Military history

In the early morning hours of July 29, 1967, crew members aboard the USS Forrestal had no clue that their being awakened by a "e;Man overboard"e; alarm could have served as a possible omen of events to come only a few hours later.

A Peoples Army documents the many distinctions between British regulars and Massachusetts provincial troops during the Seven Years' War.

'Tony is the real deal.

A frightened boy pursued by racist bullies who grew up to become a trailblazing soldier in the British Army and then the SAS, Melvyn Downes was one of the first British-born Black men to join the elite regiment.

Buchbeschreibung: Die Schlacht am Litle Big HornDie Schlacht am Little Bighorn gilt als eines der legendärsten und zugleich tragischsten Kapitel der amerikanischen Geschichte.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This early work by Helen Fraser was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series.

This early work by Frances Wilson Huard was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series.

'Riveting, timely and truly revelatory.

"e;This book is an attempt to give a brief account of the life of the men of Ambulance Company Number 139 during their services in the Great War.

Mit dem Atombombenabwurf auf Hiroshima und Nagasaki im August 1945 wurde der Zweite Weltkrieg auf beispiellos zerstörerische Art beendet.

The Forty-Eighters of Possum Creek: A Texas Civil War Story is a departure for State House Press.

Ray Perry was a farm boy from rural West Texas when America entered World War II.

Noble Sentiments and the Rise of Russian Novels rewrites the history of nineteenth-century Russian novels.

"e;Only constant observation of civilian Judges and soldier witnesses could have shown me how fallible is the unaided military memory or have led me by three steps to a War Diary-(1) There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win.

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In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Russian Empire opened the grasslands of southern Ukraine to agricultural settlement.

The Battle of the Alamo is one of the most compelling stories from American history.

This early work by Harriot Stanton Blatch was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series.

The Battle of the Alamo is one of the most compelling stories from American history.

This book, spanning the years 1961-1964, is the third in a four-part collection of documents from the archives of the Russian Federation's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israel State Archives portraying relations between the Soviet Union and the State of Israel.

Sulphur Springs native Frank Webster Pearce was a soldier in Texas' own 36th Infantry Division and the 111th Engineer Combat Battalion.

Sulphur Springs native Frank Webster Pearce was a soldier in Texas' own 36th Infantry Division and the 111th Engineer Combat Battalion.

Tempest Over Texas: The Fall and Winter Campaigns, 18631864 is the fourth installment in Dr.

This publication is a collection of letters written by a soldier serving in Mesopotamia during the great war.

Tempest Over Texas: The Fall and Winter Campaigns, 18631864 is the fourth installment in Dr.

"e;Shortly after the outbreak of War-after the first contingent had been mobilised, and while they were undergoing training-it became evident that it would be necessary to raise another force to proceed on the heels of the first.

Juneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery.

Juneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery.

Originally published in 1891, this is a detailed eye-witness history of the Crimean War.

This early work by Louis Tracy was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series.

'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildFIVE DARING ESCAPES CARRIED OUT BY THE FAMOUS FIGHTING FORCE DURING WWIIFrom the infamous 1944 desert campaign to the unforgiving terrain of the Vosges Mountains; from a perilous escape across Europe aided by Resistance networks to three Captains fleeing an Italian Prisoner of War camp in 1943, and a death-defying return to Britain via boat, tunnel and train.

France at War' is an extremely interesting collection of writings by the celebrated author, Rudyard Kipling.

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This early work by Gerald Featherstone Knight was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Russian Empire opened the grasslands of southern Ukraine to agricultural settlement.

This new study revolves around the Tonkawa tribe in the history of the Lone Star State and the greater Southwest.

"e;The letters that follow are those of a young painter who was at the front from September [1914] till the beginning of April [1915]; at the latter date he was missing in one of the battles of the Argonne.

Originally published in 1915, this work gives a first hand account of what life was like for a front line nurse during the First World War.

Noble Sentiments and the Rise of Russian Novels rewrites the history of nineteenth-century Russian novels.

La pugna por los océanos resultó decisiva para el desenlace de la Primera Guerra Mundial, por más que haya quedado opacada por las grandes batallas terrestres que, entre trincheras y gases, han adquirido la categoría de mitos imperecederos.

"e;During one of the short periods of training in 1917, it was suggested that lectures should be delivered to the troops on the history of their battalions in France.

This highly original work redefines the place of war and empire-building in the making of early modern Venice.

"e;It didn't matter that we were in New Jersey in 1967 and 1968.

This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power politics and world order from 1500 to the present.

Warfare and Society in Europe, 1898 to the Present examines warfare in Europe from the Fashoda conflict in modern-day Sudan to the recent war in Iraq.