Military institutions

This volume is the first to offer a comparative analysis of religion in militaries worldwide.

In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the great unheralded contribution they made to the war effort.

A timely book which considers aspects of human rights law and the armed forces.

To Be a Soldier offers the US Army's two capstone doctrinal manuals in one place for the first time.

All the things you need to know when you re putting the military in your rear view In Military Transition For Dummies, you ll talk a walk through how to transition from active military service to civilian life as smoothly and easily as possible.

Founded in 1937, the U.

The Numidian light cavalry were among the best-known horsemen in the ancient world: riding without saddles or bridle, carrying only hide shields for defense and clutching a handful of light javelins, they were renowned for their darting attacks, swift retreats, and skirmishing prowess.

Culture has been described as the "e;bedrock of military"e; effectiveness because it influences everything an armed service does.

The Spanish Civil War was the curtainraiser to World War II and involved a complex collection of forces, particularly on the Republican side.

Born in the Civil War of 1922 23, the army of the Republic of Ireland occupied a sensitive place in the national culture for many years.

Veterans in the United States: Statistics and Resources presents the most pertinent and compelling statistics in one easy-to-follow, useful, and informative volume.

War and Enlightenment in Russia explores how members of the military during the reign of Catherine II reconciled Enlightenment ideas about the equality and moral worth of all humans with the Russian reality based on serfdom, a world governed by autocracy, absolute respect for authority, and subordination to seniority.

From World War I until today, the United States has failed to provide adequate transition support to millions of veterans leaving military service.

In 1922, his dreams of an independent Arabia shattered, T.

The Spanish Civil War was the curtainraiser to World War II and involved a complex collection of forces, particularly on the Republican side.

In the last seventy years of its long and distinguished existence, the Habsburg monarchy was plagued by the forces of rising nationalism.

A comprehensive, accurate, and academically-supported reference of all of the major military and paramilitary camouflage patterns that have been in use around the world from the end of World War Two to today.

A record of the addresses made at the memorial meeting, held at the University of Pennsylvania on 7 May 1935, together with letters and resolutions on the death of Herman Vandenburg Ames (1865-1935), Professor of American Constitutional History and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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'Charles Guthrie has been one of Britain's foremost soldiers as well as a terrific personality throughout his remarkable life.

During the American Revolution (1775 83), German auxiliary troops provided a vital element of the British war effort.

The Jacobite Rising of 1745 could not have taken place without French support.

Rome's rise to empire is often said to have owed much to the efficiency and military skill of her armies and their technological superiority over barbarian enemies.

With the interest shown in "The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit History (1920-2001) and their Antecedents", it was decided to extend the work to include some of the principal Commonwealth Signal Corps, and to provide supplemental data regarding British Signals that has come to light since the original volume was published.

The Sevenoaks War Memorial on The Vine lists the 226 men who gave their lives for their King and country from 1914 to 1918.

In the early 1900s, the decaying Ottoman Turkish Empire had lost some of its Balkan territories, but still nominally ruled all of North Africa between British Egypt in the east and French Algeria in the west.

Through photographs and an authoritative text, this book tells the story of the 6th Australian Division.

This book explores the background, role and conduct of the commanding officers of Australian infantry battalions in World War II.

Nisei Soldiers Break Their Silence is a compelling story of courage, community, endurance, and reparation.

In August 1914, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz convinced the German armed forces to create a new unit, called the MarineDivision Flandern, to garrison the Belgian coastline and prepare naval bases in for the implementation of a naval guerrilla war against Great Britain.

The first in-depth and comparative study of the experience of colonial encounters for troops from the British Empire during the First World War.

Using the results from comprehensive medical examinations, this volume explores the prevalence of disease among former prisoners of war of World War II and the Korean conflict and the relationship between that prevalence and their decades-earlier treatment while in captivity.

In the years immediately before the First World War, Archibald Haswell Miller, a young artist, travelled Europe to study painting.

1,001 Opportunities to improve your score on the ASVAB AFQT If you have your sights set on a career in the U.

A history of the Red Army, Soviet Army and Russian Army in 100 years of conflict.

“The first time I attended a National Guard family event in 1999, I felt like I had been abducted by aliens!

When Oscar Booze entered West Point in 1898, the older cadets decided that he did not conform to their image of what a cadet should be.

In this book James E.

A hard-hitting history of the U.

This title features up-to-date historical and archaeological research into the mysterious and powerful confederations of raiders who troubled the Eastern Mediterranean in the last half of the Bronze Age.

This is a very interesting book full of valuable information of particular use to young men who are contemplating entering West Point.

A history of the Red Army, Soviet Army and Russian Army in 100 years of conflict.

For many young people weighing the pros and cons of joining the military, the details of what their lives would be like in uniform are often a mystery.

Warrior is the powerful true story of a British soldier's heroism during the Iraq War that reveals how he was ruthlessly sacrificed by the Establishment.

An illustrated study of Rome's key enemies from the Late Principate and Dominate: the western Visigoths and the eastern Ostrogoths.

By the end of the Civil War, fatalities from that conflict had far exceeded previous American experience, devastating families and communities alike.

'War as it should be described - ordinary men facing extraordinary horror' The Times'Epic and moving.

_____________Ross Kemp has encountered conflict and warfare the world over, broadcasting from some of the most volatile military hot-zones.