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As a CBC war correspondent, Peter Stursberg covered the first full-scale action of the Canadian troops in the Second World War, the landing in Sicily on 10 July 1943.

Offering a Canadian perspective on the emotional health of servicemen and women, Military Operations and the Mind brings together researchers and practitioners from across the country to consider the impact that ethical issues have on the well-being of those who serve.

The complete story of the evolution and organisational history of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps.

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

Many extraordinary women traveled west with their Army officer husbands between 1865 and 1890 and discovered a world that was completely controlled by the United States Army.

A Special Forces expert reveals the illustrated story of the SAS since the Falklands War, including their operations in the Gulf War and the War on Terror.

Ever wondered what it is like to support a loved one in the armed forces?

A fascinating account of Russia's Five-Day War against Georgia in 2008, notable for its strategic mistakes which prompted President Putin to undertake major military reforms.

During World War II 51,000 Italian prisoners of war were detained in the United States.

War Memories explores the patchwork formed by collective memory, public remembrance, private recollection, and the ways in which they form a complex composition of observations, initiatives, and experiences.

Honorific rewards are all about status and illustrate status processes in a way that few other social phenomena do.

While General George S.

Fully illustrated, this is the second volume in a detailed study of the German auxiliary troops who fought for Britain in the American Revolutionary War.

The Khazars were one of the most important Turkic peoples in European history, dominating vast areas of southeastern Europe and the western reaches of the Central Asian steppes from the 4th to the 11th centuries AD.

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

After the recapture of Constantinople, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos was determined to bring glory back to the Byzantine Empire.

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

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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.

When their country calls, Texas Aggies go to war.

A gripping history of the SAS in World War II, supported by a collection of rare images from the SAS Regimental Association.

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

The Great War was a pivotal experience for twentieth-century Canada.

A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812 presents the story of John Norton, or Teyoninhokarawen, an important war chief and political figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) in Upper Canada.

How does growing up in a military family affect the educational experiences of children and youth?

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

Wie hat ein Bündnis, geboren aus den Ruinen des Zweiten Weltkriegs, die internationale Sicherheitsarchitektur nachhaltig geprägt?

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

It is 1966, the war is escalating, and a young Air Force Academy graduate's assignment is to patrol unfriendly territory with six-man hunter-killer teams.

Throughout the 16th Century, the Spanish had an aura of invincibility.

Catastrophic wartime casualties and postwar discomfort with the successes of women who had served in combat roles combined to shatter prewar ideals about what service meant for Soviet masculine identity.

This is the story of men from either side of West Belfast's sectarian divide during the Great War.

The easy way to prepare for basic training Each year, thousands of young Americans attempt to enlist in the U.

This book describes and illustrates the uniforms and personal equipment of the troops fielded by the Midwestern and Western states that fought for the Union during the Civil War.

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

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

The 4-week formula to elite physical fitness are you ready to Be PARA Fit?

A companion volume to Hitler's Armies and Hitler's Eagles, Hitler's Elite: The SS 1939 45 tells the complete story of the SS at individual, unit and organizational levels.

Featuring full-color artwork, this book describes and illustrates the Chinese and North Korean troops who fought US and UN forces in Korea during 1950 53.

They were like a band of brothers.

Alan Nolan's 1961 Iron Brigade, the classic study of Brigadier General John Gibbon's Black Hat Brigade composed of the 19th Indiana, the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin and the 24th Michigan, drew public attention to the superior unit during the Civil War Centennial.

The Italian Renaissance marked a period of political and military turmoil.

A new interpretation of the development of the French army during Louis XIV''s reign.

Since the end of the Cold War, U.

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

This book reveals how ideas of comradeship shaped the actions and mindsets of ordinary German soldiers across the twentieth century.

The Royal Scots are Scotland's oldest infantry regiment, with a tradition that stretches back to 1633.

Collecting uniforms of the Soviet Union is fairly new, because the Soviet regime did not collapse until December 1991.

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.