Ask an American intelligence officer to tell you when the country started doing modern intelligence and you will probably hear something about the Office of Strategic Services in World War II or the National Security Act of 1947 and the formation of the Central Intelligence Agency.
No longer willing to accept naval blockades, the impressment of American seamen, and seizures of American ships and cargos, the United States declared war on Great Britain.
In ›Die Erfindung der Namen‹ taucht der Leser in eine faszinierende Welt ein, in der die Bedeutung von Namen nicht nur eine kulturelle Nuance ist, sondern eine grundlegende Rolle im menschlichen Dasein spielt.
Dans ce second tome de Panser nos morts, nous retrouvons les mêmes narrateurs, Maria, Ivan, Kostia, qui sont aussi les acteurs de ce temps singulier et qui prolongent leur existence et leur engagement de toute une vie.
The Forest Rose: A Tale of the Frontier by Emerson Bennett is a captivating historical novel that transports readers to the rugged and untamed American frontier.
This unique full-length English biography of Varus reassesses how he has been held responsible for one of the most infamous and humiliating defeats in Roman history.
Originally published in 1998, Like Men of War was a groundbreaking early study of Black troops in the Civil War that is still considered a major contribution to the literature on the United States Colored Troops (USCT).
La violenta, cruenta y durísima Guerra Civil española dejó más de medio millón de muertos y la herencia de lo que significó el paso del odio acumulado a la furia del derramamiento de sangre indiscriminado incluso entre miembros de la misma familia.
The British army between 1783 and 1815 – the army that fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars – has received severe criticism and sometimes exaggerated praise from contemporaries and historians alike, and a balanced and perceptive reassessment of it as an institution and a fighting force is overdue.
This volume focuses on Serbia's need to manage change while preserving community identities, a narrative that avoids the common depiction of Serbian culture as a hostile struggle between modernizers supporting foreign models and traditionalists advocating forms of national cultural patrimony.
A masterful history of how war and insecurity, both real and perceived, have driven Russia's destiny for centuries, including the disastrous invasion of Ukraine.
These case studies offer new approaches to the analysis and interpretation of symbols in a variety of media and as expressed on a range of objects at different scales.
Der deutsch-amerikanische Historiker Jochen Hellbeck nimmt eine Neubewertung des Zweiten Weltkriegs vor und verändert unseren Blick auf die Entstehung des Holocaust.
A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube.
A celebration of cheerful determination in the face of appalling adversity, Soldiers' Songs and Slang of the Great War reveals the bawdy and satiric sense of humour of the Tommy in the trenches.
NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER HOW THE DEATH OF A SPY IN THE IRA LED TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST MURDER INVESTIGATIONS IN BRITISH HISTORY WINNER - Historical Writers' Association Non-Fiction Crown 2024 SHORTLISTED - CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2024SHORTLISTED - True Crime Awards Book of the Year 2024 Top 10 Irish Non-Fiction bestseller, April 2024 On 26th May 1986, the body of an undercover British agent was found by the side of a muddy lane, with a rope tied around its wrists and tape over each eye.
This volume is a collection of a variety of important records that will give readers insight into key themes into the history of what its criminal code called "e;the unnatural and detestable sin of buggery"e;- sex between males - in the Royal Navy.
"e;Aided by the bitter memories of the few survivors, Matthews devotes most detail to the victims, while noting that only one of his four villains could truly be said to have been brought to justice.
In December 1915, as the First World War wore on, Acadian leaders meeting in New Brunswick deplored how soldiers from their communities were "e;lost in the crowd"e; of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
'A groundbreaking and important book that will surely reframe our understanding of the Great War' David Lammy'A genuinely groundbreaking piece of research' BBC History'Meticulously researched and beautifully written' Military History MonthlyIn a sweeping narrative, David Olusoga describes how Europe's Great War became the World's War a multi-racial, multi-national struggle, fought in Africa and Asia as well as in Europe, which pulled in men and resources from across the globe.
Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the warriors fighting on both sides during the Vikings' attacks on the Frankish realm in the 9th century, as raiding escalated into full-scale siege warfare.
A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube.
The British army between 1783 and 1815 – the army that fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars – has received severe criticism and sometimes exaggerated praise from contemporaries and historians alike, and a balanced and perceptive reassessment of it as an institution and a fighting force is overdue.
Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father’s objections, as an officer in this elite regiment has caused great excitement.
