War and defence operations

Step into the violent world of the 13th century, where the European states of the Levant battled with Muslim powers for control of Jerusalem.

Through his discussion of Thomas Jefferson, historian Matthew Crow offers a new perspective on constitutional transformation in early American history.

Highlights the overlooked contributions of women like Betsy Cadwaladyr and Mother M.

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.

In this highly illustrated and detailed title, Nic Fields tells the full story of the invasion which established the Romans in Britain, explaining how and why the initial Claudian invasion succeeded and what this meant for the future of Britain.

Most mid-nineteenth-century Americans regarded the United States as an exceptional democratic republic that stood apart from a world seemingly riddled with revolutionary turmoil and aristocratic consolidation.

Panzers in Defence of Festung Poznan 1945 by Maciej Karalus and Jarosław Jerzak is the first book published in English to describe the bitter battle for Festung Poznań in 1945.

The Battle of New Market in the Shenandoah Valley suffers from no lack of drama, interest, or importance.

This, the first of two volumes on Germany's World War II U-boats, traces their development from the early U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy, culminating in the formation of the 1st U-boat Flotilla in 1935 with the modern Type II.

Der Band ist dem Feld der Friedensmediation gewidmet, das sich international und in Deutschland rasant entfaltet, profiliert und professionalisiert hat.

Jeremy Crang provides a compelling new history of women who served with the British armed forces during the Second World War.

Based on previously unused French and German sources, this challenging and controversial new analysis of the war on the Western front from 1914 to 1918 reveals how and why the Germans won the major battles with one-half to one-third fewer casualties than the Allies, and how American troops in 1918 saved the Allies from defeat and a negotiated peace with the Germans.

Featuring illustrations throughout, this concise volume explores the development of the fortress of Verdun and the climactic battle that took place around it.

Genesis of the Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, and the Home Fleet, 1896-1914 tells the story of the prewar predecessor to the Royal Navy's war-winning Grand Fleet: the Home Fleet.

Der Zweite Weltkrieg hatte viele Schauplätze.

The battle which took place on the Little Bighorn river on June 25, 1876 has passed into legend as Custer's Last Stand .

A highly illustrated study of the First Afghan War, a bitter setback for British forces in the Great Game played out in the 19th century.

The most successful commerce raider of the Civil War, the CSS Alabama almost single-handedly drove United States merchant shipping from the seas.

Four pipes and flush decks these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design.

A thorough examination of one of the most controversial operations in World War 2Operation Pointblank was the code name for the United States Army Air Force's attempt to destroy German fighter capability through the use of daylight strategic bombing in advance of the D-Day landings.

A highly illustrated updated study of Patton's daring attempt to bounce the river Rhine in March 1945.

Anthems are symbolic means through which nations present themselves to the world.

London, 15 September 1940.

Learning to Forget analyzes the evolution of US counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine over the last five decades.

In the darkest days of World War II, the British planned a daring airborne operation to capture the secret of the new German radar.

“Told by a ‘been there, done that’ combat commander, McLaughlin gives us precise accounts of such air battles as the devastating bombing of Schweinfurt.

This book is the definitive account of one of historys most infamous death factories, where approximately 800,000 people lost their lives.

A comprehensive and detailed account of the US Army's infantry battalions and support units during the long struggle in Vietnam.

A highly illustrated study of Operation Torch, the first major Allied amphibious invasion of the war.

Seventy-five years ago, on 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

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.

New weapons tend to be delivered late, over budget and not meeting requirements.

In the later years of the Second World War Germany was subjected to a tremendous onslaught by the bomber commands of both the RAF and USAAF, as well as being assaulted by land.

An illustrated history of the defences of this pivotal position in the Mediterranean, an outpost between North Africa and the soft underbelly of Europe, and one of the most fortified places in the world.

The scourge of Allied shipping during World War II, the U-Boot Waffe was one of the most feared components of Hitler's war machine, yet the Kriegsmarine was the least political branch of the Third Reich.

Supported by official documents, personal accounts, official drawings and specially commissioned artwork, this volume is an informative history of the key classes Kaiser, K nig and Bayern that formed the backbone of the German Imperial Navy throughout World War I, detailing the technological revolution that had taken place to enable the building of these large dreadnought classes.

Develops a coherent and realistic legal framework which strengthens the human rights protection and the accountability mechanisms in peace operations.

The Battle of Tassafaronga, November 30, 1942, was the fifth and last major night surface action fought off Savo Island during World War II's Guadalcanal campaign.

Alongside maps and carefully-chosen archive photography, David Lomas explores The British Expeditionary Force's presence during the battle of Mons and thereafter.

A Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict.

Few analysts of U.

At the onset of World War II, the U.

In January 1829, an angry mob in Tehran murdered Russian poet and diplomat Alexander Griboedov, author of the verse comedy Woe from Wit and architect of the Russian annexation of the north Caucasus from Persia after the Russo-Persian War.

To date there has been a paucity of books on this remarkable aircraft.

Featuring photographs throughout, as well as special colour artwork, this volume is a concise history of this fighter group and their success.

A World War II merchant seaman, John Bunker takes a thorough look at the American merchant marines' significant contributions to the war effort.

Across eighteenth-century Europe, political power resided overwhelmingly with absolute monarchs, with notable exceptions including the much-studied British Parliament as well as the frequently overlooked Hungarian Diet, which placed serious constraints on royal power and broadened opportunities for political participation.

Experience the world's most significant battles through bold, easy-to-grasp maps.

Packed with illustrations, a compact guide to the fortifications on the front lines and how they evolved over the course of the First World War.

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