Battles and campaigns

"e;[Serves] as both a helpful concise history text and as a phenomenal field guide to modern Valley Forge and its surroundings.

"e;Profusely illustrated .

A history of the series of American Civil War battles fought at a town outside of Richmond, Virginia.

First in a trilogy-a study of the strategy, tactics, and rivalry between two leaders of the Army of the Potomac's cavalry during the American Civil War.

Harry Patch, born June 17, 1898, was the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War.

Iraq in 2009 was a strange netherworld, not quite war but not yet peace.

Captain Ronald Campbell served in the British military in the first half of the nineteenth century, and his life and service speak to the hardships of army life around the world and in Sydney and New South Wales in those bygone days.

Apart from the quiet chatter of a few mechanics, who were checking that one aircraft was too badly damaged ever to fly again, there was a shocked silence over the aerodrome as everyone there tried to understand the impossible.

Week after week, the guns of the British expeditionary force battered away at the defences of Sevastopol, eight miles away from Balaklava, the port through which all besiegers' supplies arrived.

Week after week, the guns of the British expeditionary force battered away at the defences of Sevastopol, eight miles away from Balaklava, the port through which all besiegers' supplies arrived.

This Civil War biography "e;draw[s] upon fresh material .

During October 2016 Paul Dawson visited French archives in Paris to continue his research surrounding the events of the Napoleonic Wars.

During October 2016 Paul Dawson visited French archives in Paris to continue his research surrounding the events of the Napoleonic Wars.

For more than a century and a half, from 1607 to 1763, Britain and France struggled to master the eastern half of North America.

The Civil War resulted from the insistence of Southern firebrands that the 1820 restrictions on where slavery could be practiced in the Western territories of the USA be removed.

A War without Rifles: The 1792 Militia Act and the War of 1812 turns an eye to the conflict most overlooked by historians, even in a decade marking the bicentennial of the first declared war fought by the United States of America.

Bu Ku KiloA Glimpse into the BookBu Ku writes a tell all reflection on his tour of duty in Viet Nam 1967-1968.

The man whimpered against the shadow, laying deep in thought.

Highly Recommended by Dr.

On 21 May 1940 during the ill-fated Dunkirk Campaign the British launched an operation spearheaded by two tank regiments to help secure the city of Arras.

On 21 May 1940 during the ill-fated Dunkirk Campaign the British launched an operation spearheaded by two tank regiments to help secure the city of Arras.

"e;Detail[s] German fighter pilots' flying helmets, oxygen masks, goggles .

A British military historian offers an expert introduction to The Battle of Waterloo in this essential companion for battlefield visitors.

A Soviet infantryman offers a raw and candid look at life and death on the Eastern Front of WWII in this harrowing military memoir.

Flashpoint Trieste is the story of one year in one city as the Cold War begins.

An enthralling history of an oft-forgotten battlefield of World War II brought to life by the recollections of the Allies, Axis and partisan forces who fought on the Gothic Line.

The Crusades: A History is the definitive account of a key topic in medieval and religious history.

In the spring of 1864, as the armies of Grant and Lee waged a highly scrutinized and celebrated battle for the state of Virginia, a no- less important, but historically obscured engagement was being conducted in the pine barrens of northern Louisiana.

A historical exploration of how Japan could have implemented military tactics that would have altered how World War II ended.

The true nature of Mussolini's foreign policy during the late interwar period has been the subject of considerable controversy.

On his 81st birthday, without explanation, Karen Fisher-Alaniz's father placed two weathered notebooks on her lap.

Rebels at the Gate is the dramatic story of the first Union victories of the Civil War and the events that caused Virginians to divide their state.

A single day in the heat of armed conflict can shape the future of the world.

The early battles of North Africa between the Axis powers and the British Commonwealth and her European allies were among the very last clashes of chivalry.

The early battles of North Africa between the Axis powers and the British Commonwealth and her European allies were among the very last clashes of chivalry.

A major re-examination of Habsburg decision-making from 1912 to July 1914, the study argues that Austria-Hungary and not Germany made the crucial decisions for war in the summer of 1914.

This book traces the Vietnamese communist worldview throughout their revolution, and offers a new explanation for the tragedy of Vietnam.

A wide-ranging account of the contested intersection between ideas of nationhood and home in British literature between 1640 and 1830.

A wide-ranging account of the contested intersection between ideas of nationhood and home in British literature between 1640 and 1830.

This book provides the first complete English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.

A succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the Civil War.

A succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the Civil War.

An account of one of the largest battles of World War II and its place in Germany''s Eastern campaign.

An account of one of the largest battles of World War II and its place in Germany''s Eastern campaign.

A challenging analysis of the important yet controversial North African campaign, examined through the lens of morale.

A challenging analysis of the important yet controversial North African campaign, examined through the lens of morale.

The Iran-Iraq War was personified by the determination and ambition of the key leaders, Saddam Hussein and Ayatollah Khomeini, and characterised by mass casualties, the repression of the civilian populations and chemical warfare.

Jonathan Wright explores the events, discusses rival interpretations and places the policies of Hitler in the context of Germany as a whole.

Riley-Smith's acclaimed book is now regarded as a classic short study.

The first thorough analysis of Scandinavian Americans, examining citizenship, settler colonialism and whiteness in the Civil War era.