Military institutions

This addition to the Women and Society around the World series explores the roles, challenges, and accomplishments of women in the military in countries across the globe.

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What happens in a tradition that links citizenship with soldiering when women become citizens?

A heavily illustrated account of how the tanks of 4th Armored Division defeated two panzer brigades over 11 days of battle at Arracourt.

The author Boris Sokolov offers this first objective and intriguing biography of Marshal Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky, who is widely considered one of the Red Army's top commanders in the Second World War.

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A history of the true World War II operations of the little known Norwegian American Battalion, a special unit that fought across Europe to free Norway.

Las naciones occidentales –encabezadas por Estados Unidos– disfrutan en la actualidad de una considerable ventaja en casi todos los enfrentamientos militares.

A history of the true World War II operations of the little known Norwegian American Battalion, a special unit that fought across Europe to free Norway.

En todo proceso de democratización política iniciado a partir de la crisis y caída de un régimen autoritario, el análisis de las relaciones civil-militares y, en su contexto, el estudio de la cuestión del gobierno civil sobre las Fuerzas Armadas constituye una temática central.

Much of the Civil War west of the Mississippi was a war of waiting for action, of foraging already stripped land for an army that supposedly could provision itself, and of disease in camp, while trying to hold out against Union pressure.

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.

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

For the city's first two hundred years, the story told at Washington DC's symbolic center, the National Mall, was about triumphant American leaders.

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

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The Civil War brought many forms of upheaval to America, not only in waking hours but also in the dark of night.

In this easy-to-use reference, Naval Academy English professor Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot tells the stories behind sixty of the Academy's monuments and memorials.

Portuguese paratroopers or “paras” began as a stepchild of the army and found a home in the Portuguese Air Force in 1955.

Charlie Squadron – the iron fist of the South African Defense Force’s 61 Mechanised Battalion Group – led the way on 3 October 1987 during the climactic battle on the Lomba River in Southern Angola.

This is the combat history of the Polish Montpellier squadron, which fought in Polish fighter aircraft MS 406s in the Battle of France in 1940.

In 1740, the French King Louis XV granted his Swedish-led forces the title of Royal Swedish Regiment, for which it received the same privileges as all royal regiments, including the protection of the king, new flags, and ordinance.

Hull Rifles looks at the 4th East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War and examines the origins of the battalion and its history over the three years it fought in France and Belgium.

Hull Rifles looks at the 4th East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War and examines the origins of the battalion and its history over the three years it fought in France and Belgium.

This book describes and illustrates the armies of the embattled Ottoman Turkish Empire involved in 19th-century wars during the Empire's long spiral of decline.

This book describes and illustrates the armies of the embattled Ottoman Turkish Empire involved in 19th-century wars during the Empire's long spiral of decline.

This addition to the Women and Society around the World series explores the roles, challenges, and accomplishments of women in the military in countries across the globe.

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The twentieth century ushered in new forms of warfare.

Larga y compleja es la historia del uniforme militar, cuyos vínculos con la sociedad, el poder, el arte, la moda o la guerra, ejercen una misteriosa atracción sobre la vida de los hombres.

The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th Georgia volunteer infantry regiments spent most of the Civil War fighting under Brig.

The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th Georgia volunteer infantry regiments spent most of the Civil War fighting under Brig.

The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th Georgia volunteer infantry regiments spent most of the Civil War fighting under Brig.

“Ironclads are said to master the world, but torpedoes master the ironclads.

"e;With its focus on tank crew members and their commanders this is a unique addition to the literature on WWII.

From an exam insider, a vital guide to the ASVAB subtests essential to a successful start of your military careerOf the eight ASVAB subtests, four--word knowledge, paragraph comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, and mathematics knowledge--comprise what is called the Armed Forces Qualifying Test (AFQT).

For more than half of its existence, members of the Marine Corps largely self-identified as soldiers.

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THE MILITARY ADVANTAGE, 2012 EDITION is the most up-to-date annual guide to military benefits for active duty service members, veterans, military retirees, and family members.

Not far from Chattanooga in northern Georgia, the Confederacy won one of its most decisive battles at Chickamauga.

A fully illustrated account of the large-scale reformation of the Roman Army from the reign of Diocletian to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476.

Este texto presenta al lector un análisis inédito de la dimensión iusfundamental de la prohibición constitucional de deliberar que recae sobre los miembros de la Fuerza Pública en Colombia, dimensión inexplorada y desatendida por las ramas del poder público, por las organizaciones civiles y por el pensamiento académico y político de la sociedad en su conjunto.

La pregunta que se formula en el título de este libro invita a reflexionar acerca del fracaso moral de los militares en el contexto contemporáneo, donde el uso de la fuerza es particularmente sensible por cuenta de las múltiples misiones que los ejércitos conducen, distintas a las operaciones propias de la guerra como históricamente la conocemos.

El 12 de mayo de 1951 cerca de un millar de hombres desfilaron en la Plaza de Bolivar de Bogota, prestos a dirigirse a la mayor aventura de sus vidas.

Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, the largest force from the colonies and dominions.

"Tanto los psicólogos como los historiadores han demostrado que el recuerdo de acontecimientos pasados no es estable, sino cambiante, y está sujeto a la influencia de las circunstancias actuales y los proyectos futuros de los individuos o los grupos sociales.