1947) deals with Soviet Russia after the Second World War.

Soviet Socialism (1987) is based on the author's specialized knowledge of many aspects of Soviet politics, including local government, the Communist Party and the Soviet intelligentsia.

The Soviet Union (1989) examines the state of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s.

The Soviet Communist Party (1986) provides a concise and accessible description, analysis and assessment of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and its place in the Soviet political system.

Soviet Socialism (1987) is based on the author's specialized knowledge of many aspects of Soviet politics, including local government, the Communist Party and the Soviet intelligentsia.

A brilliantly detailed visual representation of the only US World War II destroyer to have retained its original configuration.

An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima.

Superbly illustrated with original artwork throughout, this book explores the ironclad warships that fought the little-known battles of South America's War of the Pacific.

The Soviet Union (1989) examines the state of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s.

Superbly illustrated with original artwork throughout, this book explores the ironclad warships that fought the little-known battles of South America's War of the Pacific.

The Soviet Secret Police (1957) depicts the main aspects of the development, structure and functions of the secret police of the Soviet Union.

Die Publikation dokumentiert Tagungsbeiträge zum Forschungsprojekt zur archivischen Überlieferung des militärischen Kunstschutzes im Zweiten Weltkrieg, deren zentraler Quellenbestand der Nachlass von Franziskus Graf Wolff Metternich (1893–1978) ist.

America's entrance into the wars in Vietnam came as a result of several factors.

The Cold War Past and Present (1987) analyses the generally antagonistic postwar relations between the Soviet Union and the West, particularly America.

Includes a new foreword by Rob RinderWhat readers are saying about HOLOCAUST JOURNEY:'Brilliant .