War and defence operations

This book explores the significance of the post-First World War peace settlement negotiated at Versailles in 1919.

This book offers an illuminating bridge between the political and social dimensions of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40.

Petra Ramsauer ist eine der wenigen Journalistinnen, die noch nach Syrien reisen können.

Nur zwei Flugstunden von Wien und Berlin entfernt, im Osten der Ukraine, herrscht Krieg, unterbrochen nur durch einen fragilen Waffenstillstand.

Pazifisten haben es nicht leicht: Man wirft ihnen Blauäugigkeit oder blinden Dogmatismus vor.

Der Zweite Weltkrieg hatte viele Schauplätze.

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.

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.

Humanitarian Interventions - that sounds nice; much nicer than wars, battles and use of military force.

A fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific, and the largest Australian military operation of World War II.

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERA Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year'Reads like a thriller.

«Von einem Krieg weiss man immer nur, wie er anfängt», meinte Charles de Gaulle einmal.

Packed with personal accounts of the action, this is a vivid narrative history of the often-overlooked USAAF campaign in North Africa and Sicily in World War II.

This book provides a comprehensive study of the complex impacts of the war in Ukraine on Russo-Iranian relations, and the resulting consequences for the international relations of the Middle East.

The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.

The Napier family are famous for their military exploits in the Peninsular War.

A superbly illustrated account of the Japanese Navy during the fierce battles of Guadalcanal and the Solomons, explaining how and why it fought as it did.

'An impressive patch in the tapestry of written history that points toward the truth.

From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear warand several presidents' actions in nuclear crisesfrom Truman to Trump.

A detailed exploration of a critical month-long battle, which set the stage for German strategic-level defeats on both the Eastern and Western fronts.

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.

"e;In this compelling, wise, and passionate memoir, Jonathan Lerner gives us a deeply honest and self-questioning depiction of his youthful radicalism.

A Battlefield Atlas of the American Revolution, a second collaboration between Dr.

As the 1864 Overland Campaign shifted from the Wilderness toward Spotsylvania Court House, Confederate commander Robert E.

Ulric Dahlgren was a brilliant, ambitious young man who became the youngest full colonel in the United States Army at the age of twenty-one, yet died before his twenty-second birthday.

This remarkable and very rare memoir discusses the bloody combat history of the Texas National Guard 36th Infantry Division in World War II, from pre-embarkation training through the capture of Rome.

Journal of the Indian Wars, or JIW was a quarterly publication on the study of the American Indian Wars.

According to historian Richard McMurry, the 1864 campaign “through the woods and across the hills, valleys, and streams of North Georgia was one of the biggest, longest, and most spellbinding of the American Civil War.

In 2012, the company that created World of Tanks, the phenomenal worldwide massive, multi-player online game, started publishing a series of books in Russian that utilized Soviet documents and archival materials that had never before been seen by outsiders or published in any language about the design, procurement, development, manufacturing, and combat employment of Soviet armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) during World War Two (the Great Patriotic War to Russians).

The quiet of the night was again shattered by the thunderous roll of incoming artillery shells, spaced five seconds apart, ripping the jungle to pieces, as huge chunks of earth and vegetation blew skyward under the brilliant flashes of orange and white explosions .

The postcard came with the words ';Imperial Japanese Army' printed at the top.

In 1966, the Marine Corps introduced a bold, new concept to the battlefield.

Viet Nam may be the only war we ever fought, or perhaps that was ever fought, in which the heroism of the American soldier was accompanied by humanitarianism unmatched in the annals of warfare.

The V Force consisted of three four-jet bombers, the Valiant, the Vulcan and the Victor, all required as part of the nuclear deterrent in the Cold War following the end of the Second World War.

Following the Civil War of 1994, Yemen experienced few years of relative peace.

Going to war may be the gravest decision a nation and its leaders make.

In the 2010 federal election, independent candidate Andrew Wilkie grabbed headlines after winning the seat of Denison, and with it a key role in deciding who would form the next government of Australia.

Following the publication of Al Venter’s successful Portugal’s Guerrilla Wars in Africa - shortlisted by the New York Military Affairs Symposium’s 'Arthur Goodzeit Book Award for 2013' - his Battle for Angola delves still further into the troubled history of this former Portuguese African colony.

***'If you only read one book about the Falklands make sure it's this one.

Charlie Squadron – the iron fist of the South African Defense Force’s 61 Mechanised Battalion Group – led the way on 3 October 1987 during the climactic battle on the Lomba River in Southern Angola.

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.

Following the publication of Al Venter’s successful Portugal’s Guerrilla Wars in Africa - shortlisted by the New York Military Affairs Symposium’s 'Arthur Goodzeit Book Award for 2013' - his Battle for Angola delves still further into the troubled history of this former Portuguese African colony.

The Chaco War was probably the first “modern” conflict in Latin America where military aviation was widely used in all roles.

Following the Civil War of 1994, Yemen experienced few years of relative peace.