Military institutions

Though calling itself The Bloody Seventh after only a few minor skirmishes, the Seventh West Virginia Infantry earned its nickname many times over during the course of the Civil War.

Meticulously researched, this book examines the evidence for the post-Roman military forces of France and Britain during the 'Dark Ages', reconstructing their way of life and the battles they fought in compelling detail.

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A detailed illustrated history of the uniforms of the German army from the period leading up to World War II until 1945.

In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firearms the Japanese had ever seen: simple matchlock muskets called arquebuses.

In August 1914 the mobilization of Imperial Germany's 800,000-strong army ushered in the first great war of the modern age - a war which still stands as the greatest slaughter of soldiers in history.

More than three-and-a-half million men served in the British Army during the Second World War, the vast majority of them civilians who had never expected to become soldiers and had little idea what military life, with all its strange rituals, discomforts, and dangers, was going to be like.

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.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of sexual assault in the military from historical and contemporary perspectives, offering suggestions that could change the existing culture and approaches that will reduce or eliminate sexual assault in the armed forces.

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

In October 1940 an Italian army some 200,000 strong invaded Greece across its largely undefended border with Albania.

One of the greatest military commanders in history, Julius Caesar's most famous victory the conquest of Gaul was to him little more than a stepping stone to power.

An insightful exploration of Russian military forces through the 16th and 17th centuries, accompanied by accurate, detailed illustrations.

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The complete guide on how to obtain a college degree while in the service.

The evolution of the Rangers' missions in Panama, the first Gulf War, Somalia and the post 9/11 invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, written by an expert on modern Special Forces units.

The commissioned officer ranks in the British Army from 1740-1815 were almost entirely composed of the affluent and educated the sons of the landed gentry, the wealthy, and other professional people.

In October 1940 an Italian army some 200,000 strong invaded Greece across its largely undefended border with Albania.

On 1 September 1939, when Germany attacked Poland, the Wehrmacht numbered 3,180,000 men.

'A valuable study, with rich insights' - Noam ChomskyUnder Narendra Modi, India has changed dramatically.

The importance of the Australian contribution to the Allied war effort during World War I should never be underestimated.

The specialist troops of Wellington's army played a crucial role in the success of the British Army.

This fully illustrated study investigates the uniforms and equipment of the US regular troops and volunteers from the territories fighting for the Union during the American Civil War.

The Imperial Japanese Navy's Special Landing Force units enjoyed a reputation out of proportion to their small size.

Merrill's Marauders were the first American Army infantry unit to fight in the China-Burma-India theatre, and one of the most renowned units to come out of World War II.

Russia's Turkish Wars examines the changing place of the Balkan population in Russian military thought, strategic planning, and occupation policies.

After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south.

An insightful exploration of Russian military forces through the 16th and 17th centuries, accompanied by accurate, detailed illustrations.

At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, Germany's armoured forces - the Panzerwaffe - were still in their infancy.

Few of the combatants of World War II have captured the imagination as compulsively as the Fallschirmj ger.

This book tells and illustrates the little-known story of Germany's 30-year episode as a colonial power in Africa and the Pacific, and her enclave in China.

In this companion volume to The French Army 1939-45 (1), Ian Sumner and Fran ois Vauvillier examine the history, uniforms and insignia of the Free French, Fighting French and the Army of Liberation.

On 21 October 1983, following the death of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, the leaders of the six small nations forming the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States voted to intervene militarily to restore order in Grenada.

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

During the American Revolution, British light infantry and grenadier battalions figured prominently in almost every battle and campaign.

From the Mexican Revolution to the Zarumilla War, in the first 40 years of the 20th century the nations of Central and South America were frequently disturbed by border clashes, civil wars and revolution.

The Czech Legion was not just a single military unit, but a volunteer army that fielded up to 100,000 troops on the Allied side on all three main fronts of the war.

A concise history of the hand-picked elite cavalry guard that served as Napoleon's close personal escort and were committed to the most dangerous areas of combat on the battlefield.

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.

During a government career that spanned nearly the whole of the Cold War, George R.

Driven out of Germany after his defeat at Leipzig in 1813, Napoleon seemed to face disaster.

In 2012, retired South African general Johan Jooste was parachuted into the seemingly unwinnable war against rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park.

Though the 'Wehrmachtsgefolge' (Armed Forces Auxiliaries) were generally inferior to their armed forces equivalents, their contribution to the German war-effort was far from negligible.

The origins of what would become the German General Staff of the late 19th and 20th centuries - probably the most professional military machine in the world - can be traced to the Prussian Army of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

An aviation historian explores Russian airborne assault innovations in the decade before WWII using paratrooper memoirs and archival research.

This study examines the force of tradition in conservative German visual culture, exploring thematic continuities in the post-conflict representation of battlefield identities from the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71 to the demise of the Weimar Republic in 1933.

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The announcement of the imminent withdrawal of the British Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Endurance in early 1982 prompted the Argentinian Junta in Buenos Aires to plan a military grab of the Falklands-a siege they assumed would succeed with little resistance.

The Black Devils March is an account of how the 1st (and only) Polish Armoured Division in the West under the leadership of General Stanislaw Maczek, arose out of the ashes of defeat and while attempting to avoid the internal politics of the Polish Government in Exile, was able to return to Europe in August 1944 on the side of the Western Allies.