War and defence operations

Diana Bishop recounts growing up in the shadow of her famous grandfather, Canadian First World War flying ace Billy Bishop.

A highly illustrated account of the first and largest fleet action between the navies of Great Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars.

An easily accessible resource that showcases the links between using documented primary sources and gaining a more nuanced understanding of military history.

Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork and mapping plus carefully chosen archive illustrations, many in color, this lively study investigates the Mexican soldiers and Texian volunteers who fought one another in three key battles during the Texas Revolution.

This War Report provides detailed information on every armed conflict which took place during 2014, offering an unprecedented overview of the nature, range, and impact of these conflicts and the legal issues they created.

A detailed account of the first check of Japanese naval expansion in the Pacific.

Artificial Intelligence and Global Security: Future Trends, Threats and Considerations brings a much-needed perspective on the impact of the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in military affairs.

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The Procedure of the UN Security Council is the definitive book of its kind and has been widely used by UN practitioners and scholars for nearly 40 years.

During World War II the uniformed heads of the U.

Five months after the election of Abraham Lincoln, which had revealed the fracturing state of the nation, Confederates fired on Fort Sumter and the fight for the Union began in earnest.

Formed with the best available fighter pilots in the Southwest Pacific, the 475th Fighter Group was the pet project of Fifth Air Force chief, General George C Kenney.

The first English-language book to examine the crucial part air power played in the Soviet-Afghan War.

On the 27 June, 1862, with the American Civil War already a year old, General Robert E.

A detailed, compact volume on the British response, under Lieutenant-General Wolseley, to Egyptian mutiny.

In this thoroughly updated second edition, Derek S.

John Warry, an expert on the warfare of the Classical world, examines the principle battles of Alexander's campaigns in detail.

In the early hours of 22 June 1941 units of the Wehrmacht began to pour into the Soviet Union.

Dr Stephen Turnbull is internationally recognised for his research into and writing on Japanese military history.

This second of two selections of Germany's World War II field commanders summarizes the careers, and illustrates the appearance, of 26 men who rose to prominence in the Waffen-SS, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe.

Fully illustrated, this absorbing study assesses the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen pitted against one another during the First and Second battles of El Alamein in 1942.

Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this is the story of the epic confrontation between the FE 2, the British two-seater fighter, and the formidable single-seater Albatros D scouts.

The New Deal era witnessed a surprising surge in popular engagement with the history and memory of the Civil War era.

In this compelling memoir, Erich Sommer recalls his life in pre-war Germany and the adventures he had flying for the Luftwaffe during the Second World War.

In the 1840s, Italy was a patchwork of states.

A lavishly illustrated and highly designed history of one of the defining moments of both British history and World War II.

With its authoritative reference entries, multiple introductory and perspective essays, primary source documents, detailed chronology, and bibliography, this single-volume reference provides all the key information readers need to understand this monumental conflict.

When war broke out in Europe in 1914, political leaders in the United States were swayed by popular opinion to remain neutral; yet less than three years later, the nation declared war on Germany.

Every day the American government, the United Nations, and other international institutions send people into non-English speaking, war-torn, and often minimally democratic countries struggling to cope with rising crime and disorder under a new regime.

The Wars of the Roses saw a series of bloody battles during one of the most turbulent periods of English history.

From the North African desert to the bloody stalemate in Italy, from the London blitz to the D-Day beaches, a group of highly courageous and extremely talented American journalists reported the war against Nazi Germany for a grateful audience.

A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on the fruits of modern research.

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

A fascinating reassessment of a turning point in the First World War, revealing its role in shaping the German psyche On May 7, 1915, the Lusitania, a large British luxury liner, was sunk by a German submarine off the Irish coast.

The failure of the Maginot Line shocked the world and lead to the sudden collapse of organized French resistance against Germany.

The story of how Allied air power took the great Japanese base of Rabaul out of the Pacific War with an innovative strategy of aerial siege, backed by the courage and capability of the pilots who flew against the heavily fortified island.

From popular Pacific Theatre expert Jeffrey R.

A journalist and military historian’s in-depth look at the reclusive rogue nation, its ruling dynasty, and the ongoing threat it presents.

The Battle of Leipzig was the biggest battle of the Napoleonic wars, involving over 500,000 men.

A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Utah Beach & the US Airborne Landings.

A highly illustrated account of the hard fighting in North Africa, from the battle of El Alamein to defeat of the Axis forces in May 1943.

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Paul and Marie Pireaud, a young peasant couple from southwest France, were newlyweds when World War I erupted.

Demonstrating the centrality of diplomacy in the Vietnam War, Pierre Asselin traces the secret negotiations that led up to the Paris Agreement of 1973, which ended America's involvement but failed to bring peace in Vietnam.

This is a new paperback edition of Becky Taylor's history of Britain's travelling communities in the twentieth century.

The coast of East Africa was considered a strategically invaluable region for the establishment of trading ports, both for Arab and Persian merchants, long prior to invasion and conquest by Europeans.

This book examines the US–India nuclear deal that marked a watershed moment in the relations between the two democracies.

Enjoy a detailed examination of Operation Olive as US, British, Commonwealth and Allied forces seek to smash through the last German defensive line in Italy.

In many popular histories of the Pacific War, the period from the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor to the US victory at Midway is often passed over because it is seen as a period of darkness.