Military forces and sectors

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A fascinating exploration of the feats of the RAF's photographic reconnaissance aircraft.

Roddy MacKenzie's father served in Bomber Command during the Second World War, but like so many brave veterans who had survived the war, he spoke little of his exploits.

The self-propelled or locomotive torpedo was probably the greatest game-changer in the history of naval warfare.

Dilip Sarkar has studied the Battle of Britain period for a lifetime and is renowned for his meticulous research and evidence-based approach, setting events within the broadest possible context.

An important new history of decision-making and policy-making in the British Admiralty from Trafalgar to the aftermath of Jutland.

An important new history of decision-making and policy-making in the British Admiralty from Trafalgar to the aftermath of Jutland.

Explores the fundamental role of the British state in facilitating the nation''s global expansion and ascendancy in the eighteenth century.

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Explores the fundamental role of the British state in facilitating the nation''s global expansion and ascendancy in the eighteenth century.

About the Allies victory in the Pacific in WWII, it goes almost without question that Japans defeat was inevitable in the face of overwhelming American military might and economic power.

This book is new in every aspect and not only because neither the official history nor an unofficial history of the KGB, and its many predecessors and successors, exists in any language.

After World War I, the U.

Winner: Guittard Book Award for Historical ScholarshipDuring the Soviet Unions Great Patriotic War, from 1941 to 1945, as many as 24 million of its citizens died.

In 1979, with El Salvador growing ever more unstable and ripe for revolution, the United States undertook a counterinsurgency intervention that over the following decade would become Washington's largest nation-building effort since Vietnam.

Attempts to resolve why self-determination disputes between governments and ethnic minorities so often result in civil war.

This book presents a theory to account for the different strategies pursued by rebel groups in civil war.

An examination of the effectiveness of naval blockades and sanctions since 1750.

This book examines the doomed political situation of the Jews in Germany under Nazi rule.

"e;Huchthausen knows the hidden history of the Cuban missile crisis .

Advance Praise for The Rescue "e;Steven Trent Smith grapples boldly with several big subjects: the Japanese occupation of the Philippines; the capture of Japan's 'Z Plan' (the decisive-battle strategy for destroying the U.

Raised on a Montana farm, Vernon Drake enlisted in the Army Air Corps, piloting B-24 bombers and painting nose art while enduring perilous missions in the Himalayas during World War II.

Explores the contrasting fates of Admiral John Duncan Bulkeley and General Douglas MacArthur, revealing the often-overlooked sacrifices of Bulkeley's PT boat crew during a heroic yet controversial rescue from the Philippines in World War II.

A former New York Times reporter's year behind the scenes at the scandal-ridden Air Force Academy Diana Jean Schemo covered the Air Force Academy's sexual assault scandal in 2003, one of a series of academy embarrassments that have included drug use, rape complaints, and charges of evangelical officers pushing Christianity on cadets of all faiths.

The Civil War was primarily a land conflict, but it was not only that.

European Navies and the Conduct of War considers the different contexts within which European navies operated over a period of 500 years culminating in World War Two, the greatest war ever fought at sea.

European Navies and the Conduct of War considers the different contexts within which European navies operated over a period of 500 years culminating in World War Two, the greatest war ever fought at sea.

Disentangling a controversial history of turmoil and progress, this Handbook provides essential guidance through the complex past of a region that was previously known as the Balkans but is now better known as Southeastern Europe.

Disentangling a controversial history of turmoil and progress, this Handbook provides essential guidance through the complex past of a region that was previously known as the Balkans but is now better known as Southeastern Europe.

This book offers a detailed investigation of naval diplomacy, past and present, and challenges the widely accepted Anglo-American school of sea power thought.

This book offers a detailed investigation of naval diplomacy, past and present, and challenges the widely accepted Anglo-American school of sea power thought.

The conflict in the South China Sea, especially the sovereignty over Paracel and Spratly Islands, is of international interest and significance.

Between the two world wars, thousands of European antifascists were pushed to act by the political circumstances of the time.

Between the two world wars, thousands of European antifascists were pushed to act by the political circumstances of the time.

This edited volume critically examines the concept of the "e;security dilemma"e; and applies it to India-China maritime competition.

This edited volume critically examines the concept of the "e;security dilemma"e; and applies it to India-China maritime competition.

There has been a recent increase in clashes between warships asserting rights to navigate and states asserting sovereignty over coastal waters.

There has been a recent increase in clashes between warships asserting rights to navigate and states asserting sovereignty over coastal waters.

This book examines the rise of great power competition in space, including the relevant and practical space strategies for China, Russia, the United States, and other countries.

This book examines the rise of great power competition in space, including the relevant and practical space strategies for China, Russia, the United States, and other countries.

This book aims to explain air power to both military and civilian audiences in an accessible manner, approaching the topic in a balanced and systematic way.

This book aims to explain air power to both military and civilian audiences in an accessible manner, approaching the topic in a balanced and systematic way.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) represents one of the most successful examples of multilateral treaty making in the modern era.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) represents one of the most successful examples of multilateral treaty making in the modern era.

This book discusses the archaeology and heritage of the German military presence in Finnish Lapland during the Second World War, framing this northern, overlooked WWII material legacy from the nearly forgotten Arctic front as 'dark heritage' - a concrete reminder of Finns siding with the Nazis, often seen as polluting 'war junk' that ruins the 'pristine natural beauty' of Lapland's wilderness.

This book discusses the archaeology and heritage of the German military presence in Finnish Lapland during the Second World War, framing this northern, overlooked WWII material legacy from the nearly forgotten Arctic front as 'dark heritage' - a concrete reminder of Finns siding with the Nazis, often seen as polluting 'war junk' that ruins the 'pristine natural beauty' of Lapland's wilderness.

This book explores the opportunities and challenges that both Europe and Asia face under the framework of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative.

This book explores the opportunities and challenges that both Europe and Asia face under the framework of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative.

This Whitehall Paper explores the ways in which Mogadishu's inhabitants try to stay out of harm's way, from security officials in the presidential compound of Villa Somalia to the city's powerful district commissioners, from patrolling policemen to the women road-sweepers in the rubbish-filled alleyways of the Waberi district.