Military history

A modern and current examination of Reconstruction that explains how the South in the aftermath of defeat in a total war, was still able to exhaust the will of the powerful North using asymmetric warfare.

Focusing on the war on the Western and Southern fronts and inclusive of material from all sides of the conflict, this book explores the novels and poems of significant soldier-writers alongside important contemporary historical documents.

En 1951, Francia estaba lejos de la recuperación de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y con la caída de los nazis, estaba a punto de comenzar una nueva ocupación militar totalmente diferente.

The War in Afghanistan was the longest military conflict in American history.

This volume offers a comprehensive history of warfare since 1648, covering conventional and unconventional operations and demonstrating how most modern wars have been hybrid affairs that involved both.

This riveting narrative focuses on the Buffalo Soldiers, tracing the legacy of black military service and its social, economic, and political impact from the colonial era through the end of the 19th century.

This extended study of one of the critical campaigns of World War I sheds light on vital strategic consequences for both sides.

This book provides readers with an overview of how Americans have commemorated and remembered the Civil War.

This compelling reference focuses on the events, individuals, organizations, and ideas that shaped Japanese warfare from early times to the present day.

This book provides up-to-date coverage of the policies, strategies, and effects of suicide in war, examining this subject from societal and military perspectives to shed light on the justifications for using human beings as expendable weapons.

Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Sea Power upon History is well known to students of naval history and strategy, but his other writings are often overlooked when considering today's challenges.

Discover the Thrill of Owning and Shooting the M1 Garand!

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This timely addition to Civil War history shares the stories of 25 unique military organizations, showing how past and future collided in the first modern war.

With more than 250 cross-referenced entries covering every aspect of conflict in the Holy Land, this illuminating book will help students understand the volatile history of Palestine and Israel and its impact on the rest of the world.

Die Literatur zum Nationalsozialismus und zum Holocaust füllt ganze Bibliotheken, und selbst Fachleuten fällt es schwer, einen Überblick zu wahren.

This work provides a comprehensive and balanced analysis of the Second World War in all its aspects - military, diplomatic, political, economic, social, and ecological.

Why does 1919 deserve further study and debate a hundred years later?

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Why I wrote this BookI became interested in writing about the Vietnam War from my own perspective when I saw TV documentaries showing marines and some army soldiers indiscriminately burning Vietnamese thatch houses, destroying livestock and capturing old men, women and children.

The Allied Bombing of Central Italy examines the results of the Second World War Allied bombing campaign on Palestrina and Rome, Italy, and the long-term impact of the war on the mountainside town and on the Barberini family's art collection including the Nile Mosaic.

The Allied Bombing of Central Italy examines the results of the Second World War Allied bombing campaign on Palestrina and Rome, Italy, and the long-term impact of the war on the mountainside town and on the Barberini family's art collection including the Nile Mosaic.

Bringing together a diverse collection of primary source documents, this book illuminates the events and experiences of World War I from a variety of perspectives, from soldiers on the front lines to civilians supporting the war effort at home.

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This book details British fortifications used from the Tudor period beginning in 1485 through the end of World War II in 1945.

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The story of the British army, from its inception in the late seventeenth century to the present.

In October of 1756 Sarah Folkes wrote home to her children in London from Jamaica.

In October of 1756 Sarah Folkes wrote home to her children in London from Jamaica.

This book is a thorough and thought provoking account of the first year of existence of the 60th Australian Infantry Battalion.

Based largely on Neville Chamberlain's own words and official government documents, this book describes how were it not for Chamberlain's powerful, dominating presence in the British government, World War II might have been avoided.

This comprehensive volume traces the evolution of Japanese military history-from 300 AD to present day foreign relations-and reveals how the country's cultural views of power, violence, and politics helped shape Japan's long and turbulent history of war.

Based largely on Civil War veterans' own words, this book documents how many of these men survived the extraordinary horrors and hardships of war with surprising resilience and went on to become productive members of their communities in their post-war lives.

A superbly illustrated account of the Japanese Navy during the fierce battles of Guadalcanal and the Solomons, explaining how and why it fought as it did.

This book details British fortifications used from the Tudor period beginning in 1485 through the end of World War II in 1945.

Descubra la historia de este cuerpo de infantería que ha protagonizado las principales guerras libradas por Estados Unidos.

Desde su ocupación en 1945, la ciudad de Berlín fue el epicentro de la Guerra Fría.

Read the experiences of the men and women who served in a horrific war, across the sea-the Great War.

Seit Aufstellung der Bundeswehr 1955 verloren über 3300 Soldaten ihr Leben im Dienst.

The complete text of one of the most important speeches in American history, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

Nelson (1758–1805) war Admiral und eine der schillerndsten Figuren der britischen Geschichte.

War often unites a society behind a common cause, but the notion of diverse populations all rallying together to fight on the same side disguises the complex social forces that come into play in the midst of perceived unity.

In this remarkable revisionist study, Webb shows that English imperial policy was shaped by a powerful and sustained militaristic, autocratic tradition that openly defined English empire as the imposition of state control by force on dependent people.

Motin examines great powers' reactions to the rise of new powers in bipolar international systems by exploring an understudied problem: the rarity of armed emergence after 1945.

Der Zweite Weltkrieg in der LuftWarschau, Rotterdam, Coventry: Die Namen dieser Städte stehen beispielhaft für die massiven Angriffe der deutschen Luftwaffe im Zweiten Weltkrieg.