Land forces and warfare

This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway.

This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to obtain the manpower they needed to prosecute their wars.

This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to obtain the manpower they needed to prosecute their wars.

This is the first study of the Ludendorff Offensives of 1918 based extensively on key German records presumed to be lost forever after Potsdam was bombed in 1944.

This is the first study of the Ludendorff Offensives of 1918 based extensively on key German records presumed to be lost forever after Potsdam was bombed in 1944.

This is the first book to survey the evolution of the strategic basing systems of the great powers, covering an 800-year span of history, from the Mongol dynasty to the era of the US empire.

This book examines the language and the ideology of the Pax Romana, the Pax Britannica and the Pax Americana within the broader contexts of 'hegemony' and 'empire'.

This book examines the language and the ideology of the Pax Romana, the Pax Britannica and the Pax Americana within the broader contexts of 'hegemony' and 'empire'.

A penetrating study of the German army’s military campaigns, relations with the Nazi regime, and complicity in Nazi crimes across occupied Europe For decades after 1945, it was generally believed that the German army, professional and morally decent, had largely stood apart from the SS, Gestapo, and other corps of the Nazi machine.

A fundamental reassessment of German politics and strategy during the First World War and why it was that Germany lost.

A fundamental reassessment of German politics and strategy during the First World War and why it was that Germany lost.

An analysis of land and natural resource conflict as a source of political violence, focusing on election violence in Kenya.

An analysis of land and natural resource conflict as a source of political violence, focusing on election violence in Kenya.

Analyses why the great battles were won and lost, and how the men that fought went on to change the world.

Analyses why the great battles were won and lost, and how the men that fought went on to change the world.

These fifteen essays offer a comprehensive look at the role of American military forces in Germany since World War Two.

The first institutional examination of the British army''s learning and innovation process during the First World War.

The first institutional examination of the British army''s learning and innovation process during the First World War.

A military history of the Spanish Civil War focussing on the challenges faced by the Republican Army.

A military history of the Spanish Civil War focussing on the challenges faced by the Republican Army.

This book is a comprehensive history of the Australian Light Horse in war and peace.

This book uniquely reflects upon the experience of two divisions from different armies in WWII.

This book is a comprehensive history of the Australian Light Horse in war and peace.

This book uniquely reflects upon the experience of two divisions from different armies in WWII.

The inspiring story of 162 US paratroopers, dropped hopelessly off target, and the French villagers who assisted and supported them.

A thought-provoking analysis of the Australian Army''s capacity to change, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

A thought-provoking analysis of the Australian Army''s capacity to change, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

This textbook provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare.

This textbook provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with modern land warfare.

As the fourth largest military spender in the world, India has a huge defence economy supported by a budget amounting to nearly $67 billion in 2020-21.

As the fourth largest military spender in the world, India has a huge defence economy supported by a budget amounting to nearly $67 billion in 2020-21.

NATO's Northern members are increasingly concerned about Russia's military activities.

Strategic Hedging in the Arab Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement offers a new perspective on the geopolitics of Gulf-Asian relations.

NATO's Northern members are increasingly concerned about Russia's military activities.

Strategic Hedging in the Arab Peninsula: The Politics of the Gulf-Asian Rapprochement offers a new perspective on the geopolitics of Gulf-Asian relations.

I COMMANDED AND FOUGHT WITH 2 PARA AT THE BATTLE OF GOOSE GREEN.

Between 1961 and 1974 Portugal fought a war to retain its African colonies of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique.

An "e;impressively comprehensive"e; study of the Nazi military and its culpability in war crimes by "e;one of the foremost historians of World War II"e; (Stephen G.

"e;An absorbing story about how the Lincoln veteran George Watt managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Belgium.

This history of American armored warfare through the twentieth century "e;boasts some of the best available analysis of mobile war as practiced by the US"e; (Publishers Weekly).

This "e;excellent biography"e; of one of the US Army's unsung heroes "e;provides a much-needed re-examination of the early post-Vietnam Army"e; (Bowling Green Daily News).

This text examines the history of the Japanese army in the 1920s.

Why do soldiers fight?

Why do soldiers fight?

Using rigorous archival research and oral accounts, Far Eastern Tour follows the experiences of Canadian soldiers from the time they responded to the government's call to arms to the indifferent reaction to their homecoming a year later.

In 1665 the Carignan-Salieres Regiment was sent to Canada by King Louis XIV to quell the Iroquois, whose attacks were strangling the colony's fur-based economy and threatening to destroy its tiny settlements.

A riveting military action adventure novel - Band of Brothers mets Andy McNab in a story of hard nosed mercenaries.