War and defence operations

Examining refugees of Civil War-era North Carolina, Driven from Home reveals the complexity and diversity of the war's displaced populations and the inadequate responses of governmental and charitable organizations as refugees scrambled to secure the necessities of daily life.

As the Vietnam War divided the nation, a network of antiwar coffeehouses appeared in the towns and cities outside American military bases.

Dilip Sarkar has studied the Battle of Britain period for a lifetime and is renowned for his meticulous research and evidence-based approach, setting events within the broadest possible context.

Simon de Montfort, the leader of the English barons, was the first leader of a political movement to seize power from a reigning monarch.

Every General's aim is to end a war by Christmas, and Montgomery, perhaps, saw his opportunity in a bold strike across the southern portion of the Netherlands close to the borders of an embattled Reich.

The states of Indochina had been French colonies or protectorates since the 19th century.

This extended study of one of the critical campaigns of World War I sheds light on vital strategic consequences for both sides.

An extensively illustrated look at what daily life was like for a regular American soldier fighting in this major World War II battle.

Even though much of Europe eventually succumbed to the Nazis during World War II, many Europeans defiantly resisted occupation in every way possible.

Elite units have long been prominent in the armies of South-East Asia and, given the turmoil in the region after the 1960s, these forces have had ample opportunity to be tested in combat.

A compact, illustrated account of the first major battle in the Western theatre of the American Civil War.

An original and compelling new analysis of Hiroshima''s place within the global development of Holocaust and World War II memory.

In this companion to his celebrated earlier book, Gettysburg - The Second Day, Harry Pfanz provides the first definitive account of the fighting between the Army of the Potomac and Robert E.

The battle of Bentonville, the only major Civil War battle fought in North Carolina, was the Confederacys last attempt to stop the devastating march of William Tecumseh Shermans army north through the Carolinas.

In Margin of Victory Douglas Macgregor tells the riveting stories of five military battles of the twentieth century, each one a turning point in history.

Fully illustrated, this book assesses the origins, equipment, and fighting styles of the irregular warfare specialists fighting on both sides during the American Revolutionary War.

Over 2600 years ago the Parian poet Archilochus wrote "e;we chased seven and killed them.

A riveting and applicable study of how Francis Marion delivered the leadership and strategy to defeat the British in the South Carolina lowcountry campaigns.

The advent of the all-volunteer force and the evolving nature of modern warfare have transformed our military, changing it in serious if subtle ways that few Americans are aware of.

The challenges facing General Dwight Eisenhower before the Invasion of Normandy were not merely military but political as well.

The authors were with the Japanese Naval Special Attack Force (Kamikaze Corps) from its inception in late 1944.

The second instalment of Simon Dunstan's Yom Kippur War 1973, this book charts how Israel's victory in the 1967 'Six Day War' sowed the seeds of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

An original contribution to international ethics and humanitarian intervention,Westphalia From Belowdraws on history and IR theory to offer a fresh analysis of an insufficiently understood subject.

Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA groundbreaking account of the Soviet Air Force in World War II, the original version of this book, Red Phoenix, was hailed by the Washington Post as both brilliant and monumental.

The Panzer Lehr Division was one of the most élite German armoured formations in existence in early 1944.

The Battle of the Somme is the most famous battle of World War I in the English-speaking world.

A detailed examination of the Border fortresses involved in raids, or 'reives', on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border in the 13th - 17th centuries.

There are few moments in history when the division between the sexes seems as "e;natural"e; as during wartime: men go off to the "e;war front,"e; while women stay behind on the "e;home front.

The scope of Britain's wartime Middle East Command stretched far beyond the Libyan desert where the 8th Army's most famous battles were fought.

Highlights the role political leadership plays in the choice between war and peace.

From the 10th century onwards the great Japanese monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei maintained large armies of warlike monks.

An enlisted radioman recalls his years of action in the Pacific with candor and humor.

This study explores an exemplary instance of the close interaction between private and official interests in planning and executing the programs of the Nazi government, namely the acquisition in 1941 of the Rombach steel works by the German industrialist Friedrich Flick.

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.

“A memoir and more .

'A devastating new account.

This work provides an authoritative illustrated examination of the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, analyzing both grand strategy, and the tactical decisions of Day Two and the ensuing combat.

Compiles firsthand accounts of Polish resistance, exile, and wartime struggles during WWII.

The siege of Constantinople in AD 717 18 was the supreme crisis of Western civilization.

The German destroyer fleet of World War II consisted of nine classes: the Diether Von Roeder Class, the Leberecht Maas Class and the wartime classes Z23, Z35, Z37, Z40, Z43, Z46 and Z52.

This book examines the organizational development, mobilization, deployment and combat actions of World War II US Army infantry divisions up until the end of 1943.

This War Report provides detailed information on every armed conflict which took place during 2013, offering an unprecedented overview of the nature, range, and impact of these conflicts and the legal issues they created.

Great War Land Girls were all very different individuals - they radiated vitality, resolve and determination.

By 1756 the wilderness war for control of North America that erupted two years earlier between France and England had expanded into a global struggle among all of Europe's Great Powers.

This book recounts the organization and deployment of one of the most important fighting armies of World War II.

This Element argues that Japan has fundamentally shifted its military posture over the last three decades.