Military forces and sectors

Few ships in American history have had as illustrious a history as the heavy cruiser USS Portland (CA-33), affectionately known by her crew as 'Sweet Pea.

Alois Dwenger, writing from the front in May of 1942, complained that people forgot "the actions of simple soldiers.

Following the Japanese invasion of the islands in 1942, North Luzon was the staging area for several Filipino-American guerrilla bands who sought to gather intelligence and to destroy enemy military installations or supplies.

""Even though women were not supposed to be on the front lines, on the front lines we were.

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An exceptional piece of scholarship.

Today USS Pampanito is a tourist destination.

A new, definitive life of an American icon, the visionary general who led American forces through three wars and foresaw his nation’s great geopolitical shift toward the Pacific Rim—from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of Gandhi & Churchill

Douglas MacArthur was arguably the last American public figure to be worshipped unreservedly as a national hero, the last military figure to conjure up the romantic stirrings once evoked by George Armstrong Custer and Robert E.

One of America’s most distinguished military historians offers the definitive account of the greatest tank battle of World War II—an epic clash of machines and men that matched the indomitable will of the Soviet Red Army against the awesome might of the Nazi Wehrmacht.

How big is Germany's Air Force?

This startling book reveals the military and political plans of the Axis in the very words of its own generals and admirals.

Intrigued by hints of ';the bigger man' behind the war personality of Gen.

This sweeping recasting of American naval history is a bold departure from the conventional ';sea power' approach.

Hundreds of unique color photos showing how soldiers decorated their helicopters during the Vietnam War.

Photos of retired American military aircraft, emphasizing their nose art.

Riveting accounts from the pilots who flew such planes as the F-15, B-52, C-130, and many more.

Hundreds of unique color photos showing how soldiers decorated their helicopters during the Vietnam War.

Covers the D-Day airborne drops and amphibious landings at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach.

Photo chronicle of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

Action-packed memoir of aerial combat.

San Diego Book Award Winner: "e;An excellent overview of the U.

The Second World War was the greatest social, political, and economic upheaval of the 20th century.

As a teenager ‘Tich’ Palliser became ‘hooked on this flying game’ and aspired to take to the skies.

Detention and confinement-of both combatants and large groups of civilians-have become fixtures of asymmetric wars over the course of the last century.

A navy is a state's main instrument of maritime force.

Learning to Forget analyzes the evolution of US counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine over the last five decades.

Negotiating China's Destiny explains how China developed from a country that hardly mattered internationally into the important world power it is today.

At peak utilization, private security contractors (PSCs) constituted a larger occupying force in Iraq and Afghanistan than did U.

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

This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A dramatic countdown of the final months of World War II in Europe, The Last 100 Days brings to life the waning power and the ultimate submission of the Third Reich.

In a thrilling collection of nonfiction adventure stories, James A.

A gripping account of the most famous convoy operation of the war, which marked a high-water mark for the German naval campaign in the Arctic.

The very name Stalingrad has become synonymous with military folly and political arrogance.

A young boy sits in the back of a Chipmunk aircraft at RAF Woodvale, near Liverpool.

The very name Stalingrad has become synonymous with military folly and political arrogance.

The Second World War was the greatest social, political, and economic upheaval of the 20th century.

"e;The compelling story of the squadron of adventurous young American pilots who were among the first to engage in air combat.

Privateers of the Americas examines raids on Spanish shipping conducted from the United States during the early 1800s.

Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, and unrequited love.

Volume two in this "e;expert, anecdote-filled, thoroughly entertaining"e; history of WWII follows The Rise of Germany as the Allied forces turn the tides (Kirkus).

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Drawing from hundreds of interviews with WWII veterans who survived Japan's terrifying kamikaze strikes, acclaimed author and former U.

This book analyses the strategic and economic significance of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), with a particular focus on the region of Balochistan.

During World War I, a specialized Russian battalion comprised of ethnic Czechs and Czech and Slovak prisoners of war--the Legion--became a pawn in an international game of power and deceit.